RHEL5.8: Unable to set cpu frequency on XEN kernels
Issue
- When the
userspace
governor is used, it is not possible to set the cpu frequency usingcpufreq-set
- The
cpuspeed
service is not setting the cpu frequency, they stay at maximum frequency
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.8
- kernel-xen in use
- kernel-xen versions >
2.6.18-308
- kernel-xen versions <
2.6.18-348
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