Raspberry 4 and cpu governor: performance vs ondemand

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Raspberry 4 and cpu governor: performance vs ondemand

Postby corrobor » Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:19 pm

Hi,
i switched from linux-rpi to mainline kernel (linux-aarch64).
The default governor of mainline kernel is performance (instead ondemand): the core is stable to 1,5 ghz. I have this question: my raspberry 4 is set as server for my home automation (so it is on 24h 7/7). Is it the same use "performance" or "ondemand"? Can i stay on performance or should i set "ondemand"?
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Re: Raspberry 4 and cpu governor: performance vs ondemand

Postby graysky » Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:05 pm

Likely does not mater. Power savings cannot be detected by my meter which has the precision about 0.5 W. Heat differences are also trivial depending on your cooling. In theory there is no reason to keep it on performance. Use schedutil or ondemand, see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CPU_fr ... _governors

We ship linux-rpi defaulted to schedutil FYI.
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