Re: [ACPI-sppt] active cooling, amount of trippoints, specification

[Sebastian Henschel <acpi-1rjuZeEg9oEb1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>]

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hello thomas..

* Thomas Renninger <mail-smMupaH/RwJM7kwft8N7nw@public.gmane.org> [2004-02-11 13:34 +0100]:
> 
> please correct me if I am wrong:
> 
> At least the /proc interface only allows to modify two active cooling 
> trippoints.
> e.g. echo critical:hot:passive:active1:active2 
> >/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points
> 
> The ACPI specification (2.0b) specifies up to ten different trippoints 
> for active cooling(p.284).
> 
> Is everything inside the kernel designed for only supporting two active 
> cooling trippoints?
> Is it going to change(specially the /proc/.../trip_points interface) to 
> control the amount of active cooling
> devices as mentioned in the specs?

coincidently, i had a brief discussion with pavel machek about this last
week and he told me:

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> did you also take into account that there may be more than 2 active
> levels? according to the spec, there should be 10 possible levels
> (12.3.1). is that implemented?

No, it is not implemented. I've seen machines with active[1], but not
ones with more active zones.

                                                                                Feel free to do that...  Code should really accept 4-13 parameters...

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bye,
 sebastian

p.s.: diverted from acpi-support to acpi-devel intentionally.

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