.TH LIKWID-SETFREQ 1 16.11.2020 likwid\-5
.SH NAME
likwid-setFreq \- Mediator for
.B likwid-setFrequencies(1)
that performs the actual setting of hardware thread's frequency and governor.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B likwid-setFreq

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B No options

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B likwid-setFreq
is a command line application that mediates the request from
.B likwid-setFrequencies(1)
because setting a hardware thread's frequency and/or governor requires root privileges. When starting the daemon,
it opens a UNIX socket and waits for connects from LIKWID. When the connection is established, the library
can send commands to
.B likwid-setFreq
. The daemon is just used to change the sysfs files, the library accesses the files itself for reading
to minimize overhead. This executable must be suid-root.
.B likwid-setFreq
works with the 'acpu_cpufreq' and the 'intel_pstate' driver. 


.SH AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Gruber <thomas.roehl@googlemail.com>.
.SH BUGS
Report Bugs on <https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid/issues>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
likwid-setFrequencies(1)