Cpu is "constant" on high frequency

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I recently noticed, that i have a realitve high cou freqency.

My system 
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=cc7be21e-d9d4-4881-841a-b047d2a1253a rw quiet
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 info: xfce4-panel vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20L6S1LV2F v: ThinkPad T480
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20L6S1LV2F v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N24ET67W (1.42 )
    date: 11/17/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 14.4 Wh (77.8%) condition: 18.5/23.9 Wh (77.4%)
    volts: 12.0 min: 11.4 model: LGC 01AV489 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: discharging cycles: 191
  ID-2: BAT1 charge: 10.9 Wh (84.5%) condition: 12.9/24.0 Wh (53.8%)
    volts: 12.3 min: 11.5 model: SMP 01AV452 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: not charging cycles: 236
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-8350U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1494 high: 1700 min/max: 400/3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1432 2: 1700 3: 1697
    4: 1700 5: 1700 6: 1561 7: 1363 8: 800 bogomips: 30409
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
    mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera (1280x720@30) type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b604 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: Picom v: git-7e568
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0521 built: 2016 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.3
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T480
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 82.81 GiB (34.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF256G8L
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: L15P temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 118.93 GiB size: 116.5 GiB (97.96%)
    used: 82.78 GiB (71.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 25.3 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
^ASensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Info:
  Processes: 242 Uptime: 1h 42m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.51 GiB
  used: 2.55 GiB (34.0%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1325 lib: 366 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.15

So i have a i5-8350u, that means the base clock is 1,7Mhz, 3,6Mhz in turbo.
(even when all the “powersaver” utilities are stopped i have the same result)

tlpconf 
[i3hunor@HunorT480 ~]$  inxi -Fazy
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=cc7be21e-d9d4-4881-841a-b047d2a1253a rw quiet
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 info: xfce4-panel vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20L6S1LV2F v: ThinkPad T480
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20L6S1LV2F v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N24ET67W (1.42 )
    date: 11/17/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 14.4 Wh (77.8%) condition: 18.5/23.9 Wh (77.4%)
    volts: 12.0 min: 11.4 model: LGC 01AV489 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: discharging cycles: 191
  ID-2: BAT1 charge: 10.9 Wh (84.5%) condition: 12.9/24.0 Wh (53.8%)
    volts: 12.3 min: 11.5 model: SMP 01AV452 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: not charging cycles: 236
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-8350U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1494 high: 1700 min/max: 400/3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1432 2: 1700 3: 1697
    4: 1700 5: 1700 6: 1561 7: 1363 8: 800 bogomips: 30409
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
    mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera (1280x720@30) type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b604 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: Picom v: git-7e568
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0521 built: 2016 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.3
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T480
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 82.81 GiB (34.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF256G8L
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: L15P temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 118.93 GiB size: 116.5 GiB (97.96%)
    used: 82.78 GiB (71.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 25.3 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
^ASensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Info:
  Processes: 242 Uptime: 1h 42m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.51 GiB
  used: 2.55 GiB (34.0%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1325 lib: 366 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.15
[i3hunor@HunorT480 ~]$ cat /etc/tlp.conf 
#Slimbook Battery ahorro de energia
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/tlp.conf - TLP user configuration
# See full explanation: https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-configuration.html
#
# New configuration scheme (TLP 1.3). Settings are read in the following order:

# 1. Intrinsic defaults
# 2. /etc/tlp.d/*.conf - Drop-in customization snippets
# 3. /etc/tlp.conf     - User configuration (this file)
#
# Notes:
# - In case of identical parameters, the last occurence has precedence
# - This also means, parameters enabled here will override anything else
# - IMPORTANT: all parameters here are disabled, remove the leading '#'
#   to enable them; shown values may be suggestions rather than defaults
# - Default *: intrinsic default that is effective when the parameter is missing
#     or disabled by a leading '#'; use PARAM="" to disable an intrinsic default
# - Default <none>: do nothing or use kernel/hardware defaults

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# tlp - Parameters for power saving

# Set to 0 to disable, 1 to enable TLP.
# Default: 1

TLP_ENABLE=1
#slimbook

# Operation mode when no power supply can be detected: AC, BAT.
# Concerns some desktop and embedded hardware only.
# Default: <none>

