RE: [intel-pstate driver regression] processor frequency very high even if in idle

From: Doug Smythies
Date: Wed Mar 30 2016 - 18:50:21 EST


On 2106.03.30 15:19 Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
>>
>> Please see attached files.
>>
> Thanks. Your logs make sense. You have config set to performance mode
> by default (Which I believe default in all kernel Ubuntu).

Yes, but via a startup script, by default Ubuntu sets the governor
to powersave 1 minute after boot (or ondemand if acpi-cpufreq).

> So as
> expected Intel P state was asking for max. So there is no issue here.

Yes, your point is valid, as this does not appear to be a Ubuntu kernel
configuration file, as the size is not correct.

Should be:
-rw-r--r-- 1 doug doug 194436 Mar 26 18:59 ../temp-k-git/linux/.config-4.6.0-040600rc1-generic
Is:
-rw-r--r-- 1 doug doug 134944 Mar 30 15:21 config-4.6.0-rc1-11-iniza-small