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authorRaito Bezarius <masterancpp@gmail.com>2024-03-18 00:51:32 -0700
committerRaito Bezarius <masterancpp@gmail.com>2024-03-18 00:55:20 -0700
commit6fe3d788c8b7328a9db3fc2463024f66249e1a70 (patch)
treee24f13f2c8a1104901c70919b20b04990edbdd83 /pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
parentdff18f99265f0f8bb65a8ffb42a57ef8fbd2e643 (diff)
linux/common-config: set idle timeout to 10s for sound cards
As per https://docs.kernel.org/sound/designs/powersave.html

We update our defaults for better power saving on laptops
which does not perform powertop --auto-tune, TLP or manual tweaking, e.g.
power-profiles-daemon.
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diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index cc9e7484c331d..e19f33c7c6afc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@ let
     sound = {
       SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS  = yes;
       SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE = yes; # AC97 Power-Saving Mode
+      # 10s for the idle timeout, Fedora does 1, Arch does 10.
+      # The kernel says we should do 10.
+      # Read: https://docs.kernel.org/sound/designs/powersave.html
+      SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT = freeform "10";
+      SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT = freeform "10";
       SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP  = yes; # Support digital beep via input layer
       SND_HDA_RECONFIG    = yes; # Support reconfiguration of jack functions
       # Support configuring jack functions via fw mechanism at boot