Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751771AbcDBPbr (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Apr 2016 11:31:47 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:45124 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750973AbcDBPbq (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Apr 2016 11:31:46 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.24,431,1455004800"; d="scan'208";a="77879938" Message-ID: <1459610923.5912.36.camel@linux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [intel-pstate driver regression] processor frequency very high even if in idle From: Srinivas Pandruvada To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com, Doug Smythies Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Otte , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, LKML Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2016 08:28:43 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <1459376311.13525.108.camel@linux.intel.com> <003b01d18ad6$831941c0$894bc540$@net> <002301d18b59$d208fe50$761afaf0$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.3 (3.18.3-1.fc23) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 946 Lines: 42 On Sat, 2016-04-02 at 08:30 +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote: > > I am trying CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y from > > linux-pm.git#linux-next out of curiosity... > > > > $ ./scripts/diffconfig /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config > >  CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE y -> n > > +CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL y > > +CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET y > > +CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL y > > > > ...will report. > > > > Not sure why I see here "powersave". > Does Intel-PState driver not support CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL? > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_driver > intel_pstate > intel_pstate > intel_pstate > intel_pstate > > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor > powersave > powersave > powersave > powersave If you are using Ubuntu, the OS has a script which will automatically change from performance. Doug can give more information on this script. Thanks, Srinivas > > See also attached files. > > - sed@ -