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@@ -210,8 +210,16 @@ config ACPI_INT3403_THERMAL
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tristate "ACPI INT3403 thermal driver"
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depends on X86 && ACPI
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help
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- This driver uses ACPI INT3403 device objects. If present, it will
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- register each INT3403 thermal sensor as a thermal zone.
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+ Newer laptops and tablets that use ACPI may have thermal sensors
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+ outside the core CPU/SOC for thermal safety reasons. These
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+ temperature sensors are also exposed for the OS to use via the so
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+ called INT3403 ACPI object. This driver will, on devices that have
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+ such sensors, expose the temperature information from these sensors
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+ to userspace via the normal thermal framework. This means that a wide
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+ range of applications and GUI widgets can show this information to
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+ the user or use this information for making decisions. For example,
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+ the Intel Thermal Daemon can use this information to allow the user
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+ to select his laptop to run without turning on the fans.
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menu "Texas Instruments thermal drivers"
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source "drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/Kconfig"
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Zhang Rui