Fedora CPU frequency scaling

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At first install kernel-tools (provides cpupower tool):

dnf install kernel-tools

Get current CPU governor:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

List available CPU governors:

cpupower frequency-info --governors

Get current CPU frequency:

cpupower frequency-info

or

lscpu | grep "CPU MHz"

Set performance governor:

cpupower frequency-set --governor performance

Set powersave governor:

cpupower frequency-set --governor powersave

Kernel documentation: CPUFreq Governors