From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Drake Subject: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature always reports 40C - is this a bug? Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:03:27 -0400 Message-ID: <452D945F.6040709@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp115.iad.emailsrvr.com ([207.97.245.115]:28635 "EHLO smtp115.iad.emailsrvr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965242AbWJLBEI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:04:08 -0400 Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Cc: eaburns@cisunix.unh.edu Hi, Ethan, at http://bugs.gentoo.org/142635 reports that the thermal zone always reads 40C. Is this something that should be filed at the kernel bugzilla for further investigation, or can we simply blame a buggy/unfixable BIOS? I understand that i2c/hwmon is the more common way of measuring temperatures. Thanks, Daniel