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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: CPU Turbo mode
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On Wed, 30 Oct 2013, aurfalien wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've powerd enabled and see this message often when running powerd -v;
>
> current freq 2201 MHz ( 0), wanted freq 4402 MHz
>
> Were is the 4402 value gotten from, is it a turbo value and if so, why is it not boosting?
>
> My CPUs are 2.20GHz.

2201 is the turbo speed.  powerd would ramp up higher if it could, but 
that's as high as the processor can go.