Joseph, > I believe what you want to do is possible. You will need to figure out > if it really is possible to run a guest OS and grant it access to the > non-virtualized hardware. Then you can compile a guest OS with hwmon > support and monitor the fan speeds. That kind of question is something > I cannot answer for you. I suggest you join the gentoo forums and ask > there (http://forums.gentoo.org) because they are responsive and > helpful. You will still need to be persistent and patient (and as > clear as possible). If you know of another forum you would rather use, > by all means go ahead. > > From my understanding, VMware is very capable and should be able to > pass through I/O accesses to the "raw hardware". The overhead will be > significant, but hwmon is not latency or bandwidth limited, so you > should be fine. > > Perhaps, when you find an answer, if you would post a summary here, > that would be appreciated. > > Good luck, > David > -----End Original Message----- > > As powerful as VMware is, it won't allow access to the host's hardware in this manner. So if I glean correctly, there does not exist a method without compiling in drivers currently? Well, I am surprised that VMware doesn't support it. But you are right: if the hwmon driver can't access the hardware, you should look at ACPI and see if there is any useful information there. David
