diff --git a/sources/tech/20181219 PowerTOP - Monitors Power Usage and Improve Laptop Battery Life in Linux.md b/sources/tech/20181219 PowerTOP - Monitors Power Usage and Improve Laptop Battery Life in Linux.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a615ffc73a --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20181219 PowerTOP - Monitors Power Usage and Improve Laptop Battery Life in Linux.md @@ -0,0 +1,411 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (PowerTOP – Monitors Power Usage and Improve Laptop Battery Life in Linux) +[#]: via: (https://www.2daygeek.com/powertop-monitors-laptop-battery-usage-linux/) +[#]: author: (Vinoth Kumar https://www.2daygeek.com/author/vinoth/) + +PowerTOP – Monitors Power Usage and Improve Laptop Battery Life in Linux +====== + +We all know, we almost 80-90% migrated from PC (Desktop) to laptop. + +But one thing we want from a laptop, it’s long battery life and we want to use every drop of power. + +So it’s good to know where our power is going and getting waste. + +You can use the powertop utility to see what’s drawing power when your system’s not plugged in. + +You need to run the powertop utility in terminal with super user privilege. + +It will access the hardware and measure power usage. + +### What is PowerTOP + +PowerTOP is a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management. + +It was developed by Intel to enable various power-saving modes in kernel, userspace, and hardware. + +In addition to being a diagnostic tool, PowerTOP also has an interactive mode where the user can experiment various power management settings for cases where the Linux distribution has not enabled these settings. + +It is possible to monitor processes and show which of them are utilizing the CPU and wake it from its Idle-States, allowing to identify applications with particular high power demands. + +### How to Install PowerTOP + +PowerTOP package is available in most of the distributions official repository so, use the distributions **[Package Manager][1]** to install it. + +For **`Fedora`** system, use **[DNF Command][2]** to install PowerTOP. + +``` +$ sudo dnf install powertop +``` + +For **`Debian/Ubuntu`** systems, use **[APT-GET Command][3]** or **[APT Command][4]** to install PowerTOP. + +``` +$ sudo apt install powertop +``` + +For **`Arch Linux`** based systems, use **[Pacman Command][5]** to install PowerTOP. + +``` +$ sudo pacman -S powertop +``` + +For **`RHEL/CentOS`** systems, use **[YUM Command][6]** to install PowerTOP. + +``` +$ sudo yum install powertop +``` + +For **`openSUSE Leap`** system, use **[Zypper Command][7]** to install PowerTOP. + +``` +$ sudo zypper install powertop +``` + +### How To Access PowerTOP + +PowerTOP requires super user privilege so, run as root to use PowerTOP utility on your Linux system. + +By default it shows `Overview` tab where we can see the power usage consumption for all the devices. Also shows your system wakeups seconds. + +``` +$ sudo powertop + +PowerTOP v2.9 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables + +The battery reports a discharge rate of 12.6 W +The power consumed was 259 J +The estimated remaining time is 1 hours, 52 minutes + +Summary: 1692.9 wakeups/second, 0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and 54.9% CPU use + + Usage Events/s Category Description + 9.3 ms/s 529.4 Timer tick_sched_timer + 378.5 ms/s 139.8 Process [PID 2991] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 7 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 8314 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 7.5 ms/s 141.7 Timer hrtimer_wakeup + 3.3 ms/s 102.7 Process [PID 1527] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox --new-window + 11.6 ms/s 69.1 Process [PID 1568] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 1 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 0001, + 6.2 ms/s 59.0 Process [PID 1496] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox --new-window + 2.1 ms/s 59.6 Process [PID 2466] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5814 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 1.8 ms/s 52.3 Process [PID 2052] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 4 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5814 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 1.8 ms/s 50.8 Process [PID 3034] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 7 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 8314 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 3.6 ms/s 48.4 Process [PID 3009] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 