From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: Preventing ACPI from Damaging Your CPU Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:24:30 +0100 Message-ID: <20061013012430.GA31911@srcf.ucam.org> References: <1160663160.13196.273175261@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([217.147.92.49]:6103 "EHLO vavatch.codon.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751443AbWJMBYi (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:24:38 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1160663160.13196.273175261@webmail.messagingengine.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Mathew Brown Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 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