Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.22 regression: thermal trip points | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 02 Aug 2007 12:48:49 +0200 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> I didn't understand the arguments either, actually.
The issue is that you can actually kill hardware by setting this wrong. We've had such cases where trip point problems eventually lead to overheated laptops with hard disks dying etc.
Also it runs the system out of spec and is similar to overclocking which we also do not support.
> Here we had obviously-useful-to-you functionality which was taken away > without, afaik, providing any alternative.
I don't think it's that unreasonable to require source code modifications for anything that can kill hardware. At least that raises the barrier a bit and hopefully ensures people think twice about it and then really only blame themselves if anything goes wrong.
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