Re: Congrats Marcelo,

Mike Fedyk (mfedyk@matchmail.com)
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:53:47 -0800


On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:28:03PM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 12:01:51AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > >
> > > Nope. I could well integrate lm_sensors in the future.
> >
> > Please be careful. lm_sensors can destroy machines if configured wrongly.
> > Thats something that needs tackling - and ironically ACPI may actually
> > solve that problem
>
> ... as in instant death for any modern Thinkpad laptops, requiring a
> trip back to the factory and a replacement of the motherboard...
>
> *Please* don't integrate in lm_sensors without making sure the
> thinkpad killing feature has been fixed.
>

Or, just don't integrate that part of the patch...

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