[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] adm1027.c fan control

[yhlu]

it is MB related, it should be in MB/mainboard.c

YH

On 5/11/07, Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This patch initializes fan control on the ADT7463/ADM1027 chip to be
> dynamically regulated by the hardware, and sets sane temperature treshold
> values.
>
> Note that this is *not* the same as what the proprietary bios does on the
> Tyan S2881; that BIOS initializes the fans to blow at full speed, but sets
> fan control to manual mode allowing programmatic control of fan speed.
>
> 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.
>
> There are a few mainboard specific bits for the s2881 missing, but I've still
> got to figure out how to get those loaded at the right time (i.e.  after the
> adm1027 code has been run).
>
> Comments more than welcome, of course.
>
> Thanks,
> Ward.
>
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