BredOS ships by default the tool govctl in package bredos-govctl.
It is enabled by default and will set the performance according to available battery power.
The tool will continuously set the governor to the specified settings, overrides or other tools will not function.
Uninstall the package if this is a problem for your workflow.
GovCtl will by default ensure maximum performance across all attached devices, if there is no onboard battery, or the system is plugged in.
If the system holds sufficient charge, but it's not plugged in, it'll maintain most of the performance, limiting GPU speed and cpu boost.
If the system does not hold a sufficient charge (20% is the default point at which this is determined),
the system will minimize power draw, at the detriment of performance and response time.
This for example will make RK3588 boards only run at 300mHz.
If you do not like the defaults, they can all be changed.
To view the currently applied governor, just run govctl, root access is not required.
[bill88t@icu | ~]> govctl
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Currently applied governor: performance
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usage: govctl [-h] [-g {powersave,conservative,performance}]
[-b {powersave,conservative,performance}] [-e] [-d]
[-p POWERSAVE_PERCENT]
Governor configuration tool
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-g, --set-governor {powersave,conservative,performance}
Set desired governor
-b, --set-battery-governor {powersave,conservative,performance}
Set desired governor while running on battery power
-e, --enable-battery-detection
Enable battery state detection
-d, --disable-battery-detection
Disable battery state detection
-p, --powersave-percent POWERSAVE_PERCENT
Percentage at which powersave triggers
As the help menu states, using option -p will allow you to reconfigure the point at which powersave will be applied at. This is by default 20%, and can be set to be 1% to 80%.
Reconfigure as follows:
sudo govctl -p 30
This would set it to trigger at 30%.
By default, when plugged in or no batteries are present, the system will maintain maximum performance.
If you want to instead apply a more conservative power profile for example, run:
sudo govctl -g conservative
If you instead want to maintain maximum performance even when not plugged in, instead run:
sudo govctl -b performance
Flag -g sets the governor used when plugged in.
Glag -b sets the governor used when NOT plugged in.
Disabling battery detection with:
sudo govctl -d
Will ensure that at all times the "plugged in" governor is applied at all times.
To undo this, run:
sudo govctl -e