After update, system performance is slow

General system
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linux 6.0.12.arch1-1 in Testing now.

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Seems amd-pstate is now a standard part of 6.0.11, which might explain the potential issues.

Details from: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=281894

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So anything we can do? Seems like Kernel is the problem. I have downgraded it, guess adding to IgnorePkg would be good but I don’t want to not keep upgrading for long

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Have you tried LTS kernel? It worked for me.

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Assuming it is amd_pstate that’s at issue, the options would presumably be to either go with the LTS kernel or else uninstall cpupower and set all your power settings back to their defaults.

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@mardi
Nope, I need to use waydroid regularly so Linux-zen is the easiest way, I don’t think LTS has the modules waydroid needs. I have added them to IgnorePkg now. Using LTS or downgrading defeats the point of using an Arch-based distro but sad.
@endbob
I guess so, but my laptop would be running at full power then, i want to conserve it whenever i can.

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As amd-pstate is likely to be the standard going forward (at least for Zen 2 and above), you’re probably best to report the bug directly to https://bugzilla.kernel.org.

If it’s related directly to EOS, open a bug report here: https://forum.endeavouros.com/c/arch-based-related-questions/bug-reports/

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I just switched my setup for pstate and deleted the conf file and changed the kernel parameter to be only amd_pstate=passive in the default grub command line and then updated grub. Now it’s working again for my Ryzen 3800X.

[ricklinux@eos-kde ~]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver
amd-pstate
[ricklinux@eos-kde ~]$
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Wait. . . What?

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Yes, just to confuse things even more, it seems kernel 6.1 reverts to acpi-cpufreq by default unless you specify the amd_pstate=passive parameter. I wondered why my PC had suddenly changed back!

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Yes that’s what i found also on both my desktop and Lenovo laptop with Ryzen 5500U. My HP which has a 4700U I have never been able to get to use pstate. I don’t think it supports it.

Edit: I don’t really think this would cause the performance to be slow. My HP is just as fast if not faster than the Lenovo. I really don’t see any difference. On the desktop i do notice the throttling without it.