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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also, David Airlie wrote a bit of code, "prime":
http://airlied.livejournal.com/#item71734

He layered the concept in this proof-of-concept code, and the source
code has been waiting for people with interest in looking at linux and
multi-gpu support...

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Michał Bielawski <d3x@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> There is a module that allows switching off/on nvidia card on
> UL30Vt and similar notebooks:
> http://linux-macbook-air-killers.blogspot.com/2009/12/solution-to-switch-off-nvidia-card-in.html
> I couldn't get it working for my N61Jv (with geforce gt325m),
> and I wonder if you will have better luck ;) If you do, please
> share a way to properly install the module and tell if it is
> notebook/gpu specific. I can provide any info you want, just
> ask :)
>
> Regards,
> D3X
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Shane Volpe wrote:
>
>> All,
>> I just purchased a ThinkPad T410s with switchable graphics and would
>> love to help out with switchable graphics support in Linux.  I have
>> written some basic kernel modules so I know my way around the kernel
>> code a little.  I'm not a hardcore kernel hacker but I can do the
>> basics and I'm pretty proficient in C.  Below is my system info:
>>
>> #sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
>> 2901CTO
>>
>> #sudo dmidecode -s system-version
>> ThinkPad T410s
>>
>> #lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core
>> Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NVS 3100M
>> [10de:0a6c] (rev a2)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gerrath (Shane)
>>
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