Turbo Boost won't turn off while plugged in

[R1D3R175]

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Have you tried?

• Searching through existing/closed issues to see if your bug has already been already submitted? Yes
• If installation failed with auto-cpufreq-installer,have you tried installing auto-cpufreq using Snap package? It didn't fail.
• Have you tried configuring auto-cpufreq? Yes, I use the configuration file in /etc
• Have you tried suggestions in troubleshooting section? Yes.

Error output:

Nothing failed.

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System information:

Using settings defined in /etc/auto-cpufreq.conf file

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Linux distro: Arch Linux
Linux kernel: 6.0.7-arch1-1
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
Cores: 12
Architecture: x86_64
Driver: acpi-cpufreq

------------------------------ Current CPU stats ------------------------------

CPU max frequency: 2600 MHz
CPU min frequency: 800 MHz

Core    Usage   Temperature     Frequency
CPU0:     7.1%     59 °C     4336 MHz
CPU1:    11.2%     55 °C     4319 MHz
CPU2:     6.0%     63 °C     4325 MHz
CPU3:    45.5%     74 °C     4356 MHz
CPU4:    11.7%     59 °C     4258 MHz
CPU5:     4.1%     63 °C     4380 MHz
CPU6:     5.0%     59 °C     4397 MHz
CPU7:     7.9%     55 °C     4371 MHz
CPU8:     5.9%     63 °C     4285 MHz
CPU9:    16.0%     74 °C     4369 MHz
CPU10:    4.0%     59 °C     4354 MHz
CPU11:    4.1%     63 °C     4308 MHz

auto-cpufreq version: Version         : 1.9.6-1

Python: 3.10.8
psutil package: 5.9.2
platform package: 1.0.8
click package: 8.1.3
distro package: 1.8.0

Computer type: Notebook
Battery is: charging

auto-cpufreq system resource consumption:
cpu usage: 0.0 %
memory use: 0.16 %

Total CPU usage: 12.0 %
Total system load: 0.93
Average temp. of all cores: 62.17 °C

Currently using: performance governor
Currently turbo boost is: on

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The issue is that whenever I do something (e.g. opening Telegram) the CPU will reach up to 5GHz, even if I disabled Turbo Boost in the configuration file.
This is what my configuration file looks like:

# settings for when connected to a power source
[charger]
# see available governors by running: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
# preferred governor.
governor = performance

# minimum cpu frequency (in kHz)
# example: for 800 MHz = 800000 kHz --> scaling_min_freq = 800000
# see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html
# to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly
#caling_min_freq = 800000

# maximum cpu frequency (in kHz)
# example: for 1GHz = 1000 MHz = 1000000 kHz -> scaling_max_freq = 1000000
# see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html
# to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly
scaling_max_freq = 2600000

# turbo boost setting. possible values: always, auto, never
turbo = never

# settings for when using battery power
[battery]
# see available governors by running: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
# preferred governor
governor = powersave

# minimum cpu frequency (in kHz)
# example: for 800 MHz = 800000 kHz --> scaling_min_freq = 800000
# see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html
# to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly
scaling_min_freq = 800000

# maximum cpu frequency (in kHz)
# see conversion info: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/frequency/mhz-to-hz.html
# example: for 1GHz = 1000 MHz = 1000000 kHz -> scaling_max_freq = 1000000
# to use this feature, uncomment the following line and set the value accordingly
scaling_max_freq = 1400000

# turbo boost setting. possible values: always, auto, never
turbo = never

The issue is only present while the laptop is plugged in.

Output of rdmsr -a -f 38:38 0x1a0 says that Turbo Boost is enabled also. (all 0s)

A temporary solution would be to disable Turbo Boost by hand following this page

[AdnanHodzic]

A temporary solution would be to disable Turbo Boost by hand following this page

Since I'm very limited with available time to do this myself, if you or anyone else wants to give it a try in implementing this functionality, please give it a try and contribute to the project and you will be credited for your work as part of future release.

[R1D3R175]

Fixed it with #455