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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-08-12 00:12:54 -0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-08-12 00:12:54 -0400
commitf8707ec9643769957065405b5090e4aa64fd8214 (patch)
tree454f1b6a981884072389cfdf3ce25e9636a2b39c /Documentation
parentf54871456162aff557d57bec51639b1288d4a84b (diff)
ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.act=" to disable or override active trip point
thermal.act=-1 disables all active trip points in all ACPI thermal zones. thermal.act=C, where C > 0, overrides all lowest temperature active trip points in all thermal zones to C degrees Celsius. Raising this trip-point may allow you to keep your system silent up to a higher temperature. However, it will not allow you to raise the lowest temperature trip point above the next higher trip point (if there is one). Lowering this trip point may kick in the fan sooner. Note that overriding this trip-point will disable any BIOS attempts to implement hysteresis around the lowest temperature trip point. This may result in the fan starting and stopping frequently if temperature frequently crosses C. WARNING: raising trip points above the manufacturer's defaults may cause the system to run at higher temperature and shorten its life. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4c7d2774d2a4..06db892b558a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1820,6 +1820,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
thash_entries= [KNL,NET]
Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
+ thermal.act= [HW,ACPI]
+ -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
+ <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
+
thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI]
Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
critical and hot trip points.