Re: 2.6.22-rc1-mm1 [cannot change thermal trip points]

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On Thu 2007-05-31 22:46:11, Len Brown wrote:
> On Monday 21 May 2007 08:11, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Thu 2007-05-17 18:42:43, Len Brown wrote:
> > > > Something similar happened to me on XE3, yes.
> > > > 
> > > > (Actual values were different; BIOS specified critical temperature at
> > > > cca 95C, but hw killed the power at cca 83C. Setting critical trip
> > > > point at 80C made the problem go away.)
> > > 
> > > Great, please file a bug and include the acpidump from the XE3
> > > and we'll fix it, rather than supporting a bogus (manual) workaround for it.
> > 
> > It is few years since I do not have that XE3 machine.
> > 
> > > Of course if your system is running at 80*C and the hardware shuts
> > > off at 83*C, you may have a broken fan, or one clogged with dust...
> > 
> > It _did_ have broken fan. It also had broken trip points.
> 
> Thanks for clarifying this, Pavel.
> If you come upon an XE3 where Linux-2.6.22 doesn't work as well
> as Windows, please let me know.

"work as well as windows" is not good enough goal as far as I'm
concerned. Please don't break working setups.
									Pavel
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