On Mon, 2025-02-24 at 22:58 +0100, Antheas Kapenekakis wrote: > I will tell you that compared with other manufacturers, when asus > says > quiet, they mean quiet and not low power > > Z13's quiet mode is 40W, not very low-power if you ask me. Ally X > uses > 13w+boost, a source of many complaints. Other manufacturers use > around > 8W for low power modes. > > In any case, any rename might break user scripts and there are > actually 3 types of low power profiles: > PLATFORM_PROFILE_COOL > PLATFORM_PROFILE_QUIET > PLATFORM_PROFILE_LOW_POWER > > Then, there is also: > PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE > > Some ACER laptops implement many of those > > Obscuring any of those is not ideal. > In the context of their other modes it is low power. If there is confusion over what this is meant to mean for all vendors then it should be clarified in the relevant documentation. low-power Low power consumption cool Cooler operation quiet Quieter operation balanced Balance between low power consumption and performance balanced-performance Balance between performance and low power consumption with a slight bias towards performance performance High performance operation custom Driver defined custom profile "Low power consumption" compared to? If these "scripts" use `platform_profile_choices` to get their selections and verify they are available then there should be zero breakage. If they don't then they should be updated to be correct. In any case I am in the process of finalising an update to use the new platform_profile API including "custom". Please don't begin trying to break things just to be "first". My work has been ongoing for this in my spare time for months.
