[coreboot] Blank screen during boot and max CPU fan speed for ASUS KGPE-D16

[Zoran Stojsavljevic]

> Naah as tim said you just have to run fancontrol or* use Raptor's OpenBMC
port for the KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8 boards*.

I got it. *Raptor's OpenBMC port for the KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8 boards* module
should/must be included in Debian distro
as driver addendum. In this case it is not.

Thank you,
Zotran

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:56 AM, Taiidan at gmx.com <Taiidan at gmx.com> wrote:

> On 12/06/2017 12:35 AM, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
>
> The full speed fan is normal.  These are server boards and coreboot
>>> *purposefully sets the fans to full speed until the OS boots* and can
>>> take
>>> over fan control duties via 'fancontrol' [1] or a similar application.
>>> Note that the 'w83795' kernel module is required for this to work.
>>>
>> Correct me if I am wrong, but how I understood the topic/problem, the fans
>> continue to blow full speed indefinitely even after OS boots, don't they?
>>
> Naah as tim said you just have to run fancontrol or use Raptor's OpenBMC
> port for the KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8 boards.
>
> Additionally I added this info to the wiki many months ago, as I too was
> bothered by the fan speed when I first installed coreboot years ago and
> assumed something was broken to which tim explained it for me too :D
>
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