Article 4SZNC Linux 5.5 To Restore Power-Savings For Hybrid Laptops When Not Using The dGPU

Linux 5.5 To Restore Power-Savings For Hybrid Laptops When Not Using The dGPU

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On recent kernels when using a laptop with hybrid graphics but not running with the discrete GPU graphics enabled, a regression meant the dGPU never got powered off... Fortunately, for Linux 5.5 -- and potentially to be back-ported after that -- is a change to restore that power-savings...
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