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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What's an EC?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's the embedded controller. It sits on top of the UEFI and coordinates laptop hardware behaviors between the UEFI and the individual components.

It controls things like "is lid sensor closed? Suspend".

Whereas the UEFI + OS actually handles the suspend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

embedded controller. it does some stuff and things