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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:22:49 +0100
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> You could blacklist the ACPI "thermal" module instead. If you're
> interested in monitoring your CPU temperature, k8temp is IMHO more
> convenient to use than ACPI, as it interfaces properly with libsensors
> and all hardware monitoring user interfaces.

That would be somewhat dangerous because ACPI thermal does more than
just displaying the temperature. Especially laptops often need it.

-Andi