Re: [Patch v2] Implement thermal limiting in the generic thermal class

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> In the absence of an explicitly defined passive cooling zone any                                                                                                                                        
> machine unable to manage its thermal profile through active cooling will                                                                                                                                
> reach its critical shutdown temperature and power off, resulting in                                                                                                                                     
> potential data loss. Add support to the generic thermal class for                                                                                                                                       
> initiating passive cooling at a temperature defaulting to just below the                                                                                                                                
> critical temperature, with this value being overridable by the admin via                                                                                                                                
> sysfs.                                                                             

This means we get two copies of passive cooling code: one generic, and
one in acpi. Can we make sure we have just one of them?

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