Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:03:31 -0400 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@verizon.net> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Mobile ML <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Management of Thermal Message-ID: <1192302211.20395.11.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <20071011110245.60c5cda5@meijome.net> References: <20071008172756.2aed69e7@meijome.net> <20071008173604.1e449ca2@meijome.net> <20071008111601.kfrb6qt8isw4owc0@0x20.net> <20071008203558.022fd258@meijome.net> <20071008203733.3128f3b6@meijome.net> <20071008154116.0o3hvbyxggk400k0@0x20.net> <20071011110245.60c5cda5@meijome.net>
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On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 11:02 +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:41:16 +0200 > Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > <snip> > > the last one was a great one. It describes the latest support for fan control > in linux' acpi_ibm. Including how to enable it in experimental mode for older > kernels (such as the one Knoppix runs). so, i tried this : > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_control_fan_speed#Using_a_stock_kernel > > and it worked a treat. > > The fan kicked off nicely... and seriously aggressively > when disengaged (similar to how the fan goes when you just power up the laptop). > So it seems these guys + gals @ penguin land are onto something good. > > Does anyone know if their work can be leveraged for *BSD ? or maybe this > support is already in -CURRENT? I have not read the link, so maybe there is something else there, but as far as fan control: RabbitsDen# sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan=0 dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan: 1 -> 0 RabbitsDen# sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_level=7 dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_level: 1 -> 7 RabbitsDen# sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed: 4080 RabbitsDen# sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_level=3 dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_level: 7 -> 3 <after 10 seconds> RabbitsDen# sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed: 3310 RabbitsDen# kldstat | grep ibm 5 1 0xc08ac000 4f74 acpi_ibm.ko System is: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Sep 30 11:54:51 EDT 2007 Hardware is: ThinkPad X60 (one of the first ones, with 32-bit dualcore CPU) -- sorry do not want to pry it from the dock -- if specific model is important, let me know and I will look. > > Cheers, > B > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it." > George Bernard Shaw > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. > Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been > Warned. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko
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