PowerManagementASPM

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[[http://zinc.canonical.com/~cking/powermanagement/mjgaspmfix/oneiric|Oneiric Kernels]]
[[http://zinc.canonical.com/~cking/powermanagement/mjgaspmfix/precise|Precise Kernels]]
 * [[http://zinc.canonical.com/~cking/powermanagement/mjgaspmfix/oneiric|Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 Kernels]]
 * [[http://zinc.canonical.com/~cking/powermanagement/mjgaspmfix/precise|Ubuntu Precise 12.04 Kernels]]

For power measurement, we currently recommend using the older version of powertop 1.13 as this clearly displays the ACPI estimated power consumption. A .deb for powertop-1 can be found [[https://launchpad.net/~lool/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/2073115/+listing-archive-extra|here]]. We recommend running powertop as follows:

 * Boot the machine, start powertop-1
 * Wait until you get an ACPI estimated power consumption value.
 * Gather 15 measurements (it is updated regularly).
 * Discard the first 5 results.
 * Take average of the last 10 results (total/10)
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 * Run powertop for 10 minutes on an idle system and note power consumption  * Run powertop-1 on an idle system and note power consumption
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 * Restart laptop and choose the new kernel
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 * Run powertop for 10 minutes on an idle system and note power consumption  * Run powertop-1 on an idle system and note power consumption
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||Machine||BIOS||32/64 bit kernel||Original Kernel||Original Kernel Power||ASPM fix Kernel||ASPM fix Power||
||Example||68ET27WW||64||3.1.0-2-generic||23W||3.1.0-2-generic||19W||
Please try and keep table in sorted order on the machine name. Thanks!

||Machine||BIOS||32/64 bit kernel||Original Kernel||Original Kernel Power||ASPM fix Kernel||ASPM fix Power||Notes||
||Acer Aspire AO722||JE10BZ V1.04||64||3.0.0-12-generic||11.43 ± 0.28||3.0.0-13-generic||11.26 ± 0.26||||
||Dell Latitude E6510||A03||32||3.0.0-13-generic-pae||18.06 ± 1.13||3.0.0-13-generic-pae||16.92 ± 0.99||||
||Dell Vostro 3450||Version: A07||32||3.0.0-12-generic-pae||20.45||3.0.0-13-generic-pae||19.55||||
||Dell Inspiron 6400||A13||64||3.1.0-2-generic||23.3W||3.1.0-2-generic||23.2W||||
||Dell Inspiron N4010||A13||64||3.1.0-2-generic||1.21W||3.1.0-2-generic||0.95W||1||
||Dell Studio 1558||A12||64||3.0.0-13-generic||2.22W||3.0.0-13-generic||1.8W||1||
||HP Mini 210||F0.2||64||3.0.0-12-generic||14.3W||3.0.0-13-generic||8.7W||||
||HP Mini 210||F0.4||32||3.1.0-2-generic||11.3W||3.1.0-2-generic||11.7W||||
||HP Pro``Book 5420s||68AZZ Ver. F.0F||64||3.0.0-12-generic||25.06W||3.0.0-13-generic||25.66W||||
||Lenovo 3000N200||68ET27WW||64||3.1.0-2-generic||24.3W||3.1.0-2-generic||25.4W||||
||Lenovo Thinkpad T420s (i915.i915_enable_rc6=1)||8CET46WW (1.26)||64||3.1.0-2-generic||12.29W||3.1.0-2-generic||9.14W||||
||Lenovo Thinkpad T510||6MET84WW (1.44)||32||3.0.0-12-generic-pae||16.03W||3.0.0-13-generic-pae||14.01W||||
||Lenovo Thinkpad T60||`79ET62WW (1.07)`||32||3.0.0-13-generic||22.17W ± 0.38W||3.0.0-13-generic||22.19W ± 0.36W||||
||Lenovi Thinkpad X220||8DET41WW (1.11)||64||3.0.0-13.generic||21.4||3.0.0-13.generic||19.9||||
||Lenovo Thinkpad X301||`6EET54WW (3.14 )`||64||3.1.0-2-generic||11.4W||3.1.0-2-generic||11.4W||||
||Lenovo Thinkpad X301||`6EET44WW (3.04)`||64||3.1.0-2-generic||10.4W||3.1.0-2-generic||10.4W||||
||ACER Aspire One 533||V1.05||32||3.0.0-13-generic||7.58W||3.0.0-13-generic||7.7W||2||


Notes:
 1.#1 It is probabal that these machines are incorrectly reporting power such that the value is reported as 1/10th of the actual.
 1.#2 This variance (up) is likely within the accuracy of the figures for this machine.

