On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 05:11:57PM +0100, Karol Herbst wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 10:33 AM Mika Westerberg > <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:10:52AM +0100, Karol Herbst wrote: > > > Fixes state transitions of Nvidia Pascal GPUs from D3cold into higher device > > > states. > > > > I think it is good to explain bit more here why this fix is needed. > > > > is something like this fine? > > Fixes the infamous 'runpm' bug many users are facing on Laptops with Nvidia > Pascal GPUs by skipping PCI power state changes on the GPU. I would open up 'runpm' -> runtime PM. > It's still unknown why this issue exists, but this is a reliable workaround > and solves a very annoying issue for user having to choose between a > crashing kernel or higher power consumption of their Laptops. Also I think it would be good to include a short log snippet how this manifests and in what kind of scenario it happens.
