SMBus is there, now what? (fan speed problem)

[Harald Schmalzbauer]

Am Freitag, 23. November 2007 16:29:45 schrieb Olivier Drouin:
> 	I read http://mojo.ru/us/GSoC2007.FreeBSD.cnst-sensors.proposal.html
> 	and it looks like this is what I need though I'm not sure.
> 	It's not clear if this patch will allow me to *control* the fan
> speed.
> 	Right now it's full speed all the time and if I can slow them down I
> would be happy.
>
> 	Can this patch be applied to 6.2?

I can't remember mbmon commands, sorry. Too long ago...
I guess the patch will only work with 7.0 and 8-current 
(http://p4web.freebsd.org/@md=d&cd=//depot/projects/soc2007/cnst-sensors/&c=R96@//depot/projects/soc2007/cnst-sensors/?ac=83)

> 	I think this board is 2 years old, it should have been supported by
> now, at least the fan speed should follow the
> 	temperature of the system
> 	Again it's an Intel server board se7230nh1-e (entry level server
> hardware).

I know that intel had their own monitors, I couldn't find a way to make it 
usable some years ago. If I remember correctly I had to satisfy with 
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature

Best regards,

-Harry
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