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Generic Thermal Sysfs driver How To
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Written by Sujith Thomas <sujith.thomas@intel.com>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
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0. Introduction
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-The generic thermal sysfs provides a set of interfaces for thermal zone devices (sensors)
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-and thermal cooling devices (fan, processor...) to register with the thermal management
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-solution and to be a part of it.
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+The generic thermal sysfs provides a set of interfaces for thermal zone
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+devices (sensors) and thermal cooling devices (fan, processor...) to register
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+with the thermal management solution and to be a part of it.
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-This how-to focuses on enabling new thermal zone and cooling devices to participate
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-in thermal management.
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-This solution is platform independent and any type of thermal zone devices and
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-cooling devices should be able to make use of the infrastructure.
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+This how-to focuses on enabling new thermal zone and cooling devices to
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+participate in thermal management.
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+This solution is platform independent and any type of thermal zone devices
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+and cooling devices should be able to make use of the infrastructure.
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-The main task of the thermal sysfs driver is to expose thermal zone attributes as well
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-as cooling device attributes to the user space.
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-An intelligent thermal management application can make decisions based on inputs
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-from thermal zone attributes (the current temperature and trip point temperature)
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-and throttle appropriate devices.
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+The main task of the thermal sysfs driver is to expose thermal zone attributes
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+as well as cooling device attributes to the user space.
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+An intelligent thermal management application can make decisions based on
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+inputs from thermal zone attributes (the current temperature and trip point
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+temperature) and throttle appropriate devices.
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[0-*] denotes any positive number starting from 0
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[1-*] denotes any positive number starting from 1
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@@ -31,77 +31,77 @@ and throttle appropriate devices.
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1. thermal sysfs driver interface functions
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1.1 thermal zone device interface
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-1.1.1 struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(char *name, int trips,
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- void *devdata, struct thermal_zone_device_ops *ops)
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- This interface function adds a new thermal zone device (sensor) to
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- /sys/class/thermal folder as thermal_zone[0-*].
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- It tries to bind all the thermal cooling devices registered at the same time.
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- name: the thermal zone name.
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- trips: the total number of trip points this thermal zone supports.
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- devdata: device private data
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- ops: thermal zone device call-backs.
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- .bind: bind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
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- .unbind: unbind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
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- .get_temp: get the current temperature of the thermal zone.
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- .get_mode: get the current mode (user/kernel) of the thermal zone.
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- "kernel" means thermal management is done in kernel.
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- "user" will prevent kernel thermal driver actions upon trip points
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- so that user applications can take charge of thermal management.
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- .set_mode: set the mode (user/kernel) of the thermal zone.
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- .get_trip_type: get the type of certain trip point.
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- .get_trip_temp: get the temperature above which the certain trip point
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- will be fired.
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+1.1.1 struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(char *name,
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+ int trips, void *devdata, struct thermal_zone_device_ops *ops)
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+ This interface function adds a new thermal zone device (sensor) to
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+ /sys/class/thermal folder as thermal_zone[0-*]. It tries to bind all the
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+ thermal cooling devices registered at the same time.
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+
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+ name: the thermal zone name.
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+ trips: the total number of trip points this thermal zone supports.
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+ devdata: device private data
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+ ops: thermal zone device call-backs.
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+ .bind: bind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
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+ .unbind: unbind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
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+ .get_temp: get the current temperature of the thermal zone.
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+ .get_mode: get the current mode (user/kernel) of the thermal zone.
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+ - "kernel" means thermal management is done in kernel.
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+ - "user" will prevent kernel thermal driver actions upon trip points
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+ so that user applications can take charge of thermal management.
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+ .set_mode: set the mode (user/kernel) of the thermal zone.
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+ .get_trip_type: get the type of certain trip point.
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+ .get_trip_temp: get the temperature above which the certain trip point
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+ will be fired.
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1.1.2 void thermal_zone_device_unregister(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
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- This interface function removes the thermal zone device.
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- It deletes the corresponding entry form /sys/class/thermal folder and unbind all
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- the thermal cooling devices it uses.
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+ This interface function removes the thermal zone device.
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+ It deletes the corresponding entry form /sys/class/thermal folder and
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+ unbind all the thermal cooling devices it uses.
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1.2 thermal cooling device interface
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1.2.1 struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_register(char *name,
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- void *devdata, struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *)
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- This interface function adds a new thermal cooling device (fan/processor/...) to
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- /sys/class/thermal/ folder as cooling_device[0-*].
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- It tries to bind itself to all the thermal zone devices register at the same time.
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- name: the cooling device name.
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- devdata: device private data.
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- ops: thermal cooling devices call-backs.
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- .get_max_state: get the Maximum throttle state of the cooling device.
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- .get_cur_state: get the Current throttle state of the cooling device.
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- .set_cur_state: set the Current throttle state of the cooling device.
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+ void *devdata, struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *)
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+
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+ This interface function adds a new thermal cooling device (fan/processor/...)
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+ to /sys/class/thermal/ folder as cooling_device[0-*]. It tries to bind itself
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+ to all the thermal zone devices register at the same time.
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+ name: the cooling device name.
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+ devdata: device private data.
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+ ops: thermal cooling devices call-backs.
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+ .get_max_state: get the Maximum throttle state of the cooling device.
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+ .get_cur_state: get the Current throttle state of the cooling device.
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+ .set_cur_state: set the Current throttle state of the cooling device.
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1.2.2 void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
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- This interface function remove the thermal cooling device.
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- It deletes the corresponding entry form /sys/class/thermal folder and unbind
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- itself from all the thermal zone devices using it.
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+ This interface function remove the thermal cooling device.
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+ It deletes the corresponding entry form /sys/class/thermal folder and
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+ unbind itself from all the thermal zone devices using it.
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1.3 interface for binding a thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device
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1.3.1 int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
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- int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
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+ int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
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- This interface function bind a thermal cooling device to the certain trip point
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- of a thermal zone device.
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- This function is usually called in the thermal zone device .bind callback.
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- tz: the thermal zone device
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- cdev: thermal cooling device
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- trip: indicates which trip point the cooling devices is associated with
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- in this thermal zone.
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+ This interface function bind a thermal cooling device to the certain trip
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+ point of a thermal zone device.
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+ This function is usually called in the thermal zone device .bind callback.
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+ tz: the thermal zone device
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+ cdev: thermal cooling device
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+ trip: indicates which trip point the cooling devices is associated with
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+ in this thermal zone.
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1.3.2 int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
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- int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
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+ int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
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- This interface function unbind a thermal cooling device from the certain trip point
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- of a thermal zone device.
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- This function is usually called in the thermal zone device .unbind callback.
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- tz: the thermal zone device
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- cdev: thermal cooling device
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- trip: indicates which trip point the cooling devices is associated with
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- in this thermal zone.
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+ This interface function unbind a thermal cooling device from the certain
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+ trip point of a thermal zone device. This function is usually called in
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+ the thermal zone device .unbind callback.
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+ tz: the thermal zone device
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+ cdev: thermal cooling device
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+ trip: indicates which trip point the cooling devices is associated with
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+ in this thermal zone.
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2. sysfs attributes structure
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Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
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/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]:
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- |-----type: Type of the thermal zone
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- |-----temp: Current temperature
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- |-----mode: Working mode of the thermal zone
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- |-----trip_point_[0-*]_temp: Trip point temperature
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- |-----trip_point_[0-*]_type: Trip point type
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+ |---type: Type of the thermal zone
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+ |---temp: Current temperature
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+ |---mode: Working mode of the thermal zone
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+ |---trip_point_[0-*]_temp: Trip point temperature
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+ |---trip_point_[0-*]_type: Trip point type
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Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered:
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/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]:
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- |-----type : Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...)
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- |-----max_state: Maximum cooling state of the cooling device
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- |-----cur_state: Current cooling state of the cooling device
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+ |---type: Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...)
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+ |---max_state: Maximum cooling state of the cooling device
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+ |---cur_state: Current cooling state of the cooling device
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-These two dynamic attributes are created/removed in pairs.
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-They represent the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated cooling device.
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-They are created/removed for each
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-thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful execution.
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+Then next two dynamic attributes are created/removed in pairs. They represent
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+the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated cooling device.
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+They are created/removed for each successful execution of
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+thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device.
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-/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]
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- |-----cdev[0-*]: The [0-*]th cooling device in the current thermal zone
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- |-----cdev[0-*]_trip_point: Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with
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+/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]:
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+ |---cdev[0-*]: [0-*]th cooling device in current thermal zone
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+ |---cdev[0-*]_trip_point: Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with
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Besides the thermal zone device sysfs I/F and cooling device sysfs I/F,
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-the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_ of
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-thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon class device
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-and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered ACPI thermal zones.
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+the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_
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+of thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon
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+class device and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered
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+ACPI thermal zones.
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+
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/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[0-*]:
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- |-----name: The type of the thermal zone devices.
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- |-----temp[1-*]_input: The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*].
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- |-----temp[1-*]_critical: The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*].
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+ |---name: The type of the thermal zone devices
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+ |---temp[1-*]_input: The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*]
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+ |---temp[1-*]_critical: The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*]
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+
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Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface for additional information.
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* Thermal zone attributes *
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-type Strings which represent the thermal zone type.
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- This is given by thermal zone driver as part of registration.
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- Eg: "acpitz" indicates it's an ACPI thermal device.
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- In order to keep it consistent with hwmon sys attribute,
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- this should be a short, lowercase string,
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- not containing spaces nor dashes.
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- RO
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- Required
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-temp Current temperature as reported by thermal zone (sensor)
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- Unit: millidegree Celsius
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- RO
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- Required
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-mode One of the predefined values in [kernel, user]
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- This file gives information about the algorithm
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- that is currently managing the thermal zone.
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- It can be either default kernel based algorithm
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- or user space application.
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- RW
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- Optional
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- kernel = Thermal management in kernel thermal zone driver.
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- user = Preventing kernel thermal zone driver actions upon
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- trip points so that user application can take full
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- charge of the thermal management.
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-trip_point_[0-*]_temp The temperature above which trip point will be fired
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- Unit: millidegree Celsius
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- RO
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- Optional
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-trip_point_[0-*]_type Strings which indicate the type of the trip point
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- E.g. it can be one of critical, hot, passive,
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- active[0-*] for ACPI thermal zone.
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- RO
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- Optional
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-
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-cdev[0-*] Sysfs link to the thermal cooling device node where the sys I/F
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- for cooling device throttling control represents.
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- RO
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- Optional
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-cdev[0-*]_trip_point The trip point with which cdev[0-*] is associated in this thermal zone
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- -1 means the cooling device is not associated with any trip point.
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- RO
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- Optional
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-******************************
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-* Cooling device attributes *
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-******************************
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-type String which represents the type of device
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- eg: For generic ACPI: this should be "Fan",
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- "Processor" or "LCD"
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- eg. For memory controller device on intel_menlow platform:
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- this should be "Memory controller"
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- RO
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- Required
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-max_state The maximum permissible cooling state of this cooling device.
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- RO
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- Required
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-cur_state The current cooling state of this cooling device.
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- the value can any integer numbers between 0 and max_state,
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- cur_state == 0 means no cooling
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- cur_state == max_state means the maximum cooling.
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- RW
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- Required
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+type
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+ Strings which represent the thermal zone type.
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+ This is given by thermal zone driver as part of registration.
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+ E.g: "acpitz" indicates it's an ACPI thermal device.
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+ In order to keep it consistent with hwmon sys attribute; this should
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+ be a short, lowercase string, not containing spaces nor dashes.
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+ RO, Required
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+
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+temp
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+ Current temperature as reported by thermal zone (sensor).
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+ Unit: millidegree Celsius
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+ RO, Required
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+
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+mode
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+ One of the predefined values in [kernel, user].
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+ This file gives information about the algorithm that is currently
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+ managing the thermal zone. It can be either default kernel based
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+ algorithm or user space application.
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+ kernel = Thermal management in kernel thermal zone driver.
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+ user = Preventing kernel thermal zone driver actions upon
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+ trip points so that user application can take full
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+ charge of the thermal management.
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+ RW, Optional
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+
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+trip_point_[0-*]_temp
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+ The temperature above which trip point will be fired.
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+ Unit: millidegree Celsius
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+ RO, Optional
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+
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+trip_point_[0-*]_type
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+ Strings which indicate the type of the trip point.
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+ E.g. it can be one of critical, hot, passive, active[0-*] for ACPI
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+ thermal zone.
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+ RO, Optional
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+
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+cdev[0-*]
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+ Sysfs link to the thermal cooling device node where the sys I/F
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+ for cooling device throttling control represents.
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+ RO, Optional
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+
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+cdev[0-*]_trip_point
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+ The trip point with which cdev[0-*] is associated in this thermal
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+ zone; -1 means the cooling device is not associated with any trip
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+ point.
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+ RO, Optional
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+
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+*****************************
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+* Cooling device attributes *
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+*****************************
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+
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+type
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+ String which represents the type of device, e.g:
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+ - for generic ACPI: should be "Fan", "Processor" or "LCD"
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+ - for memory controller device on intel_menlow platform:
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+ should be "Memory controller".
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+ RO, Required
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+
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+max_state
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+ The maximum permissible cooling state of this cooling device.
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+ RO, Required
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+
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+cur_state
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+ The current cooling state of this cooling device.
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+ The value can any integer numbers between 0 and max_state:
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+ - cur_state == 0 means no cooling
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+ - cur_state == max_state means the maximum cooling.
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+ RW, Required
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3. A simple implementation
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-ACPI thermal zone may support multiple trip points like critical/hot/passive/active.
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-If an ACPI thermal zone supports critical, passive, active[0] and active[1] at the same time,
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-it may register itself as a thermal_zone_device (thermal_zone1) with 4 trip points in all.
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-It has one processor and one fan, which are both registered as thermal_cooling_device.
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-If the processor is listed in _PSL method, and the fan is listed in _AL0 method,
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-the sys I/F structure will be built like this:
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+ACPI thermal zone may support multiple trip points like critical, hot,
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+passive, active. If an ACPI thermal zone supports critical, passive,
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+active[0] and active[1] at the same time, it may register itself as a
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+thermal_zone_device (thermal_zone1) with 4 trip points in all.
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+It has one processor and one fan, which are both registered as
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+thermal_cooling_device.
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+
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+If the processor is listed in _PSL method, and the fan is listed in _AL0
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+method, the sys I/F structure will be built like this:
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/sys/class/thermal:
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|thermal_zone1:
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- |-----type: acpitz
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- |-----temp: 37000
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- |-----mode: kernel
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- |-----trip_point_0_temp: 100000
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- |-----trip_point_0_type: critical
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- |-----trip_point_1_temp: 80000
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- |-----trip_point_1_type: passive
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- |-----trip_point_2_temp: 70000
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- |-----trip_point_2_type: active0
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- |-----trip_point_3_temp: 60000
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- |-----trip_point_3_type: active1
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- |-----cdev0: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device0
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- |-----cdev0_trip_point: 1 /* cdev0 can be used for passive */
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- |-----cdev1: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device3
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- |-----cdev1_trip_point: 2 /* cdev1 can be used for active[0]*/
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+ |---type: acpitz
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+ |---temp: 37000
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+ |---mode: kernel
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+ |---trip_point_0_temp: 100000
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+ |---trip_point_0_type: critical
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+ |---trip_point_1_temp: 80000
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+ |---trip_point_1_type: passive
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+ |---trip_point_2_temp: 70000
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+ |---trip_point_2_type: active0
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+ |---trip_point_3_temp: 60000
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+ |---trip_point_3_type: active1
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+ |---cdev0: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device0
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+ |---cdev0_trip_point: 1 /* cdev0 can be used for passive */
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+ |---cdev1: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device3
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+ |---cdev1_trip_point: 2 /* cdev1 can be used for active[0]*/
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|cooling_device0:
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- |-----type: Processor
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- |-----max_state: 8
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- |-----cur_state: 0
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+ |---type: Processor
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+ |---max_state: 8
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+ |---cur_state: 0
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|cooling_device3:
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- |-----type: Fan
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- |-----max_state: 2
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- |-----cur_state: 0
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+ |---type: Fan
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+ |---max_state: 2
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+ |---cur_state: 0
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/sys/class/hwmon:
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|hwmon0:
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- |-----name: acpitz
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- |-----temp1_input: 37000
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- |-----temp1_crit: 100000
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+ |---name: acpitz
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+ |---temp1_input: 37000
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+ |---temp1_crit: 100000
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