Turbo mode CPU frequency not accurately reflected in /proc/cpuinfo in RHEL 7

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • /proc/cpuinfo and /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq display the base CPU frequency and do not reflect the actual turbo mode frequency in use by the CPU.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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