diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 35c066489a19..5f88d767671e 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ config SPEAR_THERMAL
 config RCAR_THERMAL
 	tristate "Renesas R-Car thermal driver"
 	depends on ARCH_SHMOBILE || COMPILE_TEST
+	depends on HAS_IOMEM
 	help
 	  Enable this to plug the R-Car thermal sensor driver into the Linux
 	  thermal framework.
@@ -210,8 +211,16 @@ config ACPI_INT3403_THERMAL
 	tristate "ACPI INT3403 thermal driver"
 	depends on X86 && ACPI
 	help
-	  This driver uses ACPI INT3403 device objects. If present, it will
-	  register each INT3403 thermal sensor as a thermal zone.
+	  Newer laptops and tablets that use ACPI may have thermal sensors
+	  outside the core CPU/SOC for thermal safety reasons. These
+	  temperature sensors are also exposed for the OS to use via the so
+	  called INT3403 ACPI object. This driver will, on devices that have
+	  such sensors, expose the temperature information from these sensors
+	  to userspace via the normal thermal framework. This means that a wide
+	  range of applications and GUI widgets can show this information to
+	  the user or use this information for making decisions. For example,
+	  the Intel Thermal Daemon can use this information to allow the user
+	  to select his laptop to run without turning on the fans.
 
 menu "Texas Instruments thermal drivers"
 source "drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 338a88bf6662..71b0ec0c370d 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -56,10 +56,15 @@ static LIST_HEAD(thermal_governor_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(thermal_list_lock);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(thermal_governor_lock);
 
+static struct thermal_governor *def_governor;
+
 static struct thermal_governor *__find_governor(const char *name)
 {
 	struct thermal_governor *pos;
 
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return def_governor;
+
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_governor_list, governor_list)
 		if (!strnicmp(name, pos->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
 			return pos;
@@ -82,17 +87,23 @@ int thermal_register_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
 	if (__find_governor(governor->name) == NULL) {
 		err = 0;
 		list_add(&governor->governor_list, &thermal_governor_list);
+		if (!def_governor && !strncmp(governor->name,
+			DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
+			def_governor = governor;
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_tz_list, node) {
+		/*
+		 * only thermal zones with specified tz->tzp->governor_name
+		 * may run with tz->govenor unset
+		 */
 		if (pos->governor)
 			continue;
-		if (pos->tzp)
-			name = pos->tzp->governor_name;
-		else
-			name = DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR;
+
+		name = pos->tzp->governor_name;
+
 		if (!strnicmp(name, governor->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
 			pos->governor = governor;
 	}
@@ -342,8 +353,8 @@ static void monitor_thermal_zone(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 static void handle_non_critical_trips(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 			int trip, enum thermal_trip_type trip_type)
 {
-	if (tz->governor)
-		tz->governor->throttle(tz, trip);
+	tz->governor ? tz->governor->throttle(tz, trip) :
+		       def_governor->throttle(tz, trip);
 }
 
 static void handle_critical_trips(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
@@ -1107,7 +1118,7 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->thermal_instances);
 	cdev->np = np;
 	cdev->ops = ops;
-	cdev->updated = true;
+	cdev->updated = false;
 	cdev->device.class = &thermal_class;
 	cdev->devdata = devdata;
 	dev_set_name(&cdev->device, "cooling_device%d", cdev->id);
@@ -1533,7 +1544,7 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type,
 	if (tz->tzp)
 		tz->governor = __find_governor(tz->tzp->governor_name);
 	else
-		tz->governor = __find_governor(DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR);
+		tz->governor = def_governor;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
index 972e1c73722a..081fd7e6a9f0 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ struct phy_dev_entry {
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tzone;
 };
 
+static const struct thermal_zone_params pkg_temp_tz_params = {
+	.no_hwmon	= true,
+};
+
 /* List maintaining number of package instances */
 static LIST_HEAD(phy_dev_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(phy_dev_list_mutex);
@@ -394,7 +398,6 @@ static int pkg_temp_thermal_device_add(unsigned int cpu)
 	int err;
 	u32 tj_max;
 	struct phy_dev_entry *phy_dev_entry;
-	char buffer[30];
 	int thres_count;
 	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
 	u8 *temp;
@@ -440,13 +443,11 @@ static int pkg_temp_thermal_device_add(unsigned int cpu)
 	phy_dev_entry->first_cpu = cpu;
 	phy_dev_entry->tj_max = tj_max;
 	phy_dev_entry->ref_cnt = 1;
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "pkg-temp-%d\n",
-					phy_dev_entry->phys_proc_id);
-	phy_dev_entry->tzone = thermal_zone_device_register(buffer,
+	phy_dev_entry->tzone = thermal_zone_device_register("x86_pkg_temp",
 			thres_count,
 			(thres_count == MAX_NUMBER_OF_TRIPS) ?
 				0x03 : 0x01,
-			phy_dev_entry, &tzone_ops, NULL, 0, 0);
+			phy_dev_entry, &tzone_ops, &pkg_temp_tz_params, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(phy_dev_entry->tzone)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(phy_dev_entry->tzone);
 		goto err_ret_free;