[tesla-dev] powertop and root user

[Eric Saxe]

Rafael Vanoni wrote:
>
> Just thinking out loud here, as I don't know the code yet, but 
> decoupling the active part from the observational would solve it. If the 
> user wants to change power state conf in any way, ask for root passwd.
>   
This makes sense to me. The tool could detect when it has failed to make 
any changes (because of insufficient privledges, for example), and emit 
a helpful message.

-Eric