When i enable the sample values from SYSFS_EXTRA="..." in /etc/conf.d/cpupower and run /etc/init.d/cpupower i get the following error: # /etc/init.d/cpupower start * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Running cpupower -c all frequency-set --governor ondemand ... [ !! ] * Setting extra options: ondemand/ignore_nice_load=0 ondemand/up_threshold=75 ondemand/sampling_down_factor=10 /etc/init.d/cpupower: line 23: ondemand/ignore_nice_load: No such file or directory [ ok ] * ERROR: cpupower failed to start What's wrong here? Should the example fixed or is my system broken? # nice -n 19 emerge --info sys-power/cpupower !!! Invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY (not a dir): '/var/lib/layman/prism-overlay' Portage 2.3.40 (python 2.7.14-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop, gcc-7.3.0, glibc-2.27-r6, 4.20.5-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.20.5-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-2520M_CPU_@_2.50GHz-with-gentoo-2.6 KiB Mem: 16348700 total, 11994328 free KiB Swap: 33554428 total, 33554428 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:00:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: c231639327feb4e0be483e0f4ee57fa9bbf6f1f3 sh bash 4.4_p12 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.30 p5) 2.30.0 app-shells/bash: 4.4_p12::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r4::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.26.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.14-r1::gentoo, 3.4.8::gentoo, 3.5.5::gentoo, 3.6.5::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.9.6::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.6-r1::gentoo 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That file exists on my system when the ondemand governor is selected. # ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand ignore_nice_load io_is_busy powersave_bias sampling_down_factor sampling_rate up_threshold
