Minha suspeita é que o hardware P4 não suporta o tipo de dimensionamento de CPU que você está tentando definir. Em essência, sua CPU P4 já está funcionando a toda velocidade.
Você pode usar o comando cpufreq-info para obter informações sobre o que seu hardware é capaz. Ele informará as configurações válidas que você pode usar. Em um sistema P4, eu entendo isso:
cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to [email protected], please.
analyzing CPU 0:
no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
maximum transition latency: 0.00 ms.
analyzing CPU 1:
no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
maximum transition latency: 0.00 ms.
Em um novo sistema Core2Duo, recebo isto:
cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to [email protected], please.
analyzing CPU 0:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.17 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.17 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.83 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 2.17 GHz.
The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 1000 MHz.
cpufreq stats: 2.17 GHz:4.03%, 2.00 GHz:0.01%, 1.83 GHz:0.01%, 1.67 GHz:0.01%, 1.50 GHz:0.01%, 1.33 GHz:5.14%, 1000 MHz:90.80% (28070386)
analyzing CPU 1:
driver: acpi-cpufreq
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.17 GHz
available frequency steps: 2.17 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.83 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 2.17 GHz.
The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
current CPU frequency is 1000 MHz.
cpufreq stats: 2.17 GHz:2.88%, 2.00 GHz:0.00%, 1.83 GHz:0.00%, 1.67 GHz:0.01%, 1.50 GHz:0.01%, 1.33 GHz:1.87%, 1000 MHz:95.23% (3085131)