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Re: setting sensor limits fails



On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:27:39 +0100
Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:

> Dne, 02. 02. 2010 11:00:12 je Tixy napisal(a):
> > 
> > You would think so wouldn't you? However, I believe it's all done in
> > software via System Management Mode.
> > 
> 
> Yep. In GNU/Linux, this pretty much boils down to the thermal kernel  
> module. I believe if you have a borked thermal module, or you don't  
> load one, or you do but you set the wrong trip points, you can easily  
> brick a modern laptop.

I admit to rank ignorance here, but are you serious?  Shouldn't that
mean that it should be easy for a kernel crash, or a buggy kernel, to
brick my system?  Has such an occurrence ever been documented?

Celejar
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