From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Brodowski Subject: Re: Overheating is *not* dangerous Re: Changing temperature trip points Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:30:54 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20021103233054.G19750@brodo.de> References: <1036288754.2971.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20021103195616.GB27271@elf.ucw.cz> <20021103211607.A1555@brodo.de> <20021103202130.GB22668@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20021103213010.A1665@brodo.de> <20021103203949.GE22668@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20021103220843.B1665@brodo.de> <20021103220017.GB28704@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20021103231318.B19750@brodo.de> <20021103221945.GH28704@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021103221945.GH28704-jyMamyUUXNJG4ohzP4jBZS1Fcj925eT/@public.gmane.org>; from pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org on Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:19:45PM +0100 Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Pavel Machek Cc: Edmund Rhudy , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:19:45PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > Actually, Documentation/acpi/processor.txt seems like right > > > place. "Polling" warning should be in Documentation/, really. > > > > Which does not exist ==> extremely dangerous situation. Even though you > > should know what you're doing when you meddle with the affairs of kernels, > > kernels should try at least to some extent to be safe to use. > > So perhaps its good time to create Documentation/acpi? ;-). > > Anyway it is not *dangerous* situation. ACPI machines power down on > overtemp. ACPI machines power down on overtemp. What is overtemp? The temperature specified in CRITICAL in the DSDT. And if this value is wrong, then you need to rely on the sanity of BIOS programmers. And a log of good luck. Dominik ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com