Any activity on this? The newly attached patch contains one difference with the previous one: a dummy function has been added to avoid an error if ACPI is disabled. Regards, Lekensteyn On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Lekensteyn wrote: > A quickly written way to test this module is described for Ubuntu at > http://pastebin.com/c5XqKSsW. Basically, you need to apply the patch on > nouveau > and rebuild the nouveau kernel module. > > A comparison of different methods that works for toggling the dGPU is > available: > > https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods > > Regards, > Lekensteyn > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Gianluca Cecchi < > gianluca.cecchi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Lekensteyn >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hello guys, >> >>> >> >>> I've prepared a patch based on my findings for the bbswitch module >> >>> (https://github.com/Lekensteyn/acpi-stuff/tree/master/bbswitch). This >> >>> adds a proper >> >>> check whether a _DSM function is supported or not and make OFF / ON >> for >> >>> vga_switcheroo work for nVidia Optimus models. The patch is based >> against >> >>> the >> >>> mainline kernel. >> >>> >> >>> It has been tested on my Clevo B7130 laptop running kernel 3.2 which >> has >> >> Hello, >> I have an Asus U36SD laptop with Optimus and Fedora 16 with kernel >> 3.1.5-6.fc16.x86_64 >> Any way I can test it? >> Currently I'm using acpi_call to switch off nvidia card and gain 4w >> for more battery life. >> >> [g.cecchi@ope46 ~]$ lspci -vnnn|grep -i vga >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd >> Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller >> [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device >> [10de:1050] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) >> >> What benefit would it give me? Chance to use nvidia for graphic >> related apps ? With nouveau andor nvidia proprietary driver? >> Thanks in advance for any pointer >> >> Gianluca >> _______________________________________________ >> Nouveau mailing list >> Nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau >> > >