Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:18:28 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [.config] CONFIG_THERM_WINDTUNNEL |
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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/
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