On 2024-07-26 at 17:59:15 -0500,
"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/26/24 8:38 AM, 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com wrote:
> > I would include logs and version numbers, but I'm not sure where to
> > start.  :-)
> >
> > I checked the BBS, but I didn't immediately't see anything related.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> A guess,
>
>   First - what model laptop/CPU?

It's a Sager/Clevo NP8852P.

$ grep Intel /proc/cpuinfo|sed 2q
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
model name      : 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H

>   I ask because if I recall correctly, one of the changes the 6.10 kernel
> brought it was "improved" scaling of CPU core speed. This would have been
> from the release notes either from The Register or Phronix. My only thought
> is you may have a CPU/chipset, or or passing kernel parameters on boot that
> isn't playing nice with the new CPU scaling preventing your core processor
> speed from idling down.
>
> (top would still show 100% idle -- but your CPU may be idling a 3.5GHz)
>
>   You can check if your cores are idling down with:
>
> grep '^processor\|^cpu MHz' /proc/cpuinfo

processor       : 0
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 1
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 2
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 3
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 4
cpu MHz         : 851.190
processor       : 5
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 6
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 7
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 8
cpu MHz         : 1083.960
processor       : 9
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 10
cpu MHz         : 1006.537
processor       : 11
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 12
cpu MHz         : 942.949
processor       : 13
cpu MHz         : 968.000
processor       : 14
cpu MHz         : 1361.782
processor       : 15
cpu MHz         : 1400.012
processor       : 16
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 17
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 18
cpu MHz         : 400.000
processor       : 19
cpu MHz         : 1384.733

And I just re-opened the lid to check for activity on my post.

>   If your cores are running at full-speed, this may be an area worth further
> investigating.

Bingo.

My issue isn't resolved, but I at least I have something to go on.

Thanks, David.

Regards,
Dan