Nvidia powerd does nothing and 105 watt 4070 laptop is stuck at 55 watts

NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Version

595.84

Please confirm this issue does not happen with the proprietary driver (of the same version). This issue tracker is only for bugs specific to the open kernel driver.

• I confirm that this does not happen with the proprietary driver package.

Operating System and Version

Description: Gentoo Linux

Kernel Release

Linux 7.1.3-gentoo-dist-hardened #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jul 10 15:55:23 EDT 2026 x86_64

Please confirm you are running a stable release kernel (e.g. not a -rc). We do not accept bug reports for unreleased kernels.

• I am running on a stable kernel release.

Hardware: GPU

GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU

Describe the bug

nvidia-smi -q -d POWER

==============NVSMI LOG==============

Timestamp : Sat Aug 15 23:16:27 2026
Driver Version : 595.84
CUDA Version : 13.2

Attached GPUs : 1
GPU 00000000:64:00.0
GPU Power Readings
Average Power Draw : 3.95 W
Instantaneous Power Draw : 3.95 W
Current Power Limit : 55.00 W
Requested Power Limit : 55.00 W
Default Power Limit : 55.00 W
Min Power Limit : 5.00 W
Max Power Limit : 105.00 W
Power Samples
Duration : Not Found
Number of Samples : Not Found
Max : Not Found
Min : Not Found
Avg : Not Found
GPU Memory Power Readings
Average Power Draw : N/A
Instantaneous Power Draw : N/A
Module Power Readings
Average Power Draw : N/A
Instantaneous Power Draw : N/A
Current Power Limit : N/A
Requested Power Limit : N/A
Default Power Limit : N/A
Min Power Limit : N/A
Max Power Limit : N/A
EDPp Multiplier : N/A

nvidia-smi -pl 105
Changing power management limit is not supported for GPU: 00000000:64:00.0.
Treating as warning and moving on.
All done.

rc-service nvidia-powerd status

• status: started

cat /etc/init.d/nvidia-powerd
#!/sbin/openrc-run

SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

description="Support for NVIDIA Dynamic Boost (only for use with specific laptops)"
command="nvidia-powerd"
command_background=true
pidfile="/var/run/nvidia-powerd.pid"

depend() {
need dbus
}

To Reproduce

Use Linux.
enable and start powerd to increase the default power limit on laptop gpu.
It does nothing.
Suffer.

Bug Incidence

Always

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz

More Info

No response

Begin with the reported nvidia-powerd command and /etc/init.d/nvidia-powerd, then compare its behavior with the nvidia-smi power-limit output and the attached nvidia-bug-report.log.gz. Done means identifying why the 105 W capability is not applied on this RTX 4070 Laptop GPU and demonstrating that nvidia-powerd raises the requested and current limit.