Re: [RFC] why do sensors break CPU scaling

Tom Psyborg <[email protected]> Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:16:47 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.lm-sensors,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAKR_QVLKtkfVy5AAKj+ay0cQ2NPWrW7CPb8SGF6urD2ooM=VXQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 31/01/2020, Pavel Machek <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed 2019-11-20 21:42:12, Tom Psyborg wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Recently I've needed to set lowest CPU scaling profile, running ubuntu
>> 16.04.06 I used standard approach - echoing powersave to
>> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor.
>> This did not work as the
>> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq kept returning
>> max scaling freq.
>
> Noone noticed, right?
>
> If you still believe that's problem, you may want to look at
> MAINTAINERS file, and put sensors maintainers in the Cc list.
>
> Best regards,
> 									Pavel
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it is definitely a problem. i've installed radeon-profile and can
monitor both CPU and GPU temps from there without CPU scaling
breakage. CCing related list