Hi!
> > If we have something like this, we could still discuss a config option,
> > that also allows to increase trip points, marking it with "If you set
> > this you can destroy your machine, you have been warned...". While this
> > would not be an option for distributions to compile in, some people may
> > come around the biggest hammer -> overriding DSDT.
> >
> > I cannot promise, but I try to get this for 2.6.24.
>
> I think if you are enamored with overriding trip points at SuSE,
> that you should simply restore the original scheme as the "value add"
> for SuSE kernels. Seriously, I'm totally fine with that.
>
> You should be aware, however, that (one of) the fundamental flaws
> with that scheme, shared with what you describe above, is that the OS
> can not actually change the trip points in the thermal sensor.
> The sensor is going to trip at the temperature that _it_ thinks
Yep, you work around this one by enabling polling.
> This faking out the user, plus the fact that the BIOS does change
> trip-points at run-time, made the original scheme fundamentally
> unsound. Further, I've not yet found a single system where use
Yes, this one is uglier. But maybe "enable polling automatically +
ignore any updates from bios" (+ maybe "only enable lowering") is
better solution than "just remove the knob"? After all, "the knob" is
still useful for debugging at least.
> of this scheme wasn't papering over some other problem. For the
> upstream kernel, I think it is more appropriate to expose and fix
> the fundamental problems. For distro kernels, I'm less concerned
> if you hide bugs instead of fixing them.
This is okay as long as you are willing to work around the fundamental
problems in kernel. You are unable to _fix_ them. They are broken
BIOSes.
Pavel
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