TLP_DEFAULT_MODE=BAT
#slimbook

# Operation mode select: 0=depend on power source, 1=always use TLP_DEFAULT_MODE
# Note: use in conjunction with TLP_DEFAULT_MODE=BAT for BAT settings on AC.
# Default: 0

TLP_PERSISTENT_DEFAULT=0
#slimbook

# Power supply class to ignore when determining operation mode: AC, BAT.
# Note: try on laptops where operation mode AC/BAT is incorrectly detected.
# Default: <none>

#TLP_PS_IGNORE=BAT

# Seconds laptop mode has to wait after the disk goes idle before doing a sync.
# Non-zero value enables, zero disables laptop mode.
# Default: 0 (AC), 2 (BAT)

#DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_AC=0
#DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_BAT=2

# Dirty page values (timeouts in secs).
# Default: 15 (AC), 60 (BAT)

#MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_AC=15
#MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_BAT=60

# Note: CPU parameters below are disabled by default, remove the leading #
# to enable them, otherwise kernel defaults will be used.
#
# Select a CPU frequency scaling governor.
# Intel Core i processor with intel_pstate driver:
#   powersave(*), performance.
# Other hardware with acpi-cpufreq driver:
#   ondemand(*), powersave, performance, conservative, schedutil.
# (*) is recommended.
# Use tlp-stat -p to show the active driver and available governors.
# Important:
#   powersave for intel_pstate and ondemand for acpi-cpufreq are power
#   efficient for *almost all* workloads and therefore kernel and most
#   distributions have chosen them as defaults. If you still want to change,
#   you should know what you're doing!
# Default: <none>

## CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_AC=performance
## CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_BAT=ondemand
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Set the min/max frequency available for the scaling governor.
# Possible values depend on your CPU. For available frequencies see
# the output of tlp-stat -p.
# Default: <none>

##CPU_SCALING_MIN_FREQ_ON_AC=400000
##CPU_SCALING_MAX_FREQ_ON_AC=3600000
##CPU_SCALING_MIN_FREQ_ON_BAT=400000
##CPU_SCALING_MAX_FREQ_ON_BAT=3600000
#slimbook (4 lines)

# Set Intel CPU energy/performance policies HWP.EPP and EPB:
#   performance, balance_performance, default, balance_power, power
# Values are given in order of increasing power saving.
# Notes:
# - Requires an Intel Core i processor
# - HWP.EPP requires kernel 4.10 and intel_pstate driver
# - EPB requires kernel 5.2 or module msr and x86_energy_perf_policy
#   from linux-tools
# - When HWP.EPP is available, EPB is not set
# Default: balance_performance (AC), balance_power (BAT)

 ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC=performance
## CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT=default

 ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC=performance
 ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT=default
#slimbook (2 lines)

## CPU_HWP_ON_AC=performance
## CPU_HWP_ON_BAT=balance-performance
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Set Intel CPU P-state performance: 0..100 (%).
# Limit the max/min P-state to control the power dissipation of the CPU.
# Values are stated as a percentage of the available performance.
# Requires an Intel Core i processor with intel_pstate driver.
# Default: <none>

#CPU_MIN_PERF_ON_AC=0
#CPU_MAX_PERF_ON_AC=100
#CPU_MIN_PERF_ON_BAT=0
#CPU_MAX_PERF_ON_BAT=33
#slimbook (4 lines)

# Set the CPU "turbo boost" feature: 0=disable, 1=allow
# Requires an Intel Core i processor.
# Important:
# - This may conflict with your distribution's governor settings
# - A value of 1 does *not* activate boosting, it just allows it
# Default: <none>

## CPU_BOOST_ON_AC=1
## CPU_BOOST_ON_BAT=1
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Minimize number of used CPU cores/hyper-threads under light load conditions:
#   0=disable, 1=enable.
# Default: 0 (AC), 1 (BAT)

 SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_AC=0
 SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_BAT=1
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Kernel NMI Watchdog:
#   0=disable (default, saves power), 1=enable (for kernel debugging only).
# Default: 0
NMI_WATCHDOG=0
#slimbook

# Change CPU voltages aka "undervolting" - Kernel with PHC patch required.
# Frequency voltage pairs are written to:
#   /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/phc_controls
# CAUTION: only use this, if you thoroughly understand what you are doing!
# Default: <none>.

