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

[Enrico Tröger]

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On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:19:31 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
<hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:

> 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
I read the mentioned thread(and posted in it), but I guessed the
workaround will correct the status and the used level? Need this to be
done or am I completely wrong?

> > 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
Of course, thanks. It's too late, should go sleeping ;-).


Regards,
Enrico

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