ASPM PCIe Bug

As noted by Phoronix ASPM PCIe power saving has been problematic and a recent patch by Matthew Garrett has re-worked this to clear the ASPM state on all devices on a successful handoff of PCIe control to the OS.

We therefore are providing patched kernels carrying Matthew's fix for testing purposes only to see how well this works across a broad range of machines. Kernels can be found in:

For power measurement, we currently recommend using the older version of powertop 1.13 as this clearly displays the ACPI estimated power consumption. A .deb for powertop-1 can be found here. We recommend running powertop as follows:

  • Boot the machine, start powertop-1
  • Wait until you get an ACPI estimated power consumption value.
  • Gather 15 measurements (it is updated regularly).
  • Discard the first 5 results.
  • Take average of the last 10 results (total/10)

Testing procedure:

  • Ensure laptop is fully charged
  • Unplug AC power
  • Run powertop-1 on an idle system and note power consumption
  • Plug in AC power
  • Install the new kernel containing the ASPM fix
  • Restart laptop and choose the new kernel
  • Ensure laptop is fully charged
  • Unplug AC power
  • Run powertop-1 on an idle system and note power consumption
  • Gather the BIOS version using: sudo dmidecode -t 0 | grep "Version:"
  • Add results to the table below:

Please try and keep table in sorted order on the machine name. Thanks!

Machine

BIOS

32/64 bit kernel

Original Kernel

Original Kernel Power

ASPM fix Kernel

ASPM fix Power

Notes

Acer Aspire AO722

JE10BZ V1.04

64

3.0.0-12-generic

11.43 ± 0.28

3.0.0-13-generic

11.26 ± 0.26

Dell Latitude E6510

A03

32

3.0.0-13-generic-pae

18.06 ± 1.13

3.0.0-13-generic-pae

16.92 ± 0.99

Dell Vostro 3450

Version: A07

32

3.0.0-12-generic-pae

20.45

3.0.0-13-generic-pae

19.55

Dell Inspiron 6400

A13

64

3.1.0-2-generic

23.3W

3.1.0-2-generic

23.2W

Dell Inspiron N4010

A13

64

3.1.0-2-generic

1.21W

3.1.0-2-generic

0.95W

1

Dell Studio 1558

A12

64

3.0.0-13-generic

2.22W

3.0.0-13-generic

1.8W

1

HP Mini 210

F0.2

64

3.0.0-12-generic

14.3W

3.0.0-13-generic

8.7W

HP Mini 210

F0.4

32

3.1.0-2-generic

11.3W

3.1.0-2-generic

11.7W

HP ProBook 5420s

68AZZ Ver. F.0F

64

3.0.0-12-generic

25.06W

3.0.0-13-generic

25.66W

Lenovo 3000N200

68ET27WW

64

3.1.0-2-generic

24.3W

3.1.0-2-generic

25.4W

Lenovo Thinkpad T420s (i915.i915_enable_rc6=1)

8CET46WW (1.26)

64

3.1.0-2-generic

12.29W

3.1.0-2-generic

9.14W

Lenovo Thinkpad T510

6MET84WW (1.44)

32

3.0.0-12-generic-pae

16.03W

3.0.0-13-generic-pae

14.01W

Lenovo Thinkpad T60

79ET62WW (1.07)

32

3.0.0-13-generic

22.17W ± 0.38W

3.0.0-13-generic

22.19W ± 0.36W

Lenovi Thinkpad X220

8DET41WW (1.11)

64

3.0.0-13.generic

21.4

3.0.0-13.generic

19.9

Lenovo Thinkpad X301

6EET54WW (3.14 )

64

3.1.0-2-generic

11.4W

3.1.0-2-generic

11.4W

Lenovo Thinkpad X301

6EET44WW (3.04)

64

3.1.0-2-generic

10.4W

3.1.0-2-generic

10.4W

ACER Aspire One 533

V1.05

32

3.0.0-13-generic

7.58W

3.0.0-13-generic

7.7W

2

Notes:

  1. It is probabal that these machines are incorrectly reporting power such that the value is reported as 1/10th of the actual.
  2. This variance (up) is likely within the accuracy of the figures for this machine.

Kernel/PowerManagementASPM (last edited 2012-02-19 14:59:07 by AAnnecy-552-1-244-103)