#PHC_CONTROLS="F:V F:V F:V F:V"

# Disk devices; separate multiple devices with spaces.
# Devices can be specified by disk ID also (lookup with: tlp diskid).
# Note: DISK parameters below are effective only when this option is configured.
# Default: "nvme0n1 sda"

# DISK_DEVICES="nvme0n1 sda"
#slimbook

# Disk advanced power management level: 1..254, 255 (max saving, min, off).
# Levels 1..127 may spin down the disk; 255 allowable on most drives.
# Separate values for multiple disks with spaces. Use the special value 'keep'
# to keep the hardware default for the particular disk.
# Default: 254 (AC), 128 (BAT)

# DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_AC="254 254"
# DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_BAT="128 128"
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Hard disk spin down timeout:
#   0:        spin down disabled
#   1..240:   timeouts from 5s to 20min (in units of 5s)
#   241..251: timeouts from 30min to 5.5 hours (in units of 30min)
# See 'man hdparm' for details.
# Separate values for multiple disks with spaces. Use the special value 'keep'
# to keep the hardware default for the particular disk.
# Default: <none>

#DISK_SPINDOWN_TIMEOUT_ON_AC="0 0"
#DISK_SPINDOWN_TIMEOUT_ON_BAT="0 0"

# Select I/O scheduler for the disk devices.
# Multi queue (blk-mq) schedulers:
#   mq-deadline(*), none, kyber, bfq
# Single queue schedulers:
#   deadline(*), cfq, bfq, noop
# (*) recommended.
# Separate values for multiple disks with spaces. Use the special value 'keep'
# to keep the kernel default scheduler for the particular disk.
# Notes:
# - Multi queue (blk-mq) may need kernel boot option 'scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=1'
#   and 'modprobe mq-deadline-iosched|kyber|bfq' on kernels < 5.0
# - Single queue schedulers are legacy now and were removed together with
#   the old block layer in kernel 5.0
# Default: keep

#DISK_IOSCHED="mq-deadline mq-deadline"

# AHCI link power management (ALPM) for disk devices:
#   min_power, med_power_with_dipm(*), medium_power, max_performance.
# (*) Kernel >= 4.15 required, then recommended.
# Multiple values separated with spaces are tried sequentially until success.
# Default:
#  - "med_power_with_dipm max_performance" (AC)
#  - "med_power_with_dipm min_power" (BAT)

 SATA_LINKPWR_ON_AC="med_power_with_dipm max_performance"
 SATA_LINKPWR_ON_BAT="med_power_with_dipm min_power"
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Exclude host devices from AHCI link power management.
# Separate multiple hosts with spaces.
# Default: <none>

#SATA_LINKPWR_BLACKLIST="host1"

# Runtime Power Management for AHCI host and disks devices:
#   on=disable, auto=enable.
# EXPERIMENTAL ** WARNING: auto may cause system lockups/data loss.
# Default: <none>

#AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_ON_AC=on
#AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_ON_BAT=on

# Seconds of inactivity before disk is suspended.
# Note: effective only when AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_ON_AC/BAT is activated.
# Default: 15

# AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_TIMEOUT=15
#slimbook

# PCI Express Active State Power Management (PCIe ASPM):
#   default(*), performance, powersave, powersupersave.
# (*) keeps BIOS ASPM defaults (recommended)
# Default: <none>

#PCIE_ASPM_ON_AC=default
#PCIE_ASPM_ON_BAT=default

# Set the min/max/turbo frequency for the Intel GPU.
# Possible values depend on your hardware. For available frequencies see
# the output of tlp-stat -g.
# Default: <none>

#INTEL_GPU_MIN_FREQ_ON_AC=300
#INTEL_GPU_MIN_FREQ_ON_BAT=300
#INTEL_GPU_MAX_FREQ_ON_AC=1150
#INTEL_GPU_MAX_FREQ_ON_BAT=600
#INTEL_GPU_BOOST_FREQ_ON_AC=1150
#INTEL_GPU_BOOST_FREQ_ON_BAT=900
#slimbook (6 lines)

# Radeon graphics clock speed (profile method): low, mid, high, auto, default;
# auto = mid on BAT, high on AC.
# Default: default

#RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_AC=default
#RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_BAT=mid
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Radeon dynamic power management method (DPM): battery, performance.
# Default: <none>

