linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] acerhdf: Lowered default temp fanon/fanoff values

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Message-ID: <20111017121300.GA17411@gere.osrc.amd.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:13:00 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>
Cc:	mjg@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] acerhdf: Lowered default temp fanon/fanoff values

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:44:23AM +0200, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> From: Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>
> 
> Due to new supported hardware, of which the actual temperature limits of
> processor, harddisk and other components are unknown, it feels safer
> with lower fanon / fanoff settings.
> 
> It won't change much for most people, already using acerhdf, as they use
> their own fanon/fanoff variable settings when loading the module.
> 
> Furthermore seems like kernel and userspace tools have been improved
> to work more efficient and netbooks don't get so hot anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...il.com>
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>

I'm wondering whether the bios_tbl in 2/3 is not growing out of
proportions currently and since a lot of the fields are repeating, it
might make sense to fold its functionality in a switch-case statement.
Maybe in another patch series...

But those patches look ok to me:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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