[ltp] X20 fan control notes

Joćo Miguel Pais linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:08:18 +0200


Hi,

> 1)Without any form of intervention, the fan behaviour is this:
>     i) Boot up =>  fan off
>     ii)Iff the CPU temp ever exceeds 85 degrees (which can happen if CPU  
> heavily loaded for a minute) => fan on
>     iii)Subsequently, even when the CPU cools as low as 38 degrees, the  
> fan never turns off!

I have exactly the same behaviour on my R51. Can you tell me where to get  
an updated / full ibm_acpi patch? my one has no "fan" option, for example.

Joao