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

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 07:05:04AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
>  On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 07:00:13AM +0000, Francois Tigeot wrote:
>   >  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.
>  
>  ...it is also possible that the problem is that we aren't doing the
>  right thing with the fans.

On all the Dell hardware I have, the FANS are not controller by the OS
(after a cooling outage I can confirm that the fans gets really loud
when temperature rises :)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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