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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:38:35 -0600
From: Lyndon Sanche <lsanche@lyndeno.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-laptop: Implement platform_profile
To: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
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On Thu, Apr 25 2024 at 02:51:42 PM -07:00:00, Srinivas Pandruvada 
<srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> On 4/25/24 13:28, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>> Yeah it's not say it's a "new" conflict, it would just become a lot 
>> more prevalent since software like GNOME and KDE use 
>> power-profiles-daemon to manipulate the new power profile you're 
>> exporting from the driver.
>> 
>> If there really is no conflict, then great!
>> If there is a conflict then I was just wondering if there needs to 
>> be an easy way to turn on/off the profile support when thermald is 
>> in use.
> 
> This shouldn't be in conflict as this should be directly changing 
> some settings in BIOS. BIOS should send some notification, if it 
> wants some changes in thermal tables used by thermald.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Srinivas
> 

If we do not think there is a conflict I can leave it without a toggle.

Lyndon