[ltp] possible fan firmware bug after WLAN was active on X61s

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Tino Keitel wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 17:56:26 +0200, Thomas Kahle wrote:
> Isn't the watchdog kernel controlled? What happens if the kernel
> crashes?

The fan stays at whatever level it was.  Which can very well fry your
thinkpad, if that means it is slower than whatever the thinkpad needs while
crashed (say: it crashed in a tight CPU loop or somesuch).

Never leave a thinkpad in non-EC fan-control unattended.

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