AnythingIsFine Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Hello, I've followed the steps on the Rock64 Armbian download page to enable overclock on my Rock64 running Armbian Xenial 5.60 (rock64 4.4.124-rk3328), yet I can't seem to increase the CPU clock frequency. I've also checked the Documentation-> Fine Tuning page where the same steps are listed. Steps: sed -i "s/MAX_SPEED=.*/MAX_SPEED=1510000/" /etc/default/cpufrequtils systemctl restart cpufrequtils I've checked the CPU frequency now and it looks like it's stuck at the default value. Shouldn't the new CPU frequency now be listed as 1.51GHz by the below commands ? rock64:~$ cpufreq-info -c 0 cpufrequtils 008: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009 Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: cpufreq-dt CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 2 3 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 1 2 3 maximum transition latency: 68.0 us. hardware limits: 408 MHz - 1.30 GHz available frequency steps: 408 MHz, 600 MHz, 816 MHz, 1.01 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.30 GHz available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, interactive, performance current policy: frequency should be within 600 MHz and 1.30 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 600 MHz. cpufreq stats: 408 MHz:0.00%, 600 MHz:94.66%, 816 MHz:0.00%, 1.01 GHz:0.00%, 1.20 GHz:0.00%, 1.30 GHz:5.34% (285924) pi@rock64:~$ sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 pi@rock64:~$ sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq 600000 pi@rock64:~$ sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq 1296000 pi@rock64:~$ I've found this post on the forum related to overclocking the Rock64, alas it does not specify the steps to increase the CPU frequency. *** I am aware of the issues that CPU overclocking might bring, yet I am willing to test stability and share the results and I already have a heat sink and 5V fan in place. *** I am using the official Rock64 PSU (5V DC at 3A). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, AnythingIsFine said: yet I can't seem to increase the CPU clock frequency. You need to have most recent kernel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingIsFine Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Is it possible to update from Armbian Xenial to Bionic (kernel 4.4.162) or should I just re-flash the eMMC with Bionic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 18 minutes ago, AnythingIsFine said: Is it possible to update from Armbian Xenial to Bionic (kernel 4.4.162) or should I just re-flash the eMMC with Bionic ? Possible, it might work, but it is not recommended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian_ Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) Hi, I'm using ARMBIAN 5.73 stable Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS 4.4.174-rockchip64. It seems max clock for all cores is 1.51 GHz, however the output of cpufreq-info shows that 1.51 GHz is hardly used, despite CPU load at 100% (Plex media server transcoding), it sits for most of the time at 1.392 GHz. Am I missing something? I tried also changing governor to "Performance", but this didn't help. uname -a Linux rock64 4.4.174-rockchip64 #6 SMP Sun Feb 10 10:43:16 CET 2019 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1,2,3}/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 1392000 1512000 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 1392000 1512000 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 1392000 1512000 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 1392000 1512000 cpufreq-info output: Spoiler christian@rock64:~$ cpufreq-info cpufrequtils 008: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009 Per favore, comunicare errori e malfunzionamenti a cpufreq@vger.kernel.org. analisi della CPU 0: modulo cpufreq-dt CPU che operano alla stessa frequenza hardware: 0 1 2 3 CPU che è necessario siano coordinate dal software: 0 1 2 3 latenza massima durante la transizione: 80.0 us. limiti hardware: 408 MHz - 1.51 GHz frequenze disponibili: 408 MHz, 600 MHz, 816 MHz, 1.01 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.39 GHz, 1.51 GHz gestori disponibili: interactive, conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance gestore attuale: la frequenza deve mantenersi tra 600 MHz e 1.51 GHz. Il gestore "interactive" può decidere quale velocità usare in questo intervallo. la frequenza attuale della CPU è 1.39 GHz (ottenuta da una chiamata diretta all'hardware). statistiche cpufreq:408 MHz:0,12%, 600 MHz:10,68%, 816 MHz:0,08%, 1.01 GHz:0,38%, 1.20 GHz:0,27%, 1.30 GHz:0,02%, 1.39 GHz:88,38%, 1.51 GHz:0,06% (2266) analisi della CPU 1: modulo cpufreq-dt CPU che operano alla stessa frequenza hardware: 0 1 2 3 CPU che è necessario siano coordinate dal software: 0 1 2 3 latenza massima durante la transizione: 80.0 us. limiti hardware: 408 MHz - 1.51 GHz frequenze disponibili: 408 MHz, 600 MHz, 816 MHz, 1.01 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.39 GHz, 1.51 GHz gestori disponibili: interactive, conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance gestore attuale: la frequenza deve mantenersi tra 600 MHz e 1.51 GHz. Il gestore "interactive" può decidere quale velocità usare in