speedstep_smi_get_freqs(9)

okay bestie, welcome to speedstep_smi_get_freqs(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's a whole vibe, let's get into it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

speedstep_smi_get_freqs — get SpeedStep preferred & current freq. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int speedstep_smi_get_freqs (unsigned int *low , unsigned int *high );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• low — the low frequency value is placed here 🫶
• high — the high frequency value is placed here 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so listen 👀 this is only available on later SpeedStep-enabled systems. on earlier systems it returns false results or even hangs [cf. bugme.osdl.org # 1422] 😭 and empirical testing shows that the latter occurs if !(ist_info.event & 0xFFFF) 💀

bestie, fr fr: earlier systems are not it for this one — false results or a whole hang, no cap.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c
• speedstep_smi_ownership(9)
• speedstep_set_state(9)
• speedstep_target(9)
• speedstep_init(9)
• speedstep_exit(9)

mwah 💋 this lil page is straight from ./drivers/cpufreq, dated October 2026, and it's all about speedstep_smi_get_freqs(9) — periodt. 🎀✨