From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759934AbYDSKTF (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:19:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753393AbYDSKSx (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:18:53 -0400 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.29]:56696 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752922AbYDSKSw (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:18:52 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MdWrDQuEKinlYtXMx9oZRF3Xw9ilzxNG8N5RSZwFKk9+QOdkCgqMD32aHbgO/VMUSmb5ALM+nC/P2WF2dMjZd95ixvgr/jamqeePi7foQLD0UmY/q86LwjrNeeoEZgiVmWGYWB4oNk3IVUXPFVtdzQ70NP2uY8NXQKZ1NuCY8/g= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:18:33 +0200 From: Matthew To: "Len Brown" Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.25 Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080419061701.GA7688@cvg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080418193802.GK7674@cvg> <20080418200338.GL7674@cvg> <48096179.4060803@keyaccess.nl> <480964F7.3040701@keyaccess.nl> <20080419061701.GA7688@cvg> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Hello Mat, >I'm not familiar with "coretemp", can you point me to the exact version >of the application you are running so I can see how it is getting at >the underlying information? >Also, do you see any change with and without kernel built with CONFIG_THERMAL=y? >thanks, >-Len Hi Len, sure, the apps I am using for reading out the processor's temp via coretemp are / were: lm_sensors: version 2.10.4, 2.10.6 and (currently) 3.0.1: all report the same (higher) temperatures (compared to 2.6.24 series) CONFIG_THERMAL currently is enabled in the kernel: grep CONFIG_THERMAL /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_THERMAL=y I'll recompile the kernel now & let you know the effect in a few hours (currently I'm working on the box) "Dairinin" on forums.gentoo.org pointed out that the desktop-cpu simply might not be identified correctly: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5065902.html#5065902 "Thats because new kernel (lm_sensors, etc?, etc?)incorrectly thinks our cpu's Tj is 100C, whereas for all core 2 duo's it is 85C (100C is for C0 stepping and above, AFAIK). Substract 15 and you'll get real temps." I don't know if that's the case but it sounds plausible to me thanks everyone for your answer & help so far Regards Mat