Power Management

This is a memo about power management.

TLP

TLP is a power management tool for Linux. Once installed and activated, it can be used without any special configuration.

sudo pacman -S tlp

If you are using BTRFS as a file system, you should make the following settings because the file system may be corrupted.

sudo vim /etc/default/tlp

SATA_LINKPWR_ON_BAT=max_performance

Enable TLP by running following commands.

sudo tlp start

Enable the tlp service in systemd to start it automatically.

sudo systemctl enable tlp

Powertop is a power saving tool provided by Intel.

sudo pacman -S powertop

Execute the following command to automatically save power.

sudo powertop --auto-tune

If you create a service to run this command in systemd, it will automatically reduce the power consumption.