[RFC] Patch to enable temperature ceiling in powerd

[Johannes Dieterich]

Hello,

Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>>>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:47:32 +0100
> dieterich.joh> that is now the output without enabling Alexandre's patch.
> 
> dieterich.joh> Hope it tells you something.
> 
> It seems nothing wrong to me.
> Can you set hw.acpi.thermal.tz1.passive_cooling to 1?  If you cannot
> set, _TC1, _TC2 and/or _TSP for tz1 might be not correct.
> BTW, doesn't your laptop have a fan?  Unless your laptop is fanless,
> your fan should work for you in usual in the first place.
# hw.acpi.thermal.tz1.passive_cooling=1
su: hw.acpi.thermal.tz1.passive_cooling=1: command not found

And, yes, my notebook has a fan. It is also running. And running
stronger when the load is higher. But somehow it seems to me as if e.g.
approx. 4300 rpm's in FreebSD 7 are not quite the same as they are in
e.g. SuSE Linux. At least the cooling they give is too small and causing
overheat.

Regards,

Johannes