Re: Standalone driver for W83677HG-I, NCT6775F, NCT6776F [rev 2]

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On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 01:20:22PM -0500, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Guenter Roeck
> <guenter.roeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I published a new version of the standalone driver for W83667HG-I (NCT6771F, NCT6775F)
> > and NCT6776F at http://roeck-us.net/linux/drivers/w83627ehf/.
> >
> > Key changes are listed in the README file. Most of the reported bugs have been fixed,
> > though I am not sure about PWM configuration on NCT6775F and fan min limits on NCT6776F.
> >
> 
> I don't see a README.  What's w83627ehf.c.18?
> 
Sorry, it is there now. w83627ehf.c.18 is a port of rev1 to 2.6.18.

> > For PWM configuration on NCT6775F, I did not find a problem
> . I can set and read PWM values,
> > but since my board does not connect the chip to actual fans I have no idea if the settings
> > have any effect. So this will need to be re-tested on a board which actually uses the chip
> > for fan control.
> 
> Something's weird.
> 
> # cat pwm2_enable
> 5

5 means it is running in SmartFan IV mode.

> # cat pwm2_mode
> 1
> # echo 1 >pwm2_enable
> # cat pwm2_enable
> 5
> # echo 1 >pwm2_enable
> # cat pwm2_enable
> 5
> # echo 2 >pwm2_enable
> # cat pwm2_enable
> 6
> 
That was a bug. 

> [fiddle with pwm2 here.  values written stick but have no effect.]
> 
> # echo 3 >pwm2_enable
> [root@midnight w83627ehf.656]# cat pwm2_enable
> 8
> [root@midnight w83627ehf.656]# echo 1 >pwm2_enable
> [root@midnight w83627ehf.656]# cat pwm2_enable
> 8
> 
> Note: I won't swear that my motherboard uses this particular chip to
> drive the PWMs, but I assume it does since it can certainly measure
> fan speed w/ this chip and it controls the PWMs somehow.
> 
It uses it per Intel specifications.

Anyway, please try again. I updated the code to fix the pwmX_enable bug.

Thanks,
Guenter

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