acpi_termal sysctl interface strange temperature value
Joerg Wunsch
j at uriah.heep.sax.de
Mon Feb 25 07:19:32 UTC 2013
As Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > Values I'm geting are like this:
> > 3732
> >
> > while actual is:
> >
> > sysctl -n hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature
> > 55.0C
> >
> ACPI does not report temperature in degrees Celsius, but in tenths
> of a degree Kelvin. So both agree.
I wouldn't call it an agreement if one reports 373 K (= 100 °C),
and the other one 55 °C ...
(Btw., according to SI, Kelvin is a normal unit of measure, without
the "degree".)
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