I just bought a Toshiba Z830 and I'm having a problem with cpufreq. The
default governor is ondemand and it's not working properly, the
frequency is stuck at the lowest one, which makes the notebook really
annoying to use. I've tried the performance governor and it looks like
the CPU goes to the maximum frequency, but when querying with cpufreq-
info, I still see the minimum freq, but in the statistics about the
frequencies used, I see the maximum frequency getting more and more
percentage of use.
Finally I tried the conservative governor, and it really look like it
behaves like the ondeman should. The frequency is rapidily increased as
needed and dropped down again when is not needed anymore. This is the
only governor that seems to be changing the frequency in a way cpufreq-
info can really see it, as I see the frequency going up and down when
using that governor. The userspace governor also seems to be working as
expected though.
Another strange thing is that among the supported frequencies, I get
1.60GHz (the maximum frequency supported) listed twice.
Here is an example run of cpufreq-info:
cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, please.
analyzing CPU 0:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 2 3
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.60 GHz
available frequency steps: 1.60 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 1000 MHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.60 GHz.
The governor "conservative" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
cpufreq stats: 1.60 GHz:6.40%, 1.60 GHz:0.01%, 1.50 GHz:0.02%, 1.40 GHz:0.02%, 1.30 GHz:0.02%, 1.20 GHz:0.06%, 1.10 GHz:0.03%, 1000 MHz:0.04%, 900 MHz:0.07%, 800 MHz:93.33% (795)
analyzing CPU 1:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 2 3
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.60 GHz
available frequency steps: 1.60 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 1000 MHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.60 GHz.
The governor "conservative" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
cpufreq stats: 1.60 GHz:20.97%, 1.60 GHz:0.02%, 1.50 GHz:0.06%, 1.40 GHz:0.07%, 1.30 GHz:0.10%, 1.20 GHz:0.18%, 1.10 GHz:0.10%, 1000 MHz:0.15%, 900 MHz:0.19%, 800 MHz:78.16% (424)
analyzing CPU 2:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 2 3
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 2
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.60 GHz
available frequency steps: 1.60 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 1000 MHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.60 GHz.
The governor "conservative" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
cpufreq stats: 1.60 GHz:20.95%, 1.60 GHz:0.02%, 1.50 GHz:0.11%, 1.40 GHz:0.10%, 1.30 GHz:0.12%, 1.20 GHz:0.32%, 1.10 GHz:0.24%, 1000 MHz:0.25%, 900 MHz:0.38%, 800 MHz:77.51% (622)
analyzing CPU 3:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 2 3
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 3
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 1.60 GHz
available frequency steps: 1.60 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.40 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.10 GHz, 1000 MHz, 900 MHz, 800 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.60 GHz.
The governor "conservative" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
cpufreq stats: 1.60 GHz:20.89%, 1.60 GHz:0.03%, 1.50 GHz:0.09%, 1.40 GHz:0.11%, 1.30 GHz:0.11%, 1.20 GHz:0.19%, 1.10 GHz:0.15%, 1000 MHz:0.13%, 900 MHz:0.14%, 800 MHz:78.15% (451)
I first reported this issue to Ubuntu but it seems to be a general
kernel problem. You can find all the details (kernel version, CPU model,
etc.) in that bug report. Let me know if you need any other information.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987531
Thanks.
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