From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 28 19:08:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 076ED34B for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:08:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-f54.google.com (mail-vb0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A82968FC08 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f54.google.com with SMTP id l1so777432vba.13 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:08:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9r1595phBAUFnRp1//Ji75or2iizmDxBgnSyGXUE/HU=; b=ZsRrOZYuTCdtOHSdN0oVQT+OEJR+aP6bq+UjSlBhQFxT+kYfjl5bixdKfKVLA5LtEv vB4u7nMilQKyVgmLvt4jl1ON/h9nYvOWAuLa8hliacwaqrJm/vFc/fFpUtpRJJUzRMgg k4WglFqrU9Yk6yX+YCnDT7S5uv3Xc+jaPlUnGTqBR/f2Up6notqJE4Qqf02rDOzKV5aX ES+RJss75zwciGsrtKNn9xb1uRbnGj02VJbSKSzXZet9aaCt2LlyyxvEqlguq1lNNoMS YFR0S1hPFU9DNBifuGa8KlS7si7YWRIb806pg0FqqsMyWVAJ85gAIKde/pxM0lishV0r YQPg== Received: by 10.58.116.212 with SMTP id jy20mr49324435veb.5.1351451283922; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narn.knownspace (pool-108-48-127-15.washdc.fios.verizon.net. [108.48.127.15]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t12sm4465757vdi.18.2012.10.28.12.08.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:08:01 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits To: Michael Copeland Subject: Re: Quick question about dev.smu dev.smusat on powermac11,2 Message-ID: <20121028150801.78f72f2a@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; powerpc-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:08:06 -0000 On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:52:33 -0400 Michael Copeland wrote: > Is the fan control disabled by default on a GP dual core? Only reason > I ask is that the fans on spool up under full load, and that usually > results in a panic. > I did make a rather simple program and associated script to control > the fans, but this happens to result in the fans constantly going up > and down by about 300-400 rpm even while doing something simple like > portsnap extract. I checked the list after doing that, and found a > thread where someone else already did the same thing(a common problem > of mine, I usually try to fix it myself without checking the list). I > swapped out the program written by Nathan, but my results are the > same. It DOES work, but I was only wondering if it's normal for the > fan speed to vary so often. > > Thanks, > > Michael You shouldn't need to manually control the fans, they should be automatically controlled by the kernel based on temperature. - Justin