Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262933AbUCXASk (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:18:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262935AbUCXASk (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:18:40 -0500 Received: from gprs214-3.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.3]:1152 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262933AbUCXASi (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:18:38 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:18:28 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Giuliano Pochini , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Micha? Roszka Subject: Re: [.config] CONFIG_THERM_WINDTUNNEL Message-ID: <20040324001828.GB238@elf.ucw.cz> References: <200403180821.44199.michal@roszka.pl> <20040318112057.GC3686@ibrium.se> <20040318120311.GD3686@ibrium.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040318120311.GD3686@ibrium.se> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1360 Lines: 33 Hi! > > > Btw, I would like to get reports about how well this driver works > > > with respect to noise reduction. I'm in particular interested > > > in the dual 1.4 GHz model... > > > > The author has a dual-1.2 and I tested it on another dual-1.2. I don't > > know if it has been tested on other mathines. The driver writes in > > the system logs the temperature and the fan speed every time they change, > > so you can check what it's doing (and you can unload the module if you > > see it does something wrong). > > Yes I know... I wrote it :-) > > It should be perfectly safe to use. It contains a (very conservative) > fail safe; if the temperature exceeds the working point by a few > degrees, the hardware overheat protection is programmed to turn > on the fans 100%. This works even if the kernel has locked up > solidly. Is it actually possible to set that hardware to self-destruct? [ACPI notebooks have very simple hardware failsafe: if temperature exceeds some hard limit, power is simply cut.] Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/