#RADEON_DPM_STATE_ON_AC=performance
#RADEON_DPM_STATE_ON_BAT=battery
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Radeon DPM performance level: auto, low, high; auto is recommended.
# Note: effective only when RADEON_DPM_STATE_ON_AC/BAT is activated.
# Default: auto

#RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_AC=auto
#RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_BAT=auto
#slimbook (2 lines)

# WiFi power saving mode: on=enable, off=disable; not supported by all adapters.
# Default: off (AC), on (BAT)

WIFI_PWR_ON_AC=off
WIFI_PWR_ON_BAT=on
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Disable wake on LAN: Y/N.
# Default: Y
WOL_DISABLE=Y
#slimbook

# Enable audio power saving for Intel HDA, AC97 devices (timeout in secs).
# A value of 0 disables, >=1 enables power saving (recommended: 1).
# Default: 0 (AC), 1 (BAT)

SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_AC=0
SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_BAT=1
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Disable controller too (HDA only): Y/N.
# Note: effective only when SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_AC/BAT is activated.
# Default: Y
SOUND_POWER_SAVE_CONTROLLER=Y
#slimbook

# Power off optical drive in UltraBay/MediaBay: 0=disable, 1=enable.
# Drive can be powered on again by releasing (and reinserting) the eject lever
# or by pressing the disc eject button on newer models.
# Note: an UltraBay/MediaBay hard disk is never powered off.
# Default: 0

BAY_POWEROFF_ON_AC=0
BAY_POWEROFF_ON_BAT=0
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Optical drive device to power off
# Default: sr0

BAY_DEVICE="sr0"
#slimbook

# Runtime Power Management for PCI(e) bus devices: on=disable, auto=enable.
# Default: on (AC), auto (BAT)

RUNTIME_PM_ON_AC=on
RUNTIME_PM_ON_BAT=auto
#slimbook (2 lines)

# Exclude PCI(e) device adresses the following list from Runtime PM
# (separate with spaces). Use lspci to get the adresses (1st column).
# Default: <none>

RUNTIME_PM_BLACKLIST="bb:dd.f 11:22.3 44:55.6 02:00.0"
#slimbook

# Exclude PCI(e) devices assigned to the listed drivers from Runtime PM.
# Default when unconfigured is "amdgpu nouveau nvidia radeon" which
# prevents accidential power-on of dGPU in hybrid graphics setups.
# Separate multiple drivers with spaces.
# Default: "amdgpu mei_me nouveau nvidia pcieport radeon", use "" to disable
# completely.

RUNTIME_PM_DRIVER_BLACKLIST="nouveau nvidia"
#slimbook

# Set to 0 to disable, 1 to enable USB autosuspend feature.
# Default: 1

USB_AUTOSUSPEND=1
#slimbook

# Exclude listed devices from USB autosuspend (separate with spaces).
# Use lsusb to get the ids.
# Note: input devices (usbhid) are excluded automatically
# Default: <none>

USB_BLACKLIST=0bda:0411 0bda:8153
#slimbook

# Bluetooth devices are excluded from USB autosuspend:
#   0=do not exclude, 1=exclude.
# Default: 0
USB_BLACKLIST_BTUSB=0
#slimbook

# Phone devices are excluded from USB autosuspend:
#   0=do not exclude, 1=exclude (enable charging).
# Default: 0
USB_BLACKLIST_PHONE=0
#slimbook

# Printers are excluded from USB autosuspend:
#   0=do not exclude, 1=exclude.
# Default: 1
USB_BLACKLIST_PRINTER=0
#slimbook

# WWAN devices are excluded from USB autosuspend:
#   0=do not exclude, 1=exclude.
# Default: 0
USB_BLACKLIST_WWAN=0
#slimbook

# Include listed devices into USB autosuspend even if already excluded
# by the blacklists above (separate with spaces). Use lsusb to get the ids.
# Default: <none>

#USB_WHITELIST="1111:2222 3333:4444"

# Set to 1 to disable autosuspend before shutdown, 0 to do nothing
# Note: use as a workaround for USB devices that cause shutdown problems.
# Default: 0

