Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:42:51 +0100 From: Markus Brueffer <markus@brueffer.de> To: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> Cc: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad Fan Control (acpi_ibm) Message-ID: <43C8490B.6000506@brueffer.de> In-Reply-To: <20060112182958.20cdb395@localhost> References: <20060110175214.GA2519@droopy.unibe.ch> <43C659A5.7080904@brueffer.de> <20060112182958.20cdb395@localhost>
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Fabian Keil schrieb: > Markus Brueffer <markus@brueffer.de> wrote: > >> Tobias Roth schrieb: > >>> Now my question. Since acpi_ibm.ko can already read temperature >>> sensors and fan speed, would it be feasable to teach it to control >>> fan speed as well? Is anyone working on it already? Or can someone >>> outline the steps that have to be taken so I can take a look and >>> see if I can do it myself? >> I didn't see any practical value in setting fancontrol and fanspeed >> last year (that was the time when the T43 wasn't yet around), >> therefore I didn't implement write support to prevent users from >> footshooting. >> >> Now that there is a real practical use of it, I have implemented the >> missing bits. > >> Please try the patch at >> http://people.freebsd.org/~markus/ibm/acpi_ibm.c.diff >> >> It should apply cleanly on -CURRENT and 6.0 and works nicely on my >> T41p. > > I can confirm that it applies cleanly on 6.0. > Fan speed setting works on my TP51 as well. Thanks. I have committed the patch to -CURRENT. I'll MFC it in about one week if nothing goes wrong. Thanks for testing! Markus
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