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

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:43:26 +0200


On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 17:56:26 +0200, Thomas Kahle wrote:

[...]

> What convinced me was the availability of the "watchdog", as soon as the
> script does not set the fan-levels for 5 seconds, say, the BIOS retakes
> control.

Isn't the watchdog kernel controlled? What happens if the kernel
crashes?

Regards,
Tino