iBook Fan and keyboard

[thorsten.johannvorderbrueggen at t-online.de]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:10:10 +0100
Andreas Tobler <andreast-list at fgznet.ch> wrote:

> Hi Thorsten,
> 
> On 07.12.12 20:12, thorsten.johannvorderbrueggen at t-online.de wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:14:12 +0100
> > Andreas Tobler <andreast-list at fgznet.ch> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 06.12.12 19:59, thorsten.johannvorderbrueggen at t-online.de wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:12:43 +0100
> >>> Andreas Tobler <andreast-list at fgznet.ch> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 05.12.12 23:36, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:14:17 +0100
> >>>>> tjohann <thorsten.johannvorderbrueggen at t-online.de> 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There may not be a driver for this chip yet.  Can you attach the output
> >>>>> of 'ofwdump -ap' and 'devinfo -rv' (they both provide similar info,
> >>>>> but in different formats)? It shouldn't be too difficult to write a
> >>>>> driver.
> >>>>
> >>>> The driver is missing ;)
> >>>> I have something laying around for my alu book which most probably has
> >>>> the same controller.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll see if I can cook something over the next days.
> >>>>
> >>>> Andreas
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Andreas,
> >>>
> >>> would be great ... thx .. i will go on to my mac mini ... should be enough fun for the weekend :-)
> >>
> >> But I'd need a guinea pig :), my adt is a 7460 while you have a 7467.
> >> Once I have something running I'd appreciate if you could test it.
> >>
> >> Andreas
> >>
> > 
> > Hi Andreas,
> > 
> > i have done some research during work :-) ... There'se a driver for NetBSD -> http://www.manualpages.de/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.1/man4/adt7467.4.html ... I've nerver done kernel development for FreeBSD .. but "how hart could it be?" ... So i will take a look on it ... 
> 
> 
> I think this a future way to go. For now I have something simpler which
> only addresses the adt7460 and the adt7467. And it is tailored for
> Powerbook/iBook only.
> 
> > If you have something to test .. let me know :-) 
> 
> Hopefully soon :)
> 
> It'll look like this:
> 
> root at wolfram:/root # sysctl dev.adt746x.0.
> dev.adt746x.0.%desc: Apple Thermostat Unit ADT746X
> dev.adt746x.0.%driver: adt746x
> dev.adt746x.0.%location: addr=0x15c
> dev.adt746x.0.%pnpinfo: name=fan compat=adt7460
> dev.adt746x.0.%parent: iicbus0
> dev.adt746x.0.fans.rear_left_exhaust.pwm: 48
> dev.adt746x.0.fans.rear_right_exhaust.pwm: 48
> dev.adt746x.0.sensors.cpu/intrepid_bottomside.temp: 64.0C
> dev.adt746x.0.sensors.cpu_bottomside.temp: 63.0C
> dev.adt746x.0.sensors.pwr_supply_bottomside.temp: 57.0C
> dev.adt746x.0.sensors.cpu_core.volt: 194
> dev.adt746x.0.sensors.rear_left_exhaust.rpm: 2160
> dev.adt746x.0.sensors.rear_right_exhaust.rpm: 2309
> 
> Unfortunately I have some stability issues. My PB freezes or switches
> off under load. I need to debug a bit more. Might be my driver or the
> Powerbook itself which has its age.
> 
> Andreas
> 

Hi Andreas,

if you want, i can test ... at the moment it's not in productive use :-) 

Cheers
  Thorsten


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