speedstep_target(9)

💅 speedstep_target(9) 💅

okay so this is speedstep_target(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the function for setting a new CPUFreq policy/freq. Bestie, it's giving “small but important kernel API” energy. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

speedstep_target — set a new CPUFreq policy 🎀

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int speedstep_target (struct cpufreq_policy *policy , unsigned int index
       );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• policy — the new policy. That's the assignment, no cap. 💅
• index — index of new freq. The man page says “freq,” and we respect the man page. 🫶

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Sets a new CPUFreq policy/freq. Yes, that is the whole description, and honestly? Iconic. It does exactly what it says: new policy/freq, incoming. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• the kernel file ./drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c, aka the source file to peek at 👀
• speedstep_smi_ownership(9)
• speedstep_smi_get_freqs(9)
• speedstep_set_state(9)
• speedstep_init(9)
• speedstep_exit(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version and date, for the record: ./drivers/cpufreq, October 2026. mwah 💋✨