On 11.05.2007 21:42, Ward Vandewege wrote:
This patch initializes fan control on the ADT7463/ADM1027 chip to be dynamically regulated by the hardware, and sets sane temperature treshold values.
It's easy to change the fan control mode to manual once the machine has booted, so this seems like a smarter approach - the fans should last longer, and they will use less power. Machines will also be a whole lot quieter.
Really nice. The comments are also very instructive for those who will attempt similar measures for other chips.
Initialize the fans on the adt7463 chip to be dynamically regulated by the hardware, rather than always on at full speed. Set temperature treshold values to safe defaults, rather than the not-so-safe power-on defaults.
Signed-off-by: Ward Vandewege ward@gnu.org
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net