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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-06-16 11:24:43 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-06-16 11:24:43 +0200
commit8bbd54d69e9c66adbf544e21d8dcfb15fb9198f7 (patch)
tree95f30814fc759c2cb523dbea95bc531c7f8f3231 /drivers/acpi/thermal.c
parent8c2238eaaf0f774ca0f8d9daad7a616429bbb7f1 (diff)
parent066519068ad2fbe98c7f45552b1f592903a9c8c8 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockuptip-core-softlockup-2008-06-16_09.24_Mon
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/thermal.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/thermal.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 504385b1f211..84c795fb9b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -364,10 +364,17 @@ static int acpi_thermal_trips_update(struct acpi_thermal *tz, int flag)
if (flag & ACPI_TRIPS_CRITICAL) {
status = acpi_evaluate_integer(tz->device->handle,
"_CRT", NULL, &tz->trips.critical.temperature);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ /*
+ * Treat freezing temperatures as invalid as well; some
+ * BIOSes return really low values and cause reboots at startup.
+ * Below zero (Celcius) values clearly aren't right for sure..
+ * ... so lets discard those as invalid.
+ */
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) ||
+ tz->trips.critical.temperature <= 2732) {
tz->trips.critical.flags.valid = 0;
ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
- "No critical threshold"));
+ "No or invalid critical threshold"));
return -ENODEV;
} else {
tz->trips.critical.flags.valid = 1;