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

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Message-ID: <20070521133608.GB7540@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2007 14:36:08 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, trenn@...e.de,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>, len.brown@...el.com,
	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.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]

On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:29:48PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > No. Manually turning off fans is even worse hack.
> > 
> > It's significantly more correct.
> 
> Significantly more correct? It forces you to do all the thermal
> management in userspace!

Why's that a problem? Overriding the hardware policy has to be done 
somewhere, and doing it in userspace is no more dangerous than 
kernelspace.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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