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@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Christopher Allan Webber
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -14617,6 +14618,31 @@ Defaults to @samp{#f}.
@end deftypevr
+
+The @code{(gnu services pm)} module provides an interface to
+thermald, a CPU frequency scaling service which helps prevent overheating.
+
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} thermald-service-type
+This is the service type for
+@uref{https://01.org/linux-thermal-daemon/, thermald}, the Linux
+Thermal Daemon, which is responsible for controlling the thermal state
+of processors and preventing overheating.
+@end defvr
+
+@deftp {Data Type} thermald-configuration
+Data type representing the configuration of @code{thermald-service-type}.
+
+@table @asis
+@item @code{ignore-cpuid-check?} (default: @code{#f})
+Ignore cpuid check for supported CPU models.
+
+@item @code{thermald} (default: @var{thermald})
+Package object of thermald.
+
+@end table
+@end deftp
+
+
@node Miscellaneous Services
@subsubsection Miscellaneous Services