Hi Rutger:
* rutger at nospam.com <rutger at nospam.com> [2004-05-16 12:10:15 +0200]:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a question about the w83627thf sensors which can be found on
> a Asus p4p800 motherboard. The comment of the driver (w83627hf.c)
> indicates:
>
> Note: automatic ("cruise") fan control for 697, 637 & 627thf not
> supported yet.
>
> This is called 'Q-Fan' by Asus. How can I support this? Is this not
> implemented because of lack of hardware, lack of time or lack of
> knowledge?
I have an Asus P4C800E Deluxe, also with w83627thf. Lack of time is
always an issue though. :) As for knowledge, we haven't settled on
an interface for temperature vs. PWM automagic yet. Nonetheless,
the driver shouldn't do this...
> The problem is I want to be able to read the CPU temperature without
> disabling Q-Fan. When I insmod the module now, the fan speeds up to
> maximum speed without reason.
But I don't see that behaviour here. Actually, QFAN doesn't seem to do
much for me whether it's enabled in BIOS or not. Anyway, I read through
the driver again keeping your report in mind... I can't see the problem.
Dumb question: you *are* loading w83627hf (and not w83781d) right?
Could you send me the results of `isadump 0x295 0x296` after a fresh
reboot - without ever having loaded the w83627hf driver? And again,
the results of the same command after you load the driver. Once more
after you run `sensors -s` (if that is what does it). Thanks.
Also, I'm curious... does QFAN control all of the fans or just the
CPU fan (fan2) for you?
Regards,
--
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman at lightlink.com
