From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Mathew Brown <mathewbrown@fastmail.fm>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:24:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061013012430.GA31911@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1160663160.13196.273175261@webmail.messagingengine.com>
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 07:26:00AM -0700, Mathew Brown wrote:
> I've been reading an alarming article on getting Gentoo to work on the
> HP Compaq nx6325
> (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_on_HP_Compaq_nx6325) and the
> serious ACPI problems that were encountered. The author states after
> mentioning how to apply certain patches, "Without that, the CPU might
> overheat and get damaged during heavy load (such as compiling a Gentoo
> stage ...)!"
The author is wrong. Recent HP laptops all have hardcoded support in the
fan control hardware, which will force the fan on if the temperature
rises above 80 degrees.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-13 1:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-12 14:26 Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU Mathew Brown
2006-10-12 14:46 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-10-12 16:51 ` Mathew Brown
2006-10-12 19:34 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-10-13 1:24 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2006-10-13 4:41 ` Mathew Brown
2006-10-13 4:53 ` Matthew Garrett
2006-10-13 4:56 ` Mathew Brown
2006-10-13 11:31 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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2006-10-15 14:16 Mathew Brown
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