Why does cpu governor is set by default to powersave in RHEL7 when intel_pstate is loaded?

Solution Verified - Updated 2024-06-13T21:00:15+00:00 -

Issue

Setting the CPU scaling governor to performance is changed to powersave on boot by default for RHEL 7.
Both the cpupower & tuned services are disabled only then this behavior is observed.

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