On 2024-07-26 at 17:59:15 -0500, "David C. Rankin" <drankina...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/26/24 8:38 AM, 2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com wrote: > > I would include logs and version numbers, but I'm not sure where to > > start. :-) > > > > I checked the BBS, but I didn't immediately't see anything related. > > > > Any ideas? > > A guess, > > First - what model laptop/CPU? It's a Sager/Clevo NP8852P. $ grep Intel /proc/cpuinfo|sed 2q vendor_id : GenuineIntel model name : 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H > I ask because if I recall correctly, one of the changes the 6.10 kernel > brought it was "improved" scaling of CPU core speed. This would have been > from the release notes either from The Register or Phronix. My only thought > is you may have a CPU/chipset, or or passing kernel parameters on boot that > isn't playing nice with the new CPU scaling preventing your core processor > speed from idling down. > > (top would still show 100% idle -- but your CPU may be idling a 3.5GHz) > > You can check if your cores are idling down with: > > grep '^processor\|^cpu MHz' /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 1 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 2 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 3 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 4 cpu MHz : 851.190 processor : 5 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 6 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 7 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 8 cpu MHz : 1083.960 processor : 9 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 10 cpu MHz : 1006.537 processor : 11 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 12 cpu MHz : 942.949 processor : 13 cpu MHz : 968.000 processor : 14 cpu MHz : 1361.782 processor : 15 cpu MHz : 1400.012 processor : 16 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 17 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 18 cpu MHz : 400.000 processor : 19 cpu MHz : 1384.733 And I just re-opened the lid to check for activity on my post. > If your cores are running at full-speed, this may be an area worth further > investigating. Bingo. My issue isn't resolved, but I at least I have something to go on. Thanks, David. Regards, Dan
