linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.25 (coretemp reads high temperatures)

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Message-ID: <20080430144655.GB3543@khazad-dum.debian.net>
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:46:55 -0300
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Matthew <jackdachef@...il.com>,
	Rudolf Marek <r.marek@...embler.cz>,
	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>, trenn@...e.de,
	Kasper Sandberg <lkml@...anurb.dk>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.25 (coretemp reads high temperatures)

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:58:50 +0200, Matthew wrote:
> > so we were just too concerned all the time & even though the
> > temperatures seem too high there's nothing to worry ?
> 
> Yes.

So the big deal here is that there is no "°C" anywhere in this
measurement, it is in an arbitrary hardware scale?

> > but like lm_sensors's output states - it's not bad until  I / we're
> > getting temperatures from 85°C (?) [in this particular case], ...
> 
> If I remember correctly, at 84°C your CPU will start to throttle, at
> 100°C it will shut down. You still have 24°C before the former happens,
> so it should be OK.

Better drop the °C from there.  It starts throttling at 84 ITUs and
shuts down at 100 ITUs (Intel Thermal Units :p).

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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