linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] Intel Turbo Boost stuck disabled on some Clevo machines (was: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Unchecked MSR aceess in legacy mode)

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Message-ID: <aa8d90214822829fb392022f0c7f4148822a6aa7.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:58:55 -0800
From: srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
To: Aaron Rainbolt <arainbolt@...cus.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, viresh.kumar@...aro.org, 
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 stable@...r.kernel.org, 	mmikowski@...cus.org, Thomas Renninger
 <trenn@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] Intel Turbo Boost stuck disabled on some Clevo
 machines (was: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Unchecked MSR aceess in
 legacy mode)

+ Thomas

Please verify so that I can post the patch.

Thanks,
Srinivas


On Thu, 2025-11-06 at 17:48 -0800, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
> 
> Please again verify this change. This limits the scope.
> Patch attached.
> 
> Thanks,
> Srinivas
> 
> On Thu, 2025-11-06 at 11:31 -0600, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:23:14 -0800
> > srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Aaron,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2025-09-10 at 15:33 -0500, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:15:00 -0700
> > > > srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >   
> > > > > On Wed, 2025-09-10 at 11:36 -0500, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:  
> > > > > > On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:29:09 +0200
> > > > > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > > >     
> > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM Srinivas Pandruvada
> > > > > > > <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com> wrote:    
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > When turbo mode is unavailable on a Skylake-X system,
> > > > > > > > executing
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > command:
> > > > > > > > "echo 1 >
> > > > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo"
> > > > > > > > results in an unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to
> > > > > > > > 0x199
> > > > > > > > (attempted to write 0x0000000100001300).  
> > > Please try the attached patch, if this address this issue.
> > 
> > I can confirm that this patch does resolve the issue when applied
> > to
> > Kubuntu Focus's 6.14 kernel. CPU frequencies are available that
> > require
> > turbo boost, and `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate` returns
> > `0`. The logs from `dmesg` also indicate that turbo was disabled
> > earlier in boot, but the warnings about turbo being disabled stop
> > appearing later on, even when manipulating the `no_turbo` file:
> > 
> > [   25.893012] intel_pstate: Turbo is disabled
> > [   25.893019] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable
> > on
> > processor
> > [   25.950587] NET: Registered PF_QIPCRTR protocol family
> > [   26.599013] Realtek Internal NBASE-T PHY r8169-0-6c00:00:
> > attached
> > PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-6c00:00, irq=MAC)
> > [   26.725959] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol
> > [\_TZ.ETMD], AE_NOT_FOUND (20240827/psargs-332)
> > 
> > [   26.725976] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_OSC]
> > 
> > [   26.725978] Initialized Arguments for Method [_OSC]:  (4
> > arguments
> > defined for method invocation)
> > [   26.725979]   Arg0:   0000000030ddf166 <Obj>          
> > Buffer(16)
> > 5D A8 3B B2 B7 C8 42 35
> > [   26.725991]   Arg1:   0000000002bd3ac4 <Obj>           Integer
> > 0000000000000001
> > [   26.725996]   Arg2:   0000000033eb047e <Obj>           Integer
> > 0000000000000002
> > [   26.725999]   Arg3:   00000000de6cf5f1 <Obj>           Buffer(8)
> > 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00
> > 
> > [   26.726010] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.IETM._OSC due to
> > previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20240827/psparse-529)
> > [   26.726056] Consider using thermal netlink events interface
> > [   26.769209] r8169 0000:6c:00.0 enp108s0: Link is Down
> > [   26.857318] zram0: detected capacity change from 0 to 195035136
> > [   26.864390] vboxdrv: Found 32 processor cores/threads
> > [   26.873227] Adding 97517564k swap on /dev/zram0.  Priority:-2
> > extents:1 across:97517564k SS
> > [   26.880588] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency
> > 2419194640 Hz
> > [   26.880592] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 7.2.4 r170995
> > (interface 0x00340001)
> > [   26.895725] intel_pstate: Turbo is disabled
> > [   26.895730] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable
> > on
> > processor
> > [   26.943715] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION:
> > 0x20
> > [   26.943746] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION:
> > 0x1f
> > [   26.943755] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90
> > [   26.943765] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0
> > [   26.944901] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason =
> > 5
> > [   27.045437] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Registered PHC clock: iwlwifi-
> > PTP, with index: 0
> > [   27.098590] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
> > [   27.101687] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
> > [   27.153602] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer
> > available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if
> > you
> > need this.
> > [   27.851014] loop14: detected capacity change from 0 to 8
> > [   27.895706] r8169 0000:6c:00.0: invalid VPD tag 0xff (size 0) at
> > offset 0; assume missing optional EEPROM
> > [   28.898015] intel_pstate: Turbo is disabled
> > [   28.898021] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable
> > on
> > processor
> > [   31.900781] intel_pstate: Turbo is disabled
> > [   31.900788] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable
> > on
> > processor
> > [   33.959448] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
> > [   33.959456] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
> > [   33.959462] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
> > [   36.903768] intel_pstate: Turbo is disabled
> > [   36.903777] intel_pstate: Turbo disabled by BIOS or unavailable
> > on
> > processor
> > [   38.054345] systemd-journald[883]:
> > /var/log/journal/a9e8e3d2041547169b107e1e1a23f2ce/user-
> > 1000.journal:
> > Journal file uses a different sequence number ID, rotating.
> > [   39.799560] warning: `kded5' uses wireless extensions which will
> > stop working for Wi-Fi 7 hardware; use nl80211
> > [   40.884365] wlp0s20f3: authenticate with 18:ee:86:8b:16:a2
> > (local
> > address=98:bd:80:8a:e9:27)
> > [   40.885147] wlp0s20f3: send auth to 18:ee:86:8b:16:a2 (try 1/3)
> > [   40.968595] wlp0s20f3: authenticate with 18:ee:86:8b:16:a2
> > (local
> > address=98:bd:80:8a:e9:27)
> > [   40.968603] wlp0s20f3: send auth to 18:ee:86:8b:16:a2 (try 1/3)
> > [   40.980941] wlp0s20f3: authenticated
> > [   40.981904] wlp0s20f3: associate with 18:ee:86:8b:16:a2 (try
> > 1/3)
> > [   41.042933] wlp0s20f3: RX AssocResp from 18:ee:86:8b:16:a2
> > (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=14)
> > [   41.046917] wlp0s20f3: associated
> > 
> > If you post the patch, I'm happy to add a `Tested-by` tag for it.
> > Thank you for your help!
> > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Srinivas
> > 
> > 

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