[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] adm1027.c fan control

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Fri May 11 22:05:35 CEST 2007


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 at gnu.org>

Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net>






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