[LinuxBIOS] AMD Geode LX support for LinuxBIOS
Richard Smith
smithbone at gmail.com
Thu May 3 19:29:29 CEST 2007
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>
> How do we deal with fan control, then? Most recent mainboards use
> SMM for fan control. Once you forbid SMM, you have to trust the OS
> to perform fan control correctly, which will fail if the machine
> crashes or locks up.
Fans are mechanical and will always fail. If your hardware dies because
your fan is off its a hardware flaw not a software issue.
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Richard A. Smith
smithbone at gmail.com
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