[FEATURE] Please allow to turn turbo on and off via override

[ufechner7]

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Please, add the following commands:

sudo auto-cpufreq --force=turbo-boost on
sudo auto-cpufreq --force=turbo-boost off
sudo auto-cpufreq --force=turbo-boost auto

For me, normally I want turbo-boost to be on, but if the battery is below 40% or I go on a long trip it shall be off.

System information:

Using settings defined in /etc/auto-cpufreq.conf file

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Linux distro: Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Linux kernel: 6.1.0-1025-oem
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7840U w/ Radeon  780M Graphics
Cores: 16
Architecture: x86_64
Driver: acpi-cpufreq

------------------------------ Current CPU stats ------------------------------

CPU max frequency: 3300 MHz
CPU min frequency: 1600 MHz

Core	Usage	Temperature	Frequency
CPU0      1.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU1      0.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU2      1.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU3      1.0%        35 °C      1313 MHz
CPU4      1.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU5      0.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU6      2.0%        35 °C      1280 MHz
CPU7      0.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU8      0.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU9      0.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU10      4.0%        35 °C      2152 MHz
CPU11      0.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU12      0.0%        35 °C      1495 MHz
CPU13      1.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU14      0.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz
CPU15      1.0%        35 °C      1600 MHz

auto-cpufreq version: 2.0.0 (git: 15c17fc)

Python: 3.10.12
psutil package: 5.9.6
platform package: 1.0.8
click package: 8.1.7
distro package: 1.8.0

Computer type: Notebook
Battery is: discharging

auto-cpufreq system resource consumption:
cpu usage: 0.0 %
memory use: 0.08 %

Total CPU usage: 0.4 %
Total system load: 0.28
Average temp. of all cores: 34.80 °C 

Currently using: ondemand governor
Currently turbo boost is: on

[AdnanHodzic]

Yes, having this option/flag could be of great value. @shadeyg56 in GUI on/off/auto could maybe be selected using drop down menu.

Until I or someone else has time to look into developing this feature, if you want to give it a try please feel free to contribute to the project and you will be credited for your work as part of future release.

Please note that this is already possible to set by using auto-cpufreq config file.

# turbo boost setting. possible values: always, auto, never
turbo = auto

Besides Readme I also cover its functionality as part of auto-cpufreq v2 video.

[shadeyg56]

GUI on/off/auto could maybe be selected using drop down menu.

Works for me, but needs to be implemented in the CLI first.

I also think it would be better to have it as its own flag instead of using the force flag so something like
sudo auto-cpufreq --turbo=on,sudo auto-cpufreq --turbo=off, sudo auto-cpufreq --turbo=auto

[AdnanHodzic]

Yes, it should def be its own/new flag.

[gelbing]

Do you have any idea why it reports that the Ryzen 7 7840U only supports a max frequency of 3300 MHz? I noticed that if using the amd-pstate-epp driver it does report 6600 MHz which is also not correct from my understanding. But it is matching the output of

lscpu

Architecture:            x86_64
  CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
  Address sizes:         48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
  Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                  16
  On-line CPU(s) list:   0-15
Vendor ID:               AuthenticAMD
  Model name:            AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
    CPU family:          25
    Model:               116
    Thread(s) per core:  2
    Core(s) per socket:  8
    Socket(s):           1
    Stepping:            1
    Frequency boost:     disabled
    CPU(s) scaling MHz:  38%
    CPU max MHz:         6677.3428
    CPU min MHz:         1600.0000
    BogoMIPS:            6590.08

Maybe there is something wrong with my understanding

[AdnanHodzic]

@gelbing please try going thru Troubleshooting section first, if this doesn't help please open a new issue as it doesn't relate to this feature request.

[AdnanHodzic]

Closing the issue due to inactivity.