On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:39:27AM +0200, jaap aarts wrote: > Hello USB mailing list, > > There are all-in-one liquid coolers for your CPU (like the corsair > h100i), these are populair among gamers and high-end desktop > enthusiasts for cooling their CPU. Under windows these have > proprietary software that control the fan speed, pump speed and most > importantly (for gamers) the RGB led controls. > Under linux there is software that manages to control these devices by > talking to the device via USB. But this doesn't allow for the fans to > be controlled via generic fan control under linux. > As a hobby project I started to implement some of the features from > one of these user-space drivers as a kernel module. > Some features would have to be device specific like RGB controls, but > fan and pump speed could be controlled just like system fans. > I was wondering if there would be any interest in having a driver for > these all-in-one usb controlled coolers in the linux kernel itself? Sure, why not, just tie into the correct kernel subsystems and all will be good. What exact device do you have, I have one here that I could test with if it's the same one. thanks, greg k-h
