pwoertop frequencies not ordered descending
With the ACPI driver (and CPU governor "ondemand") the output of powertop looked always fine. However with the P-State driver I do now have this output at 2 hardened 64 bit Gentoo Linux systems:
PowerTOP 2.6 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables
Package | Core | CPU 0 CPU 1
| | Actual 2.6 GHz 2.7 GHz
Idle 0.3% | Idle 63.2% | Idle 73.9% 75.0%
2.50 GHz 0.1% | 2.50 GHz 0.1% | 2.50 GHz 0.1% 0.0%
2.60 GHz 9.0% | 2.60 GHz 8.9% | 2.60 GHz 8.9% 0.3%
2.90 GHz 74.5% | 2.90 GHz 13.4% | 2.90 GHz 5.4% 11.3%
2.71 GHz 13.5% | 2.71 GHz 12.9% | 2.71 GHz 11.2% 12.3%
800 MHz 0.2% | 800 MHz 0.1% | 2.81 GHz 0.5% 0.1%
2.81 GHz 2.3% | 2.81 GHz 1.1% | 1200 MHz 0.0% 0.9%
900 MHz 0.0% | 1000 MHz 0.1% | 1100 MHz 0.0% 0.1%
1000 MHz 0.1% | 1200 MHz 0.0% | 1000 MHz 0.0% 0.0%
1200 MHz 0.0% | 900 MHz 0.0% | 800 MHz 0.0% 0.0%
1100 MHz 0.0% | 1100 MHz 0.0% | 900 MHz 0.0% 0.0%
1300 MHz 0.0% | 1500 MHz 0.0% | 0.0%
1500 MHz 0.0% | 1400 MHz 0.0% | 0.0%
1400 MHz 0.0% | | | Core | CPU 2 CPU 3
| | Actual 2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
| Idle 6.6% | Idle 23.1% 24.9%
| 2.50 GHz 0.1% | 2.50 GHz 0.0% 0.1%
| 2.60 GHz 8.9% | 2.60 GHz 0.1% 8.9%
| 2.90 GHz 69.1% | 2.90 GHz 62.9% 62.5%Is this (partly ?) related to the kernel or just an issue of powertop ?
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With the ACPI driver (and CPU governor "ondemand") the output of powertop looked always fine. However with the P-State driver I do now have this output at 2 hardened 64 bit Gentoo Linux systems:
PowerTOP 2.6 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables
Package | Core | CPU 0 CPU 1 | | Actual 2.6 GHz 2.7 GHz Idle 0.3% | Idle 63.2% | Idle 73.9% 75.0% 2.50 GHz 0.1% | 2.50 GHz 0.1% | 2.50 GHz 0.1% 0.0% 2.60 GHz 9.0% | 2.60 GHz 8.9% | 2.60 GHz 8.9% 0.3% 2.90 GHz 74.5% | 2.90 GHz 13.4% | 2.90 GHz 5.4% 11.3% 2.71 GHz 13.5% | 2.71 GHz 12.9% | 2.71 GHz 11.2% 12.3% 800 MHz 0.2% | 800 MHz 0.1% | 2.81 GHz 0.5% 0.1% 2.81 GHz 2.3% | 2.81 GHz 1.1% | 1200 MHz 0.0% 0.9% 900 MHz 0.0% | 1000 MHz 0.1% | 1100 MHz 0.0% 0.1% 1000 MHz 0.1% | 1200 MHz 0.0% | 1000 MHz 0.0% 0.0% 1200 MHz 0.0% | 900 MHz 0.0% | 800 MHz 0.0% 0.0% 1100 MHz 0.0% | 1100 MHz 0.0% | 900 MHz 0.0% 0.0% 1300 MHz 0.0% | 1500 MHz 0.0% | 0.0% 1500 MHz 0.0% | 1400 MHz 0.0% | 0.0% 1400 MHz 0.0% | || Core | CPU 2 CPU 3 | | Actual 2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz | Idle 6.6% | Idle 23.1% 24.9% | 2.50 GHz 0.1% | 2.50 GHz 0.0% 0.1% | 2.60 GHz 8.9% | 2.60 GHz 0.1% 8.9% | 2.90 GHz 69.1% | 2.90 GHz 62.9% 62.5%Is this (partly ?) related to the kernel or just an issue of powertop ?
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I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.