[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:
> 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?

ibm-acpi will not touch the EC in write mode unless the user tells it to.
So no, the workaround cannot "correct" the status.

If you want to have it always known, set the fan level on module load using
the command line, but be warned that this is not safe in thinkpads that set
the fan to level 7 when the temperature goes critical (I am assuming that
this means the EC auto level isn't good enough for some reason, or else
there would be no need to set the fan to level 7 ever).

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