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

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Message-ID: <20070521134553.GA7911@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2007 14:45:53 +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 03:40:46PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2007-05-21 14:36:08, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:29:48PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > Significantly more correct? It forces you to do all the thermal
> > > management in userspace!
> > 
> > Why's that a problem? 
> 
> Duplicating all the kernel logic in userspace, badly?

So don't do it badly. The advantage of doing so is that you can make it 
work properly, which you can't by putting it in the kernel.

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