Re: PROBLEM: Cpufreq constantly keeps frequency at maximum on 4.5-rc4
From: Arto Jantunen <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-21 20:33:05
Srinivas Pandruvada [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
quoted
Powersave: /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct:100 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct:22 Performance: /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct:100 /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct:100 Also, adding intel_pstate=no_hwp to the command line does not change the result. Changing that to intel_pstate=disable does fix the problem, so the bug seems to be somewhere in intel_pstate instead of cpufreq core.You have Skylake, which is not compatible with legacy ACPI P states with _PSS tables, so not running without intel_pstate is not much use. It may be running at at low P-state by disabling. Is Debian use default mode as performance? I think Ubuntu uses performance mode as default. What is the output of cat cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
I have tested both available governors, and see the same behavior either way. The kernel I have defaults to performance, I think I'll try building another one which defaults to powersave to see if that changes anything (perhaps both governors actually work but it isn't possible to switch between them at runtime?). The Debian userspace defaults to ondemand, which doesn't exist for intel_pstate. -- Arto Jantunen