cpufreq

Python module to control the frequency on Linux systems.

Features

• Get current Frenquency and governor by CPU.
• Set frequency by CPU.
• Enable and Disable CPUs.

Prerequisites

• Custom CPU power managment enabled on BIOS
• Power Management Driver installed (acpi for example)
• Python2 or newer

Site

• https://github.com/VitorRamos/cpufreq

Installation

$ pip3 install cpufreq

Usage

In a command line:

  # Listing the governors and frequencies of cpus
     cpufreq --info
  # Setting a governor for specifics CPU
     cpufreq setgovernor powersave --cpus 0,1,2
  # Resetting cpus and frequencies status
     cpufreq --reset
  # Help 
     cpufreq --help

In a python script:

Use the example file script: example.py