Re: port-amd64/46833: NetBSD 6.0_BETA2 shutdowns under load

[Francois Tigeot <ftigeot%wolfpond.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 03:10:06AM +0000, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/46833; it has been noted by 
> GNATS.
> 
> From: Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: port-amd64/46833: NetBSD 6.0_BETA2 shutdowns under load
> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:06:54 +0300
> 
>  On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 08:25:00PM +0000, ftigeot%wolfpond.org@localhost 
> wrote:
>  > I left a NetBSD 6.0-BETA2 system running PostgreSQL benchmarks. It
>  > powered-off by itself with this message on console:
>  > 
>  > CRITICAL TEMPERATURE! SHUTTING DOWN
>  
>  This is my fault. Edit the script in:
>  
>       /etc/powerd/scripts/sensor_temperature.
>  
>  by commenting out the shutdown command. The rationale for the command was
>  that there are quite a few laptops that really require the option. In other
>  words, these systems will heat so much that they will hit the in-cpu reset.
>  In such cases a graceful shutdown is desirable.

I see two problems here:
- the machine is a server, not a laptop
- temperature never gets critical.

What about asking the user if power management needs to be enabled or not at
installation time ?

-- 
Francois Tigeot