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rsnfunky
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:08 am    Post subject: Unable to set Frequency Governor on a AMD Phenon -II Reply with quote

Hi,

I have an AMD Phenom-II processor. The kernel has been manually compiled with all the CPU governors loaded in the kernel including the CPU-microcode.

There are no governors loaded for the CPU.

Code:
# cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 1:
  no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: Not Available
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: Not Available
  maximum transition latency:  Cannot determine or is not supported.
Not Available
  available cpufreq governors: Not Available
  Unable to determine current policy
  current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware
  current CPU frequency:  Unable to call to kernel
  boost state support:
    Supported: no
    Active: no
    Boost States: 0
    Total States: 1
    Pstate-P0:  800MHz


What am I missing ?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In kernel configuration, is CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ set to Y ? (it's in Power management and ACPI options > CPU Frequency scaling > ACPI Processor P-States driver)
The AMD Processor P-State driver does not support your CPU - it's only for Ryzen 3 and later

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Power_management/Processor
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
# zgrep 'CONFIG_ACPI=' /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_ACPI=y


Quote:

# zgrep 'CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ' /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=m
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Re: my AMD Phenom(tm) 8650 Triple-Core Processor -- they probably have something in common:
Code:
grep ^CONFIG_ACPI /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_LEGACY_TABLES_LOOKUP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM_POWER_STATES_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_IOAPIC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_MDIO=m
CONFIG_ACPI_WMI=y


Code:
cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
  maximum transition latency: 18.0 us
  hardware limits: 1.15 GHz - 2.30 GHz
  available frequency steps:  2.30 GHz, 1.15 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance schedutil
  current policy: frequency should be within 1.15 GHz and 2.30 GHz.
                  The governor "schedutil" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware
  current CPU frequency: 1.15 GHz (asserted by call to kernel)
  boost state support:
    Supported: no
    Active: no

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