[ltp] Thinkpad T61, Ubuntu, cpu scaling

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Schoap D wrote:
> Afaik my system is capable of handling 2GHz, but when I set cpu scaling on
> performance it displays only 1.20GHz. What is going wrong here?

Wimpy AC adapter and no battery installed?

>   current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 1.20 GHz.
>                   The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
>                   within this range.

That would be why it doesn't go over.  If it is the BIOS setting it,
don't override, it is protecting you from something.

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