How to run CPU overclock on OGA/OGS
Officially, we recommend to use 1.296GHz of max CPU frequency to operate OGA/OGS system stably.
For users who want to boost system performance by setting CPU clock higher even at the risk, we provide an interface to set max CPU frequency flexibly.
The base logic of cpu overclock comes from the following github of RRVL kernel.
https://github.com/valadaa48/linux/commits/rrvl
This overclock scheme became possible thanks to the forum user, valadaa48 and RRVL members.
Please refer to related history and further discussions here in this forum thread.
https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=187&t=37452
Kernel Update
To use this scheme, the kernel version must be 4.4.189-42 or higher.
Please update the kernel package from your Ubuntu ES image as following,
then reboot the system.
- target
$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade -y $ sudo reboot
Then, please confirm the kernel version.
- target
$ uname -a Linux goadvance 4.4.189-42 #1 SMP Thu Mar 25 15:00:07 UTC 2021 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
The Available List of CPU Frequency
| frequency | notation on boot.ini |
| 1.512 GHz | “1512” |
| 1.488 GHz | “1488” |
| 1.464 GHz | “1464” |
| 1.440 GHz | “1440” |
| 1.416 GHz | “1416” |
| 1.368 GHz | “1368” |
| 1.296 GHz | “1296” |
| 1.200 GHz | “1200” |
| 1.008 GHz | “1008” |
| 600 MHz | “600” |
| 408 MHz | “408” |
Adjust CPU Max Frequency by modifying boot.ini
You can assign max cpu frequency using max_cpufreq in boot.ini.
Default max cpu frequency is set as 1.296GHz if there is no option with max_cpufreq in boot.ini.
example 1 - 1.416 GHz
# Boot Arguments
setenv bootargs "root=UUID='e139ce78-9841-40fe-8823-96a304a09859' rootwait rw fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 fbcon=rotate:3 console=/dev/ttyFIQ0 quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles consoleblank=0"
setenv bootargs ${bootargs} max_cpufreq=1416
root@goadvance:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_available_frequencies 408000 600000 1008000 1200000 1296000 1368000 1416000
example 2 - 1.296 GHz
# Boot Arguments
setenv bootargs "root=UUID='e139ce78-9841-40fe-8823-96a304a09859' rootwait rw fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 fbcon=rotate:3 console=/dev/ttyFIQ0 quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles consoleblank=0"
setenv bootargs ${bootargs} max_cpufreq=1296
Or without max_cpufreq that is defined in boot.ini, max cpu frequency set as 1.296GHz by default.
root@goadvance:~# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_available_frequencies 408000 600000 1008000 1200000 1296000
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