linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Enable coretemp driver on Intel Atom

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Message-ID: <4A3AAC01.7050805@googlemail.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:05:05 +0200
From:	Michael Riepe <michael.riepe@...glemail.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rudolf Marek <r.marek@...embler.cz>,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable coretemp driver on Intel Atom

Hi!

Andrew Morton wrote:

> I'm not 100% sure what to do about this patch.  I'm inclined to merge
> it, even though you think it might be giving the wrong numbers,
> because then someone might fix it.

That was the basic idea :-)

> otoh, if giving the wrong numbers leads to people's machines needlessly
> shutting down or something like that, then that's not so good.

I don't think that that will happen. Core temperatures on my 330 are
lower than those reported by the other sensors (core 0/1: 27/35 °C on an
idle system - hardly alarming in my opinion).

-- 
Michael "Tired" Riepe <michael.riepe@...glemail.com>
X-Tired: Each morning I get up I die a little
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