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

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

The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/46833; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot%wolfpond.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-amd64-maintainer%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, ftigeot%wolfpond.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-amd64/46833: NetBSD 6.0_BETA2 shutdowns under load
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:52:44 +0200

 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 ?
 
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 Francois Tigeot