CPU scaling vs Temperature

[Matthew Garrett]

On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 11:24:35AM -0500, John Moser wrote:

> Why not have a user-configurable critical temperature?  'sensors'  
> reports my CPU's critical is 95C; but my system shuts down if I maintain  
> above 80C long enough.  How about at 75C, CPU frequency scales down to  
> minimum?  This seems sensible.  The value can be user-adjustable.

echo 75000 >/sys/class/thermal/whatever/passive

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