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From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:43:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] intel_idle: Add ICL support
To:     Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
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        Guilhem Lettron <guilhem@barpilot.io>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>,
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 6:39 PM Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 18:02 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > To that end, I would try to upgrade the graphics firmware and see if
> > you can get some nonzero PC8 residency then.
>
> I am curious, somehow that patch makes a difference.

It does make a difference, because it makes the processor spend more
time in PC2.  Which very well may be because the processor cannot
enter deeper C-states.