On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:29:22AM -0400, Frank Myhr wrote:
>
> Hi Hector,
>
> I've been working to add automatic fan mode to the it87 driver. It works on the
> it8718, but I'm still changing the sysfs interface, and adding auto mode support
> for the other it87 chips. I'll post the code to this list when ready. It would
> be great if you could help test it on your it8705_v2, I don't have one here.
>
Of course
> Auto mode varies a bit from chip to chip, and for the 8705, for different
> versions of the chip*. For your it8705_v2, auto mode allows 5 discrete fan
> speeds: off, low, medium, high, and all fans full speed.
Yes. It's a little bit annoying and not very smart.
> You could get smoother
> control by using the software pwm mode you already have working along with the
> lm_sensors fancontrol script.
>
The script works fine. Sometimes you've got it just before your nose...
Thanks a lot for your help
