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

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Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 18:42:43 -0400
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>, len.brown@...el.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc1-mm1 [cannot change thermal trip points]

> 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.

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...

-Len

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