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intel/intel-lpmd

Intel Low Power Mode Daemon

Intel Low Power Model Daemon is a Linux daemon used to optimize active idle power. It selects a set of most power efficient CPUs based on configuration file or CPU topology. Based on system utilization and other hints, it puts the system into Low Power Mode by activate the power efficient CPUs and disable the rest, and restore the system from Low Power Mode by activating all CPUs.

Use man pages to check command line arguments and xml configurations

man intel_lpmd
man intel_lpmd_config.xml

Prerequisites: Prefers kernel start with TBD

Building and executing on Fedora

1. Install

dnf install automake
dnf install autoconf-archive
dnf install gcc
dnf install glib-devel
dnf install dbus-glib-devel
dnf install libxml2-devel
dnf install libnl3-devel
dnf install systemd-devel
dnf install gtk-doc
TBD

2. Build

./autogen.sh prefix=/
make
sudo make install

The prefix value depends on the distribution version. This can be "/" or "/usr". So please check existing path of intel_lpmd install, if present to update and add appropriate prefix.

3. Run

- start service

sudo systemctl start intel_lpmd.service

- Get status

sudo systemctl status intel_lpmd.service

- Stop service

sudo systemctl stop intel_lpmd.service

- Terminate using DBUS I/F

sudo test/lpm_test_interface.sh 1

Building on Ubuntu

1. Install

sudo apt install autoconf
sudo apt install autoconf-archive
sudo apt install gcc
sudo apt install libglib2.0-dev
sudo apt install libdbus-1-dev
sudo apt install libdbus-glib-1-dev
sudo apt install libxml2-dev
sudo apt install libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev
sudo apt install libsystemd-dev
sudo apt install gtk-doc-tools

For build and run, follow the same procedure as Fedora.

Building and executing on openSUSE

1. Install


    zypper in automake
    zypper in gcc
    TBD

For build and run, follow the same procedure as Fedora.


Releases

Release 0.0.1

Security

See Intel's Security Center for information on how to report a potential security issue or vulnerability.

See also: Security Policy