What is power.msm8226.so?

[Completely Absurd]

I was asked to remove the 'power.msm8226.so' under 'system/lib/hw/' when I had high CPU usage and wouldn't idle. I removed the file and things went back to normal. What exactly is the role of the file?

 

[himu_joy]

I was asked to remove the 'power.msm8226.so' under 'system/lib/hw/' when I had high CPU usage and wouldn't idle. I removed the file and things went back to normal. What exactly is the role of the file?

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[_that]

That's the Power HAL which forwards power hints (e.g. "screen is turned on now") from the Android frameworks to the kernel.