Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:12:09 +0000 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: learned something about coretemp Message-ID: <38C11A33-7BA8-46DF-A9DB-E7677DF41885@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <472551FE.3020703@elischer.org> References: <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org> <e1309ba60710280720q53049b2q6b27754dff3bb6fd@mail.gmail.com> <472551FE.3020703@elischer.org>
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On 29 Oct 2007, at 03:22, Julian Elischer wrote: > Rui Paulo wrote: >> On 10/28/07, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> wrote: >>> never kldload it on an 8 year old system. >>> >>> *bewm* >>> >>> I presume that my 8 YO inspiron 7500 doesn't have whatever is >>> needed, >>> but, "*Bewm*" is probably a less than optimal reaction. >> That has been reported in the past. It's Intel's fault, not ours. >> The spec says that if you issue a CPUID you should be able to tell if >> the CPU has the temperature sensors regardless of the CPU model, but >> on old systems these CPUID call "returns true". > > maybe we should just return true to I'm sorry, but what do you mean? -- Rui Paulo
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