[openwrt/openwrt] ipq40xx: switch to performance governor by default
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xback pushed a commit to openwrt/openwrt.git, branch openwrt-21.02:
https://git.openwrt.org/18f12e6f69a9597c13d2d18f5eb661f4549331e4
commit 18f12e6f69a9597c13d2d18f5eb661f4549331e4
Author: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte at citymesh.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 12 15:38:27 2023 +0200
ipq40xx: switch to performance governor by default
Doing a simple ping to my device shows this:
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.00 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.02 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.68 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.91 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=1.92 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=2.04 ms
Some users even report higher values on older kernels:
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.612 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.852 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.719 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.741 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.808 ms
The problem is that the governor is set to Ondemand, which causes
the CPU to clock all the way down to 48MHz in some cases.
Switching to performance governor:
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.528 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.561 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.633 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.253.101: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.526 ms
In theory, using the Performance governor should increase power draw,
but it looks like it really does not matter for this soc.
Using a calibrated precision DC power supply (cpu idle):
Ondemand
24.00V * 0.134A = 3.216 Watts
48.00V * 0.096A = 4.608 Watts
Performance
24.00V * 0.135A = 3.240 Watts
48.00V * 0.096A = 4.608 Watts
Let's simply switch to the Performance governor by default
to fix the general jittery behaviour on devices using this soc.
Tested on: MikroTik wAP ac
Fixes: #13649
Reviewed-by: Robert Marko <robimarko at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Thibaut VARÈNE <hacks at slashdirt.org>
Signed-off-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte at citymesh.com>
(cherry picked from commit b8e52852bd62236a2a84663b4592d221ebc64cb4)
---
target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.4 | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.4 b/target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.4
index 0fb49355cb..43f885d12f 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.4
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.4
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ CONFIG_CPU_COPY_V6=y
CONFIG_CPU_CP15=y
CONFIG_CPU_CP15_MMU=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
-CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
-# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE is not set
+# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND is not set
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set
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