On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:27:39 +0100 Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> Dne, 02. 02. 2010 11:00:12 je Tixy napisal(a): > > > > You would think so wouldn't you? However, I believe it's all done in > > software via System Management Mode. > > > > Yep. In GNU/Linux, this pretty much boils down to the thermal kernel > module. I believe if you have a borked thermal module, or you don't > load one, or you do but you set the wrong trip points, you can easily > brick a modern laptop. I admit to rank ignorance here, but are you serious? Shouldn't that mean that it should be easy for a kernel crash, or a buggy kernel, to brick my system? Has such an occurrence ever been documented? Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
