TLP 1.2

New features (highlights):

Disks

• Support for NVMe, USB, IEEE1394 devices
• Support for multi queue I/O schedulers (blk-mq)

General

• Manual mode: keep tlp ac/bat power settings (until reboot or tlp start)

Graphics

• Intel GPU frequency limits

Radio Devices

• tlp-rdw: new command to disable RDW actions temporarily (until reboot)
• USB_BLACKLIST_WWAN: disable by default

ThinkPad Battery

• New native kernel API for battery features "natacpi"; used by default for kernels >= 4.17
• Support ThinkPad 25, *80 (Coffee Lake) and all newer models
• tlp-stat: improved recommendations for external kernel modules

USB

• Exclude scanners managed by libsane from autosuspend

For bug fixes and more features refer to the changelog.

TLP 1.1

New features:

Disks

• SATA_LINKPWR_ON_AC/BAT: support new ALPM policy "med_power_with_dipm" in kernel 4.15 (read more)

Processor

• ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC/BAT: support changed values: performance, balance-performance, default, balance-power, power (Issue #297)

ThinkPad Battery

• Support ThinkPad 13 1st & 2nd Gen, E130 (new tpacpi-bat version)
• tlp-stat --psup: show ASLbase for tpacpi-bat
• tlp discharge: show state of battery and force_discharge

USB

• USB_BLACKLIST_PRINTER: exclude printers from autosuspend

Bugfixes: see changelog.

TLP 1.0

New features and options:

General

• TLP_PERSISTENT_DEFAULT: force battery settings on AC power (or vice versa)

Device bays

• BAY_POWEROFF_ON_AC: power off optical drive on AC power

Graphics

• Blacklist all dGPU's by default and use kernel default for Runtime PM
• Improved compatibility with Bumblebee

Processor

• CPU_HWP_ON_AC/BAT: HWP energy performance hints for Intel Skylake or newer

ThinkPad Battery

• RESTORE_THRESHOLDS_ON_BAT: restore charge thresholds when unplugging AC
• Detect Intel Kaby Lake (*70) models
• tlp-stat: show "Charge total %" when more than one battery is present

USB
Exclude certain devices from autosuspend to:

• Solve stability issues with bluetooth devices (USB_BLACKLIST_BTUSB)
• Enable phone charging (USB_BLACKLIST_PHONE)

See changelog for more details and bugfixes.

TLP 0.9

18.08.2016 – Changelog