A Greek makes Linux better

Linux fans will see an exciting series of updates after Christmas that have been released via the Linux kernel mailing list. The update is referred to as a new runtime standby ABI that is similar in nature to the 'Modern Standby' functionality found in Microsoft's Windows.

Modern Standby is a low-power feature in Windows 11 that allows systems to remain connected to the network and appear “sleeping,” but allows for immediate wake-up for notifications, music playback, and other functions. The display is turned off, but the network remains connected, and background tasks can wake the system if needed…

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“This series introduces a new runtime standby ABI to allow Modern Standby firmware notifications to be sent that modify the hardware appearance from user space without suspending the kernel,” according to the email outlining the proposed series of updates.

“This allows the user to set the device to sleep mode so that it appears to be in sleep mode while still being able to perform basic calculations…”

Those interested can view the RFC patch series in its current form, here.

The sender of the email is the distinguished Greek scientist Antheas Kapenekakis (Antheas Kapenekakis Aalborg University and PhD candidate in the EU joint PhD program DEDS at the Athena Research Center)

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