iBook Fan and keyboard

[Justin Hibbits]

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org>wrote:

> On 12/05/12 14:14, tjohann wrote:
>
>> Hi at all,
>>
>> i have an iBook G4 (late 2005) at home and installed FreeBSD 9.0 Release
>> on it ... installation worked fine ... now i´m building some packages via
>> ports .. also all works fine :-) ... But it went quit warm ... and i don´t
>> hear the fan ... now i get a little bit nervous ... for linux i know i have
>> to load therm_adt746x ... is there something similiar to freebsd? ...
>>
>> Thx for all comments and tips
>> Thorsten
>>
>>
> The ADT chip is a software-controlled thermostat which will autonomously
> control the fans. You only need the driver if you want to change the
> thermostat setpoint or inspect the fan speed.


The ADM1030 is, too, but Apple wired it up in the MDDs with a different
chip for the thermostat, so it has to be software controlled.  It may be
the same way for the iBook fan.

- Justin