[lm-sensors] possible bug in 2.6.25-rc6: message going "Setting sensors limits failed"

[Hans de Goede]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:12:26 +0100 Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Andrew,
>>
>> if I boot my machine with kernel 2.6.25-rc6 the following message appears:
>> "Setting sensors limits failed!" ("failed" appears red coloured).
>>
>> This message does not appear as failure message in all precedent kernels (<= 
>> 2.6.25-rc5).
>>
>> As I do not know from which module the error derives from I would appreciate 
>> you to route that mail to the appropriate maintainer.
>>
> 
> lm-sensors, I guess.
> 
> I assume that 2.6.24 kernel don't do this?
> 

This is a known problem caused by the new thermal zone code, see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437637

For all the details.

Regards,

Hans