questo intervallo. la frequenza attuale della CPU è 1.39 GHz (ottenuta da una chiamata diretta all'hardware). statistiche cpufreq:408 MHz:0,12%, 600 MHz:10,68%, 816 MHz:0,08%, 1.01 GHz:0,38%, 1.20 GHz:0,27%, 1.30 GHz:0,02%, 1.39 GHz:88,38%, 1.51 GHz:0,06% (2266) analisi della CPU 2: modulo cpufreq-dt CPU che operano alla stessa frequenza hardware: 0 1 2 3 CPU che è necessario siano coordinate dal software: 0 1 2 3 latenza massima durante la transizione: 80.0 us. limiti hardware: 408 MHz - 1.51 GHz frequenze disponibili: 408 MHz, 600 MHz, 816 MHz, 1.01 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.39 GHz, 1.51 GHz gestori disponibili: interactive, conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance gestore attuale: la frequenza deve mantenersi tra 600 MHz e 1.51 GHz. Il gestore "interactive" può decidere quale velocità usare in questo intervallo. la frequenza attuale della CPU è 1.39 GHz (ottenuta da una chiamata diretta all'hardware). statistiche cpufreq:408 MHz:0,12%, 600 MHz:10,68%, 816 MHz:0,08%, 1.01 GHz:0,38%, 1.20 GHz:0,27%, 1.30 GHz:0,02%, 1.39 GHz:88,38%, 1.51 GHz:0,06% (2266) analisi della CPU 3: modulo cpufreq-dt CPU che operano alla stessa frequenza hardware: 0 1 2 3 CPU che è necessario siano coordinate dal software: 0 1 2 3 latenza massima durante la transizione: 80.0 us. limiti hardware: 408 MHz - 1.51 GHz frequenze disponibili: 408 MHz, 600 MHz, 816 MHz, 1.01 GHz, 1.20 GHz, 1.30 GHz, 1.39 GHz, 1.51 GHz gestori disponibili: interactive, conservative, userspace, powersave, ondemand, performance gestore attuale: la frequenza deve mantenersi tra 600 MHz e 1.51 GHz. Il gestore "interactive" può decidere quale velocità usare in questo intervallo. la frequenza attuale della CPU è 1.39 GHz (ottenuta da una chiamata diretta all'hardware). statistiche cpufreq:408 MHz:0,12%, 600 MHz:10,68%, 816 MHz:0,08%, 1.01 GHz:0,38%, 1.20 GHz:0,27%, 1.30 GHz:0,02%, 1.39 GHz:88,38%, 1.51 GHz:0,06% (2266) CPU has heatsink and fan, temperature stays below 55 degrees C with 100% constant load. Many thanks for your help. Regards. Christian Edited March 6, 2019 by Christian_ added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBerry Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I have a similar issue. My Rock64 doesn't seem to higher than 1296000Hz when 100% stressed using "stress -c 8 -t 60s &". roy@rock64:~$ stress -c 8 -t 60s & [1] 23003 stress: info: [23003] dispatching hogs: 8 cpu, 0 io, 0 vm, 0 hdd roy@rock64:~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/cpuinfo_max_freq 1512000 roy@rock64:~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/cpuinfo_min_freq 408000 roy@rock64:~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/cpuinfo_cur_freq 1296000 stress: info: [23003] successful run completed in 60s [1]+ Done stress -c 8 -t 60s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soerenderfor Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 sed -i "s/MAX_SPEED=.*/MAX_SPEED=1512000/" /etc/default/cpufrequtils "1512000" instead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseBerry Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I've updated /etc/defaults/cpufrequtils accordingly: # WARNING: this file will be replaced on board support package (linux-root-...)$ ENABLE=true MIN_SPEED=408000 MAX_SPEED=1512000 GOVERNOR=ondemand But no change. Still the CPU only goes up to 1296000Hz. Update: now it works..! I had to restart the service: sudo systemctl restart cpufrequtils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian_ Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 10:09 PM, soerenderfor said: sed -i "s/MAX_SPEED=.*/MAX_SPEED=1512000/" /etc/default/cpufrequtils "1512000" instead. Thanks! I had MAX_SPEED=1510000 instead of MAX_SPEED=1512000. Now it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soerenderfor Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Glad i could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingIsFine Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 I have just updated to the Armbian Buster legacy kernel 4.4.213-rockchip64 from kernel 4.4.192-rockchip64 using 'armbian-config' and noticed that the "/etc/default/cpufrequtils" is no longer present. From what I saw, the "/etc/init.d/cpufrequtils" script which is still enabled at boot up is still configured to source the above mentioned file (line 58), otherwise the variables "GOVERNOR" is set o "ondemand" and "MIN_SPEED" and "MAX_SPEED" are set to 0 which translates to 408MHz and !.51GHz respectively. From the script: 24 # Which governor to use. Must be one of the governors listed in: 25 # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors 26 # 27 # and which limits to set. Both MIN_SPEED and MAX_SPEED must be values 28 # listed in: 29 # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 30 # a value of 0 for any of the two variables will disabling the use of 31 # that limit variable. [...] 57 if [ -f /etc/default/cpufrequtils ] ; then 58 . /etc/default/cpufrequtils 59 fi Shouldn't the "/etc/default/cpufrequtils" be created automatically post kernel update? P.S. The documentation on the download page states using 'sed' to changed values which implies an existing file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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