Odroid HC1: can´t get up to speed after Buster update

[jogger]

Updated several HC1 to Buster. Reapplied the optimized board config, as done under stretch before.

 

Main issue: No matter what CPU governor I set, max. frequency jumps around automagically between 1.8 GHz and 2.0 GHz. I can set performance governor to the range from 1.9 to 2.0 GHz, armbian-config confirms, and when I back out of the menu it says "soc runs between 1800 and 1800 MHz using performance governor".  Even at > 90% CPU boards stay below 2.0 GHz.

 

Minor glitches only for boards, I already upgraded from jessie to stretch:

- boot.ini misses the hc1.dtb check - must manually edit

- systemd misses armbian* entries, as well as the utilities referenced in /usr/lib/

[Igor]

4 hours ago, jogger said:

Updated several HC1 to Buster.

Please provide:

armbianmonitor -u

It can help diagnosing this issue.

[jogger]

upgraded stretch to buster

http://ix.io/1Tsv

 

upgraded jessie to stretch to buster

http://ix.io/1TrT

 

There was an execution error at line 813

[jogger]

Getting nearer. Seems it is the current hc1.dtb that throttles down from about 60 degrees. Earlier releases or no dtb allowed 80, correct? Possible to configure?

[Igor]

At least uninstall:

linux-stretch-root-next-odroidxu4

and install

linux-buster-root-next-odroidxu4

 

Jessie -> Stretch -> Buster ... booting the board is already a great success  We could waste a day/days (which is not possible to cover) and not fix all small issues that we were fixed in past few years and are not coming with update. You need to manually update u-boot, change boot script, adjust UUID in it, ... 

Rather start from a clean build and move your things there.

[jogger]

Thanks for excellent support, the install made the systems nearly identical. Then I already had linux-u-boot-odroidxu4-next/buster,now 5.90 armhf installed, so everything looks fine. Autumn is coming, so it may take some time for the temp throttle to show up again, if it still exists.

[jogger]

With regard to CPU speed: problem is still there, others have discussed this as well and point to the device tree in the 4.19 kernel

 

https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php/Thread/25692-Problem-with-CPU-under-clocking-in-Odroid-HC1/

[Igor]

2 hours ago, jogger said:

With regard to CPU speed: problem is still there

With our official upgrade next mainline 4.19.y kernel is going back to stock 4.14.y. Which is the only option to fix this problem.

 

For CPU speed check/edit your /etc/default/cpufrequtil

[jogger]

Finally solved this issue. The first thermal zone tripping point is at 70C with a hysteresis of 10. One would expect to kick a throttle in at 70C and lift the throttle at 60C. However throttling occurs at 60C. So I adapted a script found elsewhere and raised the first two tripping points.

echo 'setting cpu temperature limits ...'
i=0
while [ $i -lt 4 ]; do
	sudo bash -c "echo \"85000\">/sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone""$i""/trip_point_0_temp"
	sudo bash -c "echo \"95000\">/sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone""$i""/trip_point_1_temp"
	i=$[$i+1]
done