Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/pci
To: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 07/11/2007 09:24:05
On Jul 11, 2007, at 3:03 AM, Daniel Carosone wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:52:46PM +0200, Juan RP wrote:
>> I've implemented this part:
>>
>> http://www.netbsd.org/~xtraeme/wpi_sensor.diff
>>
>> Let me know how it works.
>
> There's a sensor there, and it seems to change with use, but I'm not
> sure the units or scale is sensible yet:

...and I'm not sure there is really any point in reporting the  
temperature of the wifi interface in this way.  What is the user  
supposed to do about it?

This should be used only internally by the driver to make decisions  
about how to configure the MAC / radio.

>
>
> Shortly after boot, and with comparison to the other temperature  
> available:
>
> acpitz0 temperature:     38.500 degC
> wpi0 temperature:         88
>
> After a few moments:
>
> acpitz0 temperature:     35.500 degC
> wpi0 temperature:        112
>
> Then a few more:
>
> acpitz0 temperature:     34.500 degC
> wpi0 temperature:        121
>
> (note the tz0 temp going down..)
>
> --
> Dan.

-- thorpej