On 2022-05-15, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > From: "Ted Unangst" <[email protected]>
> > Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 20:23:39 -0400
> >
> > The cpu hz sensor is more accurate and updates faster than than the value
> > currently used for hw.cpuspeed. So return that value (scaled).
> >
> > This doesn't set cpuspeed directly because the acpi does that and it's hard
> > to create a whole system of priority overrides. I think it's simpler and
> > maybe even better to track every value, and then return the best one
> > available.
>
> At this point, I don't want this. Right now, it is actually useful
> that hw.cpuspeed represents the requested P-state whereas the sensors
> give us the "effective" frequency the core is actually running at.
> And that is useful for evaluating what is actually happening.
The man page should be updated then.
HW_CPUSPEED (hw.cpuspeed)
The current CPU frequency (in MHz).