7 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 8314 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 7.5 ms/s 46.2 Process [PID 2996] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 7 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 8314 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 25.2 ms/s 33.6 Process [PID 1528] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox --new-window + 5.7 ms/s 32.2 Interrupt [7] sched(softirq) + 2.1 ms/s 32.2 Process [PID 1811] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 4 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5814 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 19.7 ms/s 25.0 Process [PID 1794] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 4 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5814 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 1.9 ms/s 31.5 Process [PID 1596] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 1 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 0001, + 3.1 ms/s 29.9 Process [PID 1535] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox --new-window + 7.1 ms/s 28.2 Process [PID 1488] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox --new-window + 1.8 ms/s 29.5 Process [PID 1762] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5814 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 8.8 ms/s 23.3 Process [PID 1121] /usr/bin/gnome-shell + 1.2 ms/s 21.8 Process [PID 1657] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 920 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 000 + 13.3 ms/s 13.9 Process [PID 1746] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5814 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 00 + 2.7 ms/s 11.1 Process [PID 3410] /usr/lib/gnome-terminal-server + 3.8 ms/s 10.8 Process [PID 1057] /usr/lib/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority -nolisten tcp -background none -noreset -keeptty + 3.1 ms/s 9.8 Process [PID 1629] /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 920 -prefMapSize 173895 -schedulerPrefs 000 + 0.9 ms/s 6.7 Interrupt [136] xhci_hcd + 278.0 us/s 6.4 Process [PID 414] [irq/141-iwlwifi] + 128.7 us/s 5.7 Process [PID 1] /sbin/init + 118.5 us/s 5.2 Process [PID 10] [rcu_preempt] + 49.0 us/s 4.7 Interrupt [0] HI_SOFTIRQ + 459.3 us/s 3.1 Interrupt [142] i915 + 2.1 ms/s 2.3 Process [PID 3451] powertop + 8.4 us/s 2.7 kWork intel_atomic_helper_free_state_ + 1.2 ms/s 1.8 kWork intel_atomic_commit_work + 374.2 us/s 2.1 Interrupt [9] acpi + 42.1 us/s 1.8 kWork intel_atomic_cleanup_work + 3.5 ms/s 0.25 kWork delayed_fput + 238.0 us/s 1.5 Process [PID 907] /usr/lib/upowerd + 17.7 us/s 1.5 Timer intel_uncore_fw_release_timer + 26.4 us/s 1.4 Process [PID 576] [i915/signal:0] + 19.8 us/s 1.3 Timer watchdog_timer_fn + 1.1 ms/s 0.00 Process [PID 206] [kworker/7:2] + 2.4 ms/s 0.00 Interrupt [1] timer(softirq) + 13.4 us/s 0.9 Process [PID 9] [ksoftirqd/0] + + Exit | / Navigate | +``` + +The powertop output looks similar to the above screenshot, it will be slightly different based on your hardware. This have many screen you can switch between screen the using `Tab` and `Shift+Tab` button. + +### Idle Stats Tab + +It displays various information about the processor. + +``` +PowerTOP v2.9 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables + + + Package | Core | CPU 0 CPU 4 + | | C0 active 6.7% 7.2% + | | POLL 0.0% 0.1 ms 0.0% 0.1 ms + | | C1E 1.2% 0.2 ms 1.6% 0.3 ms +C2 (pc2) 7.5% | | +C3 (pc3) 25.2% | C3 (cc3) 0.7% | C3 0.5% 0.2 ms 0.6% 0.1 ms +C6 (pc6) 0.0% | C6 (cc6) 7.1% | C6 6.6% 0.5 ms 6.3% 0.5 ms +C7 (pc7) 0.0% | C7 (cc7) 59.8% | C7s 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms +C8 (pc8) 0.0% | | C8 33.9% 1.6 ms 32.3% 1.5 ms +C9 (pc9) 0.0% | | C9 2.1% 3.4 ms 0.7% 2.8 ms +C10 (pc10) 0.0% | | C10 39.5% 4.7 ms 41.4% 4.7 ms + + | Core | CPU 1 CPU 5 + | | C0 active 8.3% 7.2% + | | POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.1 ms + | | C1E 1.3% 0.2 ms 1.4% 0.3 ms + | | + | C3 (cc3) 0.5% | C3 0.5% 0.2 ms 0.4% 0.2 ms + | C6 (cc6) 6.0% | C6 5.3% 0.5 ms 4.7% 0.5 ms + | C7 (cc7) 59.3% | C7s 0.0% 0.8 ms 0.0% 1.0 ms + | | C8 27.2% 1.5 ms 23.8% 1.4 ms + | | C9 1.6% 3.0 ms 0.5% 3.0 ms + | | C10 44.5% 4.7 ms 52.2% 4.6 ms + + | Core | CPU 2 CPU 6 + | | C0 active 11.2% 8.4% + | | POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms + | | C1E 1.4% 0.4 ms 1.3% 0.3 ms + | | + | C3 (cc3) 0.3% | C3 0.2% 0.1 ms 0.4% 0.2 ms + | C6 (cc6) 4.0% | C6 3.7% 0.5 ms 4.3% 0.5 ms + | C7 (cc7) 54.2% | C7s 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 1.0 ms + | | C8 20.0% 1.5 ms 20.7% 1.4 ms + | | C9 