Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:44:44 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Markus Brueffer <markus@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpi_support acpi_ibm.c Message-ID: <20060114014443.GA12670@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <43C84B36.4070000@root.org> References: <20060114003924.9E25816A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> <43C84B36.4070000@root.org>
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--yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 04:52:06PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > Thanks for adding support for this but it should be noted that this can= =20 > be very dangerous. If your userland app tries to control the fanspeed=20 > and dies, your system could overheat. Hopefully, the BIOS will override= =20 > the user settings if the temp gets too high but that is a longshot when= =20 > mucking with things at this low level. We can market it as a security feature: "Thermal self-destruct"! Kris --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDyFeLWry0BWjoQKURAi5gAKCDEb5Gmdh9zGLnYY5m8FwrCB+RaQCffbn9 UVP1NYrtkirB0gDmTmfbfpI= =tJua -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM--
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