> > From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Due to poor thermal design or Linux driving hardware outside its thermal > > envelope, some systems will reach critical temperature and shut down > > under high load. This patch adds support for forcing a polling-based > > passive trip point if the firmware doesn't provide one. The assumption > > is made that the processor is the most practical means to reduce the > > dynamic heat generation, so hitting the passive thermal limit will cause > > the CPU to be throttled until the temperature stabalises around the > > defined value. > > > > UI is provided via a "passive" sysfs entry in the thermal zone > > directory. It accepts a decimal value in millidegrees celsius, or "0" to > > disable the functionality. Default behaviour is for this functionality > > to be disabled. > Isn't the last paragraph worth adding to: > Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt > or have I missed this part? I think you're right, Thomas. Matthew -- can you update the doc to reflect this change? thanks, -Len -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
