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SubjectRe: [.config] CONFIG_THERM_WINDTUNNEL
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
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