On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Another challenge, tangential from upgrades: hybrid graphics. Apple's > been doing this for 5+ years, with completely seamless switching > between integrated and discrete graphics. More recently it's > increasing in popularity among even mid-range non-Apple hardware. > > And the kernel honestly doesn't do well here, it often gets the > switching confused, and as far as I know there's no on-the-fly > switching based on usage. The plus for the user is integrated graphics > for better battery life, and discrete graphics for heavy lifting > software and when running on a power adapter - best of both. > > Maybe the seamless switching becomes possible with Wayland? But the > intermittent confusion before x even starts is presumably kernel > confusion (and regressions). I'm not sure what the solution is, but > it's understandable users will pick the path of least resistance. That > doesn't mean Fedora itself is doing something wrong that it can > obviously correct. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734346 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704387 I have no clue what you mean with "kernel confusion". But non of these has anything to do with upgrades. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
