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34 .Cd "acpitz* at acpi?"
38 driver supports ACPI Thermal Zones.
40 The temperature can be monitored by the
48 driver knows about the active cooling levels, the current
49 temperatures, and critical, hot, and passive temperature thresholds
50 (as supported by the hardware).
51 The driver is able to send events to
53 when the sensor's state has changed.
54 When a Thermal Zone is critical, a
56 event will be sent or if the Thermal Zone is hot, a
58 event will be sent to the
59 .Pa /etc/powerd/scripts/sensor_temperature
62 The critical temperature is the threshold for system shutdown.
63 Depending on the hardware, the mainboard will take down the system
64 instantly and no event will have a chance to be sent.
65 .\" The hot temperature is the temperature threshold for S4 sleep.
66 .\" S4 is only supported on small subset of machines and is not known to work.
67 The passive temperature is the passive cooling temperature threshold.
68 Passive cooling means the Thermal Zone hardware
69 doesn't have any software control.
70 On capable hardware, active cooling can power on and off fans, for example.
83 Any policy control such as fan control is not implemented.