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@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ emul_temp
Unit: millidegree Celsius
WO, Optional
+ WARNING: Be careful while enabling this option on production systems,
+ because userland can easily disable the thermal policy by simply
+ flooding this sysfs node with low temperature values.
+
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* Cooling device attributes *
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@@ -375,11 +379,3 @@ platform data is provided, this uses the step_wise throttling policy.
This function serves as an arbitrator to set the state of a cooling
device. It sets the cooling device to the deepest cooling state if
possible.
-
-5.5:thermal_register_governor:
-This function lets the various thermal governors to register themselves
-with the Thermal framework. At run time, depending on a zone's platform
-data, a particular governor is used for throttling.
-
-5.6:thermal_unregister_governor:
-This function unregisters a governor from the thermal framework.
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