Hi!

I would like to have a SW hook to handle the case of overheating.
How can I do it ?

More information:
The system is based on i7.
Linux version is 3.4.47


Thanks
zmau

1) What operating system ?
2) what version OS ?
3) CPU or GPU ?
4) what have you tried ?
5 WHAT LANGUAGE do you want to use
c,c++,python,perl,GO,ruby,......
6) through 19 )
anything else we should know

20) server or desktop ?

if you want to write a simple script you can find some useful commands over here.

btw, it is not 100% clear what you want to achive

Hi!

Thanks for answering.
Eventually the system will be an embedded system (The OS is Linux 3.4.47 with an RT-patch).
The language is C or C++

It's not clear right now if overheating is an issue. So, at the moment I simply want to monitor the temprature.
The idea is simple : if the system overheats do something (Actually send a message for the moment).

I know that the temperature can be seen by "cat /sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXTHERM\:00/thermal_zone/temp" (See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...n-linux-598658)
There are 4 cores so there 4 entries to query. There is also the GPU to query (which I do not know how at the moment).

But how often should I check these fields ? Every second ? Every millisecond ? Every minute ?

So, I thought that a hook will be the best solution.



Thanks
zmau