Re: 2.6.21-rc5: Thinkpad X60 gets critical thermal shutdowns

[Matthew Garrett]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:28:46PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> That seems to have helped.  If I watch
> /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM?/temperature, it seems stable even under
> load.   I didn't try watching the thermal_zones when these options were
> enabled, but I presume the temperature was not controlled for it to hit
> 128 degC.
> 
> What's going on here?  Does reading an i2c sensor from the kernel
> prevent something else from doing it?

The i2c drivers access the same hardware as the ACPI methods, and 
there's no locking.

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