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.Dd January 7, 2007
.Dt ACPITZ 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpitz
.Nd ACPI thermal zone
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "acpitz* at acpi?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver supports ACPI Thermal Zones.
Temperature information is available through this driver as a sensor
which is updated every 10 seconds or, if the implementation supports it,
via an event.
If the temperature exceeds the
.Sq critical
temperature threshold, the system will be shut down and powered off.
The sensor provided by
.Nm
can be monitored using
.Xr sysctl 8
or
.Xr sensorsd 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr sensorsd 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 3.8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Can Erkin Acar Aq canacar@openbsd.org .