speedfreq settings are poor from ebuild, /etc/conf.d/speedfreq speed value is auto, that means that only scripts change speed, so it runs at lowest cpu speed at always? It should be changed to dynamic? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
would the default from bug 70163 be ok for you? on battery: powersave on ac: performance
sys-power/speedfreq is deprecated in favor of sys-power/cpufreqd due to unresolved bugs and lack of upstream activity. If you would like to see this fixed, please contact upstream.