On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 01:56:41AM -0400, Mark M. Hoffman wrote: > Hi again: > > > * rutger at nospam.com <rutger at nospam.com> [2004-05-16 12:10:15 +0200]: > > > 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. > > * Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman at lightlink.com> [2004-06-06 01:03:30 -0400]: > > 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. > > Er, now I see it. If you pass "init=0" when you modprobe the driver, > then QFAN should continue to work normally. I already had init=0 in > /etc/modprobe.conf so it's no wonder I didn't see this at first. Let > me know if this doesn't work for you. Indeed, this does the trick! Thanks; maybe this should be made default or otherwise be toggable runtime? Passing w83627hf.init=0 at kernel prompt doesn't seem to help when compiled build in... Strange... > > Regards, > > -- > Mark M. Hoffman > mhoffman at lightlink.com -- Rutger Nijlunsing ---------------------------- rutger ed tux tmfweb nl never attribute to a conspiracy which can be explained by incompetence ----------------------------------------------------------------------
