[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] adm1027.c fan control

[Ward Vandewege]

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 02:33:55PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> [070511 23:35]:
> > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:25:08PM -0700, yhlu wrote:
> > > how about other MB not connect all of FAN etc.?
> > > or they will need other threshold for PWM?
> > 
> > OK, fair enough. Perhaps it is better to keep this kind of thing mainboard
> > specific.
> > 
> > I'll work on moving the code to mainboard.c file.
> 
> Does it make sense to have an API letting the mainboard specific code
> interface the component? Maybe even setting the FANs and threshold in
> the config.lb file? 

I think that could be very helpful. What kind of syntax do you have in mind?

It could potentially get a bit complicated; the Tyan s2881 for instance has 2
different HWM chips, each driving a number of fans and hooked up to different
temperature sensors.

Thanks,
Ward.

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Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator