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Date:      Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:19:30 +0100
From:      Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: acpi_termal sysctl interface strange temperature value
Message-ID:  <20130225071929.GM28792@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uPiBh6Dv-wsLq1DMcXL%2BD%2Bq_=7s%2B8JbsLk15sN-ZQ-aw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20130225014000.GA6413@aperturescience.org> <CAN6yY1uPiBh6Dv-wsLq1DMcXL%2BD%2Bq_=7s%2B8JbsLk15sN-ZQ-aw@mail.gmail.com>

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As Kevin Oberman wrote:

> > Values I'm geting are like this:
> > 3732
> >
> > while actual is:
> >
> >  sysctl -n hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature
> > 55.0C
> >

> ACPI does not report temperature in degrees Celsius, but in tenths
> of a degree Kelvin.  So both agree.

I wouldn't call it an agreement if one reports 373 K (= 100 °C),
and the other one 55 °C ...

(Btw., according to SI, Kelvin is a normal unit of measure, without
the "degree".)
-- 
cheers, Joerg               .-.-.   --... ...--   -.. .  DL8DTL

http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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