Asus M2N32 sli deluxe acpi_themal problem (ACPI Warning for \\_TZ_.THRM._PSL)

[Bengt Ahlgren]

Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux at FreeBSD.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
>   MOBO: Asus m2n32 sli deluxe wireless edition with bios version 2209.
>   FreeBSD: FreeBSD home.here 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #20: Tue Apr 27 07:09:25 BRT 2010 lioux at home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIOUX i386
>
>   I would like to use acpi_thermal(4) passive cooling feature.
>
>   However, hw.acpi.thermal.tzo.temperature reports incorrect temperature. It always return 40,0C regardless of the value I get from other sysctls:
>
> dev.acpi_aiboost.0.temp0: 550
> dev.acpi_aiboost.0.temp1: 390
> dev.amdtemp.0.sensor0.core0: 39,0C
> dev.amdtemp.0.sensor0.core1: 42,0C

I had the same problem with an Asus A8N-E MB.  It was easily fixed in
the ASL.  See:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-acpi/2006-October/003178.html

Bengt