Hi cilly, > Hi Juerg, > > > Ah, you're right. That page does mention fan control. So maybe VIA did > > learn something. You would be a perfect candidate to test the fan > > control features of the vt1211 driver, if you had a fan... > > Would be not a problem to connect a fan... may be I will try it one > day... > > > Not sure what pwmconfig does but the vt1211 chip is capable of > > adjusting the fan speeds by itself and automatically based on temp > > readings. The driver does support that (although it hasn't been > > tested), it's just a matter of setting up the sysfs attributes > > correctly. > > So you say, the fan will be adjusted by the cpu itself? Hm, so I > should give it a try... do you recommend shutting down before > connecting the fan? No, I'm saying the fan will be adjusted by the vt1211 itself. No interaction from the CPU required, all done in HW. Basically you can set 4 temp and pwm points to control the behavior. Read Documentation/hwmon/vt1211 and let me know if you still have questions. ...juerg > > What do you mean by bridge? The temp reading comes straight from the > > CPU. There's an internal thermal diode in the CPU that's connected to > > the vt1211. There's no bridge involved here. It's only a function of > > the CPU thermal diode properties (which are unknown for Nehemiah, at > > least to me). > > Ah okay, I am talking about southbridge, etc... > > Regards, > > c. >
