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  1. Bug #368809
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Comment 5 for bug 368809

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Evan Huus (eapache) wrote :

Rkimber, I find that

http://www.pantz.org/software/cpufreq/usingcpufreqonlinux.html

does a good job of explaining things.

As far as I can tell, there is a value which determines whether or not nice processes (like BOINC) are allowed to scale the CPU or not. The default value of this has changed, which is what is the cause of your problem. The bug I am reporting however, is that even when I manually turn this value on, BOINC still scales the CPU.

If this problem occurs on your machine after having manually set this value, please say so.