On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 06:39:03PM +0100, Michael Zintakis wrote: [ ... ] > >Problem is most likely that the BIOS does not "kick-start" the fan(s), > >and the chip does not have a register to set a "start fan" pwm value (other > >chips such as the NCT677X do have a register for that purpose). > Yep, that seems to be the case indeed. > > > So you may > >be stuck with your manual method if you want to keep the fan running at speeds > >lower than pwm=190. > Would it be possible for such feature to be implemented in the > f71882fg driver? Most of the stuff which is done with my bash script > will be very easy to implement in the driver as it involves nothing > more than playing with the registry values and adding a bit of logic > to it. Would that be possible? > No, that is not in the scope of a kernel driver. You could use fancontrol(8), but that would mean you have to switch to manual fan control (from chip perspective). Guenter -- 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
