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

Lars Otten linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:29:26 +0000


On 11/30/05 16:21, Ziga Mahkovec wrote:
> Note that Yury's kernel thread *does* monitor all temperatures, namely:
> [...]
> So Paul's scenario above should already be covered.

OK, I didn't check Yury's sources for that, sorry.

> I also tend to agree with Yury that this sort of monitoring should be
> handled by the kernel.

Maybe in the long run, yes. But I still consider all of this to be in sort
of alpha stage (if at all), so I like the idea of being able to just kill
the script's process and revert to the built-in fan control. ;)

But I think that eventually I might give Yuri's patch a try as well...

/Lars

P.S. BTW, now, with the fan off most of the time, my harddrive really starts
bothering me... ;-P