Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:20:22 +0000 From: "Rui Paulo" <rpaulo@fnop.net> To: "Julian Elischer" <julian@elischer.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: learned something about coretemp Message-ID: <e1309ba60710280720q53049b2q6b27754dff3bb6fd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org> References: <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org>
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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". -- Rui Paulo
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