my cpu typically has a max_freq of 5400 MHz on performance mode when plugged in.
however if you click on the power-saving option and then back on performance, the cpu frequency is stuck on the powersaving frequency of 2600 MHz
I suspect this is an issue with “tuned” because when you run tuned-adm verify
and it can only be fixed by a system reboot (the commands it asks for don’t work).
how should i fix this?
here is the tuned log output:
2025-11-03 14:41:15,259 INFO tuned.plugins.base: verify: passed: device cpu1: ‘energy_performance_preference’ = ‘performance’
2025-11-03 14:41:15,260 ERROR tuned.utils.commands: Error when reading file ‘/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile’: ‘[Errno 22] Invalid argument’
2025-11-03 14:41:15,261 ERROR tuned.plugins.base: verify: failed: ‘platform_profile’ = ‘’, expected ‘performance’
2025-11-03 14:41:15,261 INFO tuned.plugins.base: verify: passed: ‘vm.swappiness’ = ‘10’
is it safe to just edit my /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile cuz that feels kinda sketch.
edit: this seems like it might also be because I have an HP laptop and the firmware is icky