New comment by fvalasiad on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/50458#issuecomment-2493288717

Comment:
> I've been testing this version on kernel `6.11` for a few days now, and it's been generally fine; Wayland compositors are now behaving correctly AFAICT, and gaming seems fine. 
> 
> I have experienced one complete kernel crash with SwayWM while playing a game through Proton, though.
> 
> One thing I did notice is that the driver seems to be pegged at performance state `P0`, which draws excessive power while idle (~95W). I'm able to fix this by setting persistence mode with `nvidia-smi -pm 1`.
> 
> It might be worth creating a `nvidia-persistenced` runit service from this.... 
> 
> ```
> 	# nvidia-persistenced
> 	vbin nvidia-persistenced
> 	gzip -d nvidia-persistenced.1.gz
> 	vman nvidia-persistenced.1
> ```
> 
> This relates to nvidia's new way of handling persistence mode via a [Persistence Daemon](https://docs.nvidia.com/deploy/driver-persistence/index.html#persistence-daemon).  Setting persistence mode via `nvidia-smi -pm [0|1]` is now considered "legacy".

Thanks for the heads-up! I will try to tackle it during the weekend once I've returned home, as currently I'm off city, on a business trip!