Wow, that was easy :-). so I did: download the driver source and makefile make => several new files show up including a .ko - WOHOOO sudo rmmod dell-smm-hwmon lsmod | grep hwmo => nothing sudo insmod ./dell-smm-hwmon.ko => nothing lsmod | grep hwmo => dell_smm_hwmon 16384 0 sudo sensors => coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0: +50.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 0: +47.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 1: +50.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 2: +46.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) Core 3: +48.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C) acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +25.0°C (crit = +107.0°C) dell_smm-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device Processor Fan: 2490 RPM Video Fan: 2493 RPM CPU: +48.0°C Ambient: +48.0°C Ambient: +44.0°C Other: +40.0°C sudo pwmconfig => fans definitely stop and restart as the script indicates they should Conclusion: works for me (TM) - without force or any special options Thanks Jean, that was easy. Looking forward to see it in some future kernel. Kind regards
