Well, if you build a kernel, you'll eliminate the possibility of an uncommitted patch.
My contact with Paul was out-of-band and Emailed directly, as the mailing list server was down over the weekend for facilities maintenance. Here is an excerpt from my report:
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... I'm using an Atom N270
on an Asus netbook. This is a 32-bit only uniprocessor with hiperthreading
that cannot be disabled, and I use the MP kernel.
Tested: Your patch of March 26. Result: acpitz0 reports excessive temp (144C)
on boot and the kernel instituted a shutdown.
Tested: Your revised patch of March 28. Result: normal behavior until
suspend/resume. Upon resume, acpitz0 reports excessive temp (144C) and
the kernel instituted a shutdown.
I'm back on the April 2 i386 snapshot, where acpitz0.temp0 is reported as
its usual 57C. Please let me know if there is any additional testing or
reporting I can do for you....