From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 2 17:19:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA19626 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:19:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA19612 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:19:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA18076; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:48:27 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701030118.LAA18076@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: CPU fan detection... In-Reply-To: from spork at "Jan 2, 97 06:47:08 pm" To: spork@super-g.com (spork) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:48:26 +1030 (CST) Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Just to change the subject slightly... spork stands accused of saying: > it's going to extend the drive life immeasurably. Now I just have to find > a way to detect when the CPU fan dies... The Intel CPUs with integrated fans do indeed have a fan sensor of some sort. Anyone know how to read it? It'd make for a good idle-loop check... -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[