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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-06-30 04:16:50 +0400
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-06-30 04:16:50 +0400
commite9a4b6a3f6592862a67837e80aad3f50468857a6 (patch)
tree087420cf91ac922c7e99757c4490a605ec7b10f2 /drivers/acpi/thermal.c
parent441dbb500b4344a8e3125e5aabab4f9dbf72514f (diff)
parent1702b52092e9a6d05398d3f9581ddc050ef00d06 (diff)
downloadlinux-e9a4b6a3f6592862a67837e80aad3f50468857a6.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/thermal.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/thermal.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 504385b1f211..84c795fb9b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -364,10 +364,17 @@ static int acpi_thermal_trips_update(struct acpi_thermal *tz, int flag)
if (flag & ACPI_TRIPS_CRITICAL) {
status = acpi_evaluate_integer(tz->device->handle,
"_CRT", NULL, &tz->trips.critical.temperature);
- if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ /*
+ * Treat freezing temperatures as invalid as well; some
+ * BIOSes return really low values and cause reboots at startup.
+ * Below zero (Celcius) values clearly aren't right for sure..
+ * ... so lets discard those as invalid.
+ */
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) ||
+ tz->trips.critical.temperature <= 2732) {
tz->trips.critical.flags.valid = 0;
ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
- "No critical threshold"));
+ "No or invalid critical threshold"));
return -ENODEV;
} else {
tz->trips.critical.flags.valid = 1;