USB_AUTOSUSPEND_DISABLE_ON_SHUTDOWN=0
#slimbook

# Restore radio device state (Bluetooth, WiFi, WWAN) from previous shutdown
# on system startup: 0=disable, 1=enable.
# Note: the parameters DEVICES_TO_DISABLE/ENABLE_ON_STARTUP/SHUTDOWN below
#   are ignored when this is enabled.
# Default: 0

RESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP=0
#slimbook

# Radio devices to disable on startup: bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# Separate multiple devices with spaces.
# Default: <none>

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_STARTUP=bluetooth wwan
#slimbook

# Radio devices to enable on startup: bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# Separate multiple devices with spaces.
# Default: <none>

#DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_STARTUP="wifi"

# Radio devices to disable on shutdown: bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# Note: use as a workaround for devices that are blocking shutdown.
# Default: <none>

#DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_SHUTDOWN="bluetooth wifi wwan"

# Radio devices to enable on shutdown: bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# (to prevent other operating systems from missing radios).
# Default: <none>

#DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_SHUTDOWN="wwan"

# Radio devices to enable on AC: bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# Default: <none>

#DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_AC="bluetooth wifi wwan"

# Radio devices to disable on battery: bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# Default: <none>

#DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT="bluetooth wifi wwan"

# Radio devices to disable on battery when not in use (not connected):
#   bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# Default: <none>

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT_NOT_IN_USE=bluetooth
#slimbook

# Battery charge thresholds (ThinkPad only).
# May require external kernel module(s), refer to the output of tlp-stat -b.
# Charging starts when the remaining capacity falls below the
# START_CHARGE_THRESH value and stops when exceeding the STOP_CHARGE_THRESH
# value.

# Main / Internal battery (values in %)
# Default: <none>

START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=80
STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=85

# Ultrabay / Slice / Replaceable battery (values in %)
# Default: <none>

START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT1=80
STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT1=85

# Restore charge thresholds when AC is unplugged: 0=disable, 1=enable.
# Default: 0

#RESTORE_THRESHOLDS_ON_BAT=1

# Battery feature drivers: 0=disable, 1=enable
# Default: 1 (all)

NATACPI_ENABLE=1
TPACPI_ENABLE=1
TPSMAPI_ENABLE=1

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# tlp-rdw - Parameters for the radio device wizard

# Possible devices: bluetooth, wifi, wwan.
# Separate multiple radio devices with spaces.
# Default: <none> (for all parameters below)

# Radio devices to disable on connect.

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_LAN_CONNECT=
#slimbook

#DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_WIFI_CONNECT="wwan"
#DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_WWAN_CONNECT="wifi"

# Radio devices to enable on disconnect.

DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_LAN_DISCONNECT=
#slimbook

#DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_WIFI_DISCONNECT=""
#DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_WWAN_DISCONNECT=""

# Radio devices to enable/disable when docked.

#DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_DOCK=""
#DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_DOCK=""

# Radio devices to enable/disable when undocked.

#DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_UNDOCK="wifi"
#DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_UNDOCK=""

According to auto-cpufreq --monitor and s-tui my “base” clock, even on idle i 1,9Mhz on the most cores all the time. If i do a stress test im able to get the turbo 3,6Mhz.

s-tui
s-tui232Ă—511 55.3 KB

Is it a problem for my powersave config? Its quite anoys me, is it possible that the sensors “broke” or misconfigurated?

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…and again:

Please note: auto-cpufreq aims to replace TLP in terms of functionality and after you install auto-cpufreq it’s recommended to remove TLP. If both are used for same functionality, i.e: to set CPU frequencies it’ll lead to unwanted results like overheating. Hence, only use both tools in tandem if you know what you’re doing.

Tool/daemon that does not conflict with auto-cpufreq in any way and is even recommended to have running alongside is thermald.

GitHub - AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq: Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux

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I know iknow.
But when im not using anything i’ ve got the same results.
With or without tlp or auto-cpufreq

Altough thanks for your time again and again.

