There is another issue: /etc/init.d/ondemand tries to set the governor to ondemand unconditionally, even on intel systems with p-state.
Systems with the p-state frequency scaling do not have an ondemand governor at all. This means that the /etc/init.d/ondemand falls back to the powersave governor, hindering performance. Alltogether, the /etc/init.d/ondemand looks hackish. Its operation relies on assumptions on the system setup that are just plain wrong: 1) That one does not install the cpufreq utils since, as mentioned in the original bug report, it destroys the work of /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils 2) That one is on the acpi cpu frequency driver since it is hardwired with the governors provided by such driver. I strongly recommend getting rid of /etc/init.d/ondemand -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sysvinit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/911206 Title: /etc/init.d/ondemand unconditionally overrules /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils Status in cpufrequtils package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: /etc/init.d/ondemand *always* sets the cpu scaling governor to ondemand, and is executed after /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils. This causes two problems: 1. Confusion, because it seems as if /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils is being run, but has no effect 2. Possible problems down the road, because /etc/init.d/ondemand has no /etc/default/ondemand, so either editing or deleting /etc/init.d/ondemand. I just discovered that updating initscripts will fail if /etc/init.d/ondemand has been deleted (dpkg complains about this file missing and aborts) Suggested fixes: a) Remove /etc/init.d/ondemand, make the ondemand governor the default for /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils, install package cpufrequtils by default. b) If this is not desired, make absolutely sure that /etc/init.d/ondemand is executed *before* /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils, maybe by making /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils depend on /etc/init.d/ondemand. I'm looking forward to your responses, Daniel ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 3 13:13:59 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: sysvinit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-10 (23 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.init.d.ondemand: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.ondemand: 2012-01-03T13:13:33.783902 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpufrequtils/+bug/911206/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