1.0% 3.4 ms 0.4% 3.8 ms + | | C10 48.8% 4.6 ms 52.3% 5.0 ms + + | Core | CPU 3 CPU 7 + | | C0 active 8.8% 8.1% + | | POLL 0.0% 0.1 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms + | | C1E 1.2% 0.2 ms 1.2% 0.2 ms + | | + | C3 (cc3) 0.6% | C3 0.6% 0.2 ms 0.4% 0.2 ms + | C6 (cc6) 7.0% | C6 7.5% 0.5 ms 4.4% 0.5 ms + | C7 (cc7) 56.8% | C7s 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.9 ms + | | C8 29.4% 1.4 ms 23.8% 1.4 ms + | | C9 1.1% 2.7 ms 0.7% 3.9 ms + | | C10 41.0% 4.0 ms 50.0% 4.8 ms + + + Exit | / Navigate | +``` + +### Frequency Stats Tab + +It displays the frequency of CPU. + +``` +PowerTOP v2.9 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables + + + Package | Core | CPU 0 CPU 4 + | | Average 930 MHz 1101 MHz +Idle | Idle | Idle + + | Core | CPU 1 CPU 5 + | | Average 1063 MHz 979 MHz + | Idle | Idle + + | Core | CPU 2 CPU 6 + | | Average 976 MHz 942 MHz + | Idle | Idle + + | Core | CPU 3 CPU 7 + | | Average 924 MHz 957 MHz + | Idle | Idle + +``` + +### Device Stats Tab + +It displays power usage information against only devices. + +``` +PowerTOP v2.9 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables + + +The battery reports a discharge rate of 13.8 W +The power consumed was 280 J + + Usage Device name + 46.7% CPU misc + 46.7% DRAM + 46.7% CPU core + 19.0% Display backlight + 0.0% Audio codec hwC0D0: Realtek + 0.0% USB device: Lenovo EasyCamera (160709000341) + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 + 100.0% Radio device: iwlwifi + 100.0% PCI Device: O2 Micro, Inc. SD/MMC Card Reader Controller + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers + 100.0% USB device: Lenovo Wireless Optical Mouse N100 + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] + 100.0% Radio device: btusb + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 + 100.0% USB device: xHCI Host Controller + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller + 100.0% PCI Device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 + 100.0% PCI Device: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM951/PM951 + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #2 + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 + 100.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus + 26.1 pkts/s Network interface: wlp8s0 (iwlwifi) + 0.0% USB device: usb-device-8087-0a2b + 0.0% runtime-reg-dummy + 0.0% Audio codec hwC0D2: Intel + 0.0 pkts/s Network interface: enp9s0 (r8168) + 0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller + 0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation HM170 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller + 0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) + 0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 + 0.0% PCI Device: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] + 0.0% I2C Adapter (i2c-8): nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0005 + 0.0% runtime-PNP0C14:00 + 0.0% PCI Device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller + 0.0% runtime-PNP0C0C:00 + 0.0% USB device: xHCI Host Controller + 0.0% runtime-ACPI000C:00 + 0.0% runtime-regulatory.0 + 0.0% runtime-PNP0C14:01 + 0.0% runtime-vesa-framebuffer.0 + 0.0% runtime-coretemp.0 + 0.0% runtime-alarmtimer + + Exit | / Navigate | +``` + +### Tunables Stats Tab + +This tab is important area that provides suggestions to optimize your laptop battery. + +``` +PowerTOP v2.9 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables + + +>> Bad Enable SATA link power management for host2 + Bad Enable SATA link power management for host3 + Bad Enable SATA link power management for host0 + Bad Enable SATA link power management for host1 + Bad VM writeback timeout + Bad Autosuspend for USB device Lenovo Wireless Optical Mouse N100 [1-2] + Good Bluetooth device interface status + Good Enable Audio codec power management + Good NMI watchdog should be turned off + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-7 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0002) + Good Autosuspend for unknown USB device 1-11 (8087:0a2b) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-3 (i915 gmbus dpd) + Good Autosuspend for USB device Lenovo EasyCamera [160709000341] + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-1 (i915 gmbus dpc) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-12 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0009) + Good Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb1] + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-13 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-aux-000a) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-2 (i915 gmbus dpb) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-8 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0005) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-15 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-aux-000c) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-16 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-aux-000d) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-5 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0000) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-0 (SMBus I801 adapter at 6040) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-11 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0008) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-14 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-aux-000b) + Good Autosuspend for USB device xHCI Host Controller [usb2] + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-9 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0006) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-10 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0007) + Good Runtime PM for I2C Adapter i2c-6 (nvkm-0000:01:00.0-bus-0001) + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device O2 Micro, Inc. SD/MMC Card Reader Controller + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation HM170 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM951/PM951 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #2 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus + Good Runtime PM for PCI Device NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] + + Exit | Toggle tunable | Window refresh +``` + +### How To Generate PowerTop HTML Report + +Run the following command to generate the PowerTop HTML report. + +``` +$ sudo powertop --html=powertop.html +modprobe cpufreq_stats failedLoaded 100 prior measurements +Cannot load from file /var/cache/powertop/saved_parameters.powertop +File will be loaded after taking minimum number of measurement(s) with battery only +RAPL device for cpu 0 +RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f +RAPL device for cpu 0 +RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f +Devfreq not enabled +glob returned GLOB_ABORTED +Cannot load from file /var/cache/powertop/saved_parameters.powertop +File will be loaded after taking minimum number of measurement(s) with battery only +Preparing to take measurements +To show power estimates do 182 measurement(s) connected to battery only +Taking 1 measurement(s) for a duration of 20 second(s) each. +PowerTOP outputing using base filename powertop.html +``` + +Navigate to `file:///home/daygeek/powertop.html` file to access the generated PowerTOP HTML report. +![][9] + +### Auto-Tune mode + +This feature sets all tunable options from `BAD` to `GOOD` which increase the laptop battery life in Linux. + +``` +$ sudo powertop --auto-tune +modprobe cpufreq_stats failedLoaded 210 prior measurements +Cannot load from file /var/cache/powertop/saved_parameters.powertop +File will be loaded after taking minimum number of measurement(s) with battery only +RAPL device for cpu 0 +RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f +RAPL device for cpu 0 +RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f +Devfreq not enabled +glob returned GLOB_ABORTED +Cannot load from file /var/cache/powertop/saved_parameters.powertop +File will be loaded after taking minimum number of measurement(s) with battery only +To show power estimates do 72 measurement(s) connected to battery only +Leaving PowerTOP +``` + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://www.2daygeek.com/powertop-monitors-laptop-battery-usage-linux/ + +作者：[Vinoth Kumar][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://www.2daygeek.com/author/vinoth/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://www.2daygeek.com/category/package-management/ +[2]: https://www.2daygeek.com/dnf-command-examples-manage-packages-fedora-system/ +[3]: https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-get-apt-cache-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/ +[4]: https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/ +[5]: https://www.2daygeek.com/pacman-command-examples-manage-packages-arch-linux-system/ +[6]: https://www.2daygeek.com/yum-command-examples-manage-packages-rhel-centos-systems/ +[7]: https://www.2daygeek.com/zypper-command-examples-manage-packages-opensuse-system/ +[8]: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 +[9]: https://www.2daygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/powertop-html-output.jpg