Re: using intel i5 freqency governors
On 12/2/21, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>>> How do I get the intel cpu "turbo boost" fully engaged when I'm
>>>>> running my script and go back into power save mode when the machine is
>>>>> idle?
>>>
>>> That should be the default behavior (i.e. if you don't touch any cpu
>>> power configuration).
>>
>> Unfortunately, it clearly is _not_ the behavior I get. .. and I
>> hadn't touched any power config until I was trying things to get my
>> 900 second execution time down around the 600 seconds it takes on the
>> windows/cygwin machine.
>
> You might want to try and figure out why you get `powersave` as default
> governor,
How much weight should a debian user give the arch linux wiki?
Because that says you get powersave as the default:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CPU_frequency_scaling
> but until you've figured it out, you might like to force the
> use of the `schedutil` governor instead which should give you the same
> kind of speed as the `performance` governor under load while reverting
> to low-power state afterwards.
I'll take a look at it - thanks
Lee
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