[ltp] [PATCH][2.6.18] ibm-acpi: extended fan control and thermal sensors

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Enrico Tröger wrote:
> [23:01] enrico@endor ;-): ~$ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
> status:         unknown
> level:          unknown
> speed:          3326
> commands:       level <level> (<level> is 0-7, auto, disengaged)
> commands:       enable, disable

That's the EC fan bug workaround at work.  Please refer to:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.thinkpad/28326/focus=28326

> Changing the level with
> echo -n auto > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
> doesn't work too(error message: invalid argument).

try:
	echo -n "level auto" > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan

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