From c780bda553d4e6c7dfca1682d456058c9a98f789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Wayne <harald.the.engineer@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:55:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] motd: show CPU core state and power saving status

---
 userspace/root/etc/update-motd.d/25-cpu-state | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 userspace/root/etc/update-motd.d/25-cpu-state

diff --git a/userspace/root/etc/update-motd.d/25-cpu-state b/userspace/root/etc/update-motd.d/25-cpu-state
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e19813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/userspace/root/etc/update-motd.d/25-cpu-state
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+GREEN=$'\033[0;32m'
+RED=$'\033[0;31m'
+NC=$'\033[0m'
+
+online=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/online)
+offline=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/offline)
+isolated=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/isolated)
+
+# power saving is enabled when the big cluster (cpu4) is offline
+if [ "$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/online 2>/dev/null)" = "0" ]; then
+  ps="enabled"; color=$RED
+else
+  ps="disabled"; color=$GREEN
+fi
+
+printf "\n  CPU cores: online %s" "$online"
+[ -n "$offline" ] && printf " | offline %s" "$offline" || true
+[ -n "$isolated" ] && printf " | isolated %s" "$isolated" || true
+printf "\n${color}  Power saving: %s${NC} (fast cores 4-7 offline when powersaving enabled)\n" "$ps"
+[ "$ps" = "enabled" ] && printf "  Disable power saving with:\n    └── /data/openpilot/.venv/bin/python /data/openpilot/scripts/disable-powersave.py\n"
+true