Comment # 6 on bug 1205308 from Dirk Mueller

(In reply to Michael Hirmke from comment #5)

> Adding AF_NETLINK to the service file of irqbalance solved this problem.

which problem is "this problem"? are you're referring to the log messages about
"thermald might not be running". or are you referring to "irqbalance:
Deactivated successfully"?

it should only solve the "thermald might not be running" messages which are
annoying but harmless. 

> On the other hand, you were right: thermald is not installed on this system.
> But if it is needed, why it wasn't installed as as dependency.

it is entirely optional, irqbalance functionality should work just fine without
it installed. just that with it installed and *running*, irqbalance can do
superior rebalancing decisions. 

Also, thermald is only needed on intel cpus and must not be installed on AMD
cpus.