agreed. it causes lots of problems, e.g. "I loaded your driver and my PC beeped like crazy and then shut down". should we do this for 2.8.1? Jean Delvare wrote: >>Why don't we just make it policy that now and in the future we don't >>initialize the limits on the sensors? >>(...) > > > I think I agree. As long as it doesn't cause extra problems, I believe > the drivers should be kept as simple and "neutral" as possible. If > certain drivers really have to intialize limits for any reason, it's OK, > but I don't object against the default policy being to not initialize. > > (Which doesn't mean I'll rush to remove initializations in "my" > drivers".) > > >>We don't know in what crazy way a motherboard manufacturer may have >>wired or scaled the inputs and with the newer sensors, it's leading to >>shutdowns and fan spinup behavior that is "less than optimal". > > > In this precise case, the reason is not initializing, but initializing > with awful values. That's different. >
