Hi,
Could you please perform the following testing:
Thanks a lot for the reply. Results of tests below. I've included the output from the 2.6.17 kernel and 2.6.20-rc3 kernel with comments. Patched kernel gave identical output to unpatched... CPU load did not turn on the fan as before. Best, Matthew 2.6.17 kernel, fan on at boot [root@bob ~]# cat /proc/acpi/thermal/*/* cat: /proc/acpi/thermal/*/*: No such file or directory [root@bob ~]# cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/* <setting not supported> cooling mode: passive <polling disabled> state: passive temperature: -270 C critical (S5): -264 C passive: -273 C: tc1=0 tc2=0 tsp=600 devices=0xf7ffd340 active[0]: -267 C: devices=0xf7ffd5c0 [root@bob ~]# cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/state status: on [root@bob ~]# echo 3 > /proc/acpi/fan/*/state -bash: echo: write error: Exec format error [Fan goes off] [root@bob ~]# echo 0 > /proc/acpi/fan/*/state [No effect, fan stays off] [root@bob ~]# 2.6.20-rc3 kernel, fan off at boot [root@bob ~]# cat /proc/acpi/thermal/*/* cat: /proc/acpi/thermal/*/*: No such file or directory [root@bob ~]# cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/* <setting not supported> cooling mode: passive <polling disabled> state: passive active[0] temperature: -266 C critical (S5): -264 C passive: -273 C: tc1=0 tc2=0 tsp=600 devices=0xc18fd2c0 active[0]: -267 C: devices=0xc18fd798 [root@bob ~]# cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/state status: on [root@bob ~]# echo 3 > /proc/acpi/fan/*/state -bash: echo: write error: Exec format error [No effect] [root@bob ~]# echo 0 > /proc/acpi/fan/*/state [No effect] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