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what is the status of cpupower.service ?

systemctl status cpupower.service

down ? then enable it and restart

second, i’m sure intel_pstate is active and will owerwrite all settings. disable it in grub and let the kernel take control.

sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="........(other settings) intel_pstate=disable"
sudo update-grub

it will look similar like this

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet audit=0 usbcore.autosuspend=-1 psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1 intel_pstate=disable udev.log_priority=3 "
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If cpupower is enabled(active(exited)) then the frequencyes are almost the same.

sudo cpupower frequency-info 
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: intel_pstate
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
  maximum transition latency:  Cannot determine or is not supported.
  hardware limits: 400 MHz - 3.60 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: performance powersave
  current policy: frequency should be within 400 MHz and 1.70 GHz.
                  The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware
  current CPU frequency: 1.65 GHz (asserted by call to kernel)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes

I dont really have currage to mess with the kernel or the grubloader, but i will try to make a safe way for it.

Thanks for your time.

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disable the intel_pstate and your fine. there is no reason to worry. the intel_pstate-driver isn’t a good solution. did the same at my laptop after the same issues you’re dealing with.

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Okay, will it cause problem with tlp or auto-cpufreq in your opinion?

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no it’s the opposit, the intel_pstate driver prevents linux to run as it should and blocks all the settings you try to adjust with the configs. it limits the frequency-governor to only powersave and performance and that’s the problem. once intel_pstate is disabled the kernel has control and you can use the full acces that linux gives. don’t know, the intel_pstate might had been a good idea but the solution in practice is a pick into the closet.

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I see.
Thank you!
I will reboot and see what happened.

10

after reboot, post the output of

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

to see if intel_pstate is disabled.

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It is disabled, i feel the performance downgrade.

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=cc7be21e-d9d4-4881-841a-b047d2a1253a rw quiet
    udev.log_priority=3 intel_pstate=disable
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 info: xfce4-panel vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20L6S1LV2F v: ThinkPad T480
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20L6S1LV2F v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N24ET67W (1.42 )
    date: 11/17/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 7.2 Wh (38.9%) condition: 18.5/23.9 Wh (77.4%)
    volts: 11.4 min: 11.4 model: LGC 01AV489 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: discharging cycles: 192
  ID-2: BAT1 charge: 9.1 Wh (70.5%) condition: 12.9/24.0 Wh (53.8%)
    volts: 11.9 min: 11.5 model: SMP 01AV452 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: not charging cycles: 236
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.51 GiB used: 1.45 GiB (19.4%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-8350U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 809 high: 816 min/max: 400/1901 boost: disabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: powersave cores: 1: 807 2: 803 3: 806 4: 816
    5: 807 6: 813 7: 809 8: 816 bogomips: 30409
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt
    cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts
    epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr
    ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
    invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
    pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sgx
    smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
    mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera (1280x720@30) type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b604 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: Picom v: git-7e568
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0521 built: 2016 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.3
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T480
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 82.87 GiB (34.8%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKF256G8L
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: L15P temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 118.93 GiB size: 116.5 GiB (97.96%)
    used: 82.85 GiB (71.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
    label: N/A uuid: cc7be21e-d9d4-4881-841a-b047d2a1253a
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 25.3 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: N/A uuid: 2EAD-1B08
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 118.93 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 3648B0CC48B08C5D
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 509 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 1804C52004C5022C
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-8:2 info: Chicony Integrated Camera (1280x720@30) type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 04f2:b604 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 38.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 225 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1328 lib: 368
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.15
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if you run

cpupower frequency-info

you should see that all frequency governors are now avaiable

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Yeah, it is.
Now my system is really slow (on powersave) and eats a little bit more from my battery.
How can i change the governor?

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the example below will set it to performance, but you can use any of the governors that are avaiable with sudo cpupower frequency-set --governor performancethe info

sudo cpupower frequency-set --governor performance

P.S.: schedutil and ondemand are usually a good compromise to run the system

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Thank you!
It really helped it.
All i need to do is check the powerconsumption.

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my experience is that it only depends on the real load. if you run on performance but no applications are using it the temperatures will go down. temperature is always the best indicator. to watch them use a tool like psensor that you can install from pamac/pacman.

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Do i have to set ondemand governor every time i disconnect the ac?

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this depends now on the configs. for example if i turn my pc off and restart it the basic setting of the configs is to set the pc to the schedutil governor. you can try it for yourself, turn the computer complete off, do a restart and check what governor is set as default with the info command given above.

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It boots to powersave.
So i have to script it.

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i’m not aware how firm you are on changing settings and scripting. not to be offensive but are you new to linux ? in this case i would recommend that you install cpupower-gui from the packet-manager (but you have to activate the aur-packages too) and use this first.

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