[CentOS] Re: correct way to set centos 5 amd64 to performance mode

[Johnny W]

> what is the correct way to set an AMD64 CPU into performance mode at 
> boot time?
> 
> I have tried doing service network cpuspeed start, then killall -SIGUSR1 
> cpuspeed
> and this works but I cant get it working this way at boot. I have set 
> chkconfig cpuspeed on but that
> didnt seem to help.
> 
> I just want this particular machine to boot in performance mode and stay 
> there.
> 
> Jerry

Open /etc/sysconfig/cpuspeed and edit the GOVERNOR setting:

GOVERNOR=performance

/Johnny