[ONE Original Android Development] schaggo:
msm_limiter (another active part of RenderKernel) resets the max values from time to time, yes. Unfortunately I have not found any other free kernel tuner app which can handle msm_limiter except Synapse. Kernel Toolkit by Heisenberg420 will support msm_limiter in the future though.

I have boost_freq set to 1574MHz as it allegedly is the sweet spot of the MSM8974AC CPU. This can be seen in the voltage table, it's the last step before voltages rise sharply for every additional step. So this is perfectly fine together with CPU-Boost. But that's not what I meant tough, I was refering to touch_poke_freq, Smartmax's own input boost function. Currently, touch_poke_freq is set to 1267MHz, so it is set higher than CPU-Boost input boost, which is 1190MHz. So with the current setup, upon input, the device will scale to 1267 for 150ms and then fall back to 1190 for another 500ms (or possibly 350ms (=500-150) I dunno). So currently there is a staged input boost happening, this is what I was saying. They won't interfere and what happens is of rather cosmetic value, I agree, its only Smartmax overruling CPU-Boost for at least 150ms as can be seen by using some cpu freq monitoring app and touching the screen :)

I agree on the aim, but I dare to post the question of efficiency. I was running said setup for a while now, my CPU spent most of its time at 300, then small percentages around 600, 800 and then a relatively large amount at 1190 (input boost). A relatively small amount was spent at 1267 and everything above was more or less negligible. Unfortunately I cannot post screenshots of the freq distribution, I'm not running your kernel right now but more on that later.

So looking at the voltage table again, I was mainly moving up and down mainly staying in a very low voltage region and I found my device sufficiently fluid and nice to use. So this should translate to efficient energy usage, no? I might add, why use Smartmax if it gets tuned to behave like Interactive? Why not resort to Interactive in the first place? Pardon my ignorance.

I read a VERY EXTENSIVE article which investigated exactly that. Two mid freq cores are more efficient than one high freq core, as the load is worked off quicker and less efficiency is wasted by less heat generated.

I was sure I had it bookmarked, can't find it anymore though :( I'll see what I can dig up. Doesn't really matter though, we are talking about winning a couple minutes of SOT at MOST, not hours...

LOL... I know nothing, I'm simply a tinkerer. And I believe you do excellent work here, also education wise. Had to leave your kernel though, the current CM builds are horrible and I get constant soft-reboots with the current builds, varying between every couple minutes to every couple hours. So I'm temporarily running the CAF-based CM build as it doesn't constantly reboot, I will come back to regular CM and your kernel though ASAP.

One more thing, you guys go and try to delete /data/UKM on possibly also /sdcard/Synapse (or so, dont remember, don't have Synapse installed right now) especially after having flashed ak kernel, which has UKM included. This should erase all left-overs. It can be done from inside TWRP recovery, it has a file manager included.