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| author | Michael Knudsen <mk@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-06-04 19:49:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Knudsen <mk@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-06-04 19:49:36 +0000 |
| commit | b938bdb8b93556275af2fb2029ac98c6e7ca65ab (patch) | |
| tree | 328dd6ea70cca5c16bf916590bbdf8725d77d28e /share | |
| parent | 607d7d3def74c8ae4ad6591c8410d85773d80ff6 (diff) | |
Don't completely scare off people by saying that enabling ACPI will
cause their hardware to spontaneously selfcombust. Instead, mention
that using acpitz(4) should prevent this from happening.
(I tested it one night by accident when I fell asleep with my laptop
on the couch and blocked the fan with a blanket.)
ok jmc marco
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/acpi.4 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 index e989a9c6e33..1912e7812ff 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: acpi.4,v 1.22 2007/05/31 19:19:48 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: acpi.4,v 1.23 2007/06/04 19:49:35 mk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 Alexander Yurchenko <grange@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 4 2007 $ .Dt ACPI 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ driver will take control of ACPI from the firmware (BIOS). WARNING: this may cause an overheating on some machines since .Nm doesn't provide any thermal or cooling control. +For thermal control, use +.Xr acpitz 4 +to shut down the system when temperatures exceed critical limits. .Pp The following devices can attach to .Nm : |