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

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

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 01:25:02AM +0000, Mark Davies wrote:
>  
>  Not sure if this helps at all but all my poweredge r610's have 
>  complained from boot
>    ipmi0: critical over limit on 'Temp6'
>  since I've had them (a full envstat is below)
>  I've never worried about it as it didn't seem to actually be an issue, 
>  over several years of running, and when you look at temperatures in 
>  the DRAC it doesn't even list Temp6 so assumed it was a bogus sensor.

What makes me think the most the reports are bogus in my case is the
actual hardware doesn't give a damn:

- When temperature really starts to get hot, fans start spinning faster
  and louder. much louder.

- But when powerd reports critical temperature, the fans keep running at
  minimal speed.

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Francois Tigeot