In article <42E744D1.5050909@rinta-aho.org>,
Teemu Rinta-aho  <teemu@rinta-aho.org> wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>I just compiled an ACPI-enabled kernel (3.0_BETA) on my
>VIA EPIA PD8000 motherboard, but for some reason the
>ACPI Thermal Zone doesn't seem to work. I tried to Google(tm)
>and "use the source, luke", but I couldn't solve the problem
>with any BIOS/kernel configuration options. What I get is
>the ACPI TZ device is recognized but the driver can't read
>the temperature data. Please find attached the dmesg and
>the kernel config. Any ideas?
>

Looks like a bug in the acpi code. Can you try a /current kernel?

christos