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Linux No TurboBoost Fix. Doesn't work with enabled SecureBoot
[Unit]
Description=Enable Turbo Boost on Intel CPUs
[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/modprobe msr && /root/turbo-boost.sh enable"
RemainAfterExit=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=sysinit.target
sudo systemctl status myservice#!/bin/bash
if [[ -z $(which rdmsr) ]]; then
echo "msr-tools is not installed. Run 'sudo apt-get install msr-tools' to install it." >&2
exit 1
fi
if [[ ! -z $1 && $1 != "enable" && $1 != "disable" ]]; then
echo "Invalid argument: $1" >&2
echo ""
echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [disable|enable]"
exit 1
fi
cores=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | awk '{print $3}')
for core in $cores; do
if [[ $1 == "disable" ]]; then
sudo wrmsr -p${core} 0x1a0 0x4000850089
fi
if [[ $1 == "enable" ]]; then
sudo wrmsr -p${core} 0x1a0 0x850089
fi
state=$(sudo rdmsr -p${core} 0x1a0 -f 38:38)
if [[ $state -eq 1 ]]; then
echo "core ${core}: disabled"
else
echo "core ${core}: enabled"
fi
done
sudo apt install msr-tools
sudo chmod +x /root/turbo-boost.sh
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable enable-turbo-boost.service
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