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CORETEMP(4)		     Kernel Interfaces Manual		     CORETEMP(4)

NAME
     coretemp -- device driver for Intel Core on-die digital thermal sensor

SYNOPSIS
     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your
     kernel configuration file:

	   device coretemp

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
     following line in loader.conf(5):

	   coretemp_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The  coretemp driver provides support for the on-die digital thermal sensor
     present in Intel Core and newer CPUs.

     The coretemp driver reports each core's temperature through a  sysctl  node
     in     the     corresponding    CPU    device's	sysctl	  tree,    named
     dev.cpu.%d.temperature.

SEE ALSO
     amdtemp(4), sysctl(8)

HISTORY
     The coretemp driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS
     The coretemp driver was written by Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org>	as  part
     of  a  Google  Summer  of	Code  project.	 This manual page was written by
     Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		 August 23, 2007		     CORETEMP(4)

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