[ltp] [PATCH] In-kernel automatic fan control

[honey]

> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Yury Polyanskiy wrote:
>
>> Sorry what script are you talking about?
>> 
>> Yury.
>
> H Yury,
>
> When I mentioned scripts above, I was just referring the one of the many
> fan speed management scripts on the wiki.  The "full-speed" option was
> implemented in a patch to ibm_acpi sent to this list some months ago -
> searching for "full-speed" or similar in the list archives should find
> it.  It pushes fan speed near 5000 rpm on my T40, and is invaluable for
> a few seconds burst of cold air when things get really hot.
>
> Having patched ibm_acpi with the patch sent to this list, I then edited
> one of the scripts above for three temperature points: LOW, HIGH and
> BOILING (with hysteris for each).  It would be really nice if this was
> implemented in some of the better scripts available, including ones that
> take more than CPU temp into account.
>
> Maybe it's already incorporated in version 12a mentioned by others
> here - you'll know if the above command works.  If not, I'd ask again
> if Borislav would like to incorporate it in ibm_acpi official?
>
> Honey

I've now found the post I was referring to with the full-speed patch to
ibm_acpi:

http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2005-August/028807.html

by Thomas Renninger.  Maybe this is already included in the ibm_acpi
version 12a release talked about here?  Could someone confirm?  If not,
it really should be.

Honey