[ltp] Re: tpfand configuration for an X200s

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, Christoph Bier wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh schrieb:
>> On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, Christoph Bier wrote:
>> The sensors you get from thinkpad-acpi are discrete thermal sensors, located
>> in the various parts of the mainboard, inside battery packs, etc.
>
> Just to get it right: Does tpfand use/show thinkpad-acpi's data?

Yes, and it is not the most brilliant implementation on how to interface to
thinkpad-acpi, either.  Maybe he wants to support the old ibm-acpi or
something.

>> For sensors inside chips, like the ones inside the CPU, you need to use
>> other hwmon drivers, or look at the generic ACPI thermal zones (which might
>> be doing anything), etc.
>
> On my wife's two year old R60 I don't have battles with the fan ... Is  
> the X200s just too new?

Lenovo objects to user fan control.  They may have changed the interface.

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