CPUPOWER-FREQUENCY-SET(1)

💖 CPUPOWER-FREQUENCY-SET(1) ✨ — cpupower-frequency-set 💅

🌸 NAME

cpupower-frequency-set is a small tool that lets you modify cpufreq settings. ✨

🦋 SYNTAX

cpupower [ -c cpu ] frequency-set [options]

🎀 DESCRIPTION

okay so cpupower frequency-set lets you change cpufreq settings without having to type out stuff like "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_set_speed" every single time. literally so much easier 😭🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -d, --min <FREQ> — sets the new minimum CPU frequency the governor is allowed to pick. 🌈
• -u, --max <FREQ> — sets the new maximum CPU frequency the governor is allowed to pick. 🔥
• -g, --governor <GOV> — sets a new cpufreq governor. 👑
• -f, --freq <FREQ> — sets one specific frequency. This one needs the userspace governor to be available and loaded, bestie, so keep that in mind 🧚
• -r, --related — modifies all hardware-related CPUs at the same time. 💜

🍓 REMARKS 🍓

By default, values get applied to all cores. If you want to tweak single-core configs, check out the --cpu option section in the cpupower(1) manpage. 🙈

The -f FREQ, --freq FREQ parameter cannot be combined with any other parameter, so don't even try it 💀

FREQuencies can be passed in Hz, kHz (default), MHz, GHz, or THz. Just stick the unit name right after the value, no space. The conversions are: frequency in kHz =^ Hz * 0.001 =^ MHz * 1000 =^ GHz * 1000000. Math slay 🧮✨

⚠️ On Linux kernels up to 2.6.29, the -r or --related parameter is ignored. Those are super old kernels, so it's probably fine, but still, know the tea! 🫖

📁 FILES

• /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/
• /proc/cpufreq (deprecated 💀)
• /proc/sys/cpu/ (deprecated 💀)

👑 AUTHORS

• Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> — author 💖
• Mattia Dongili<malattia@gmail.com> — first autolibtoolization 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO

cpupower-frequency-info(1), cpupower(1) — go read these next, they're giving everything you need 📖🫶

Version 0.1, bestie. Thanks for reading, you're literally so smart. Love you, mwah! 💜🎀✨