From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 27 23:21:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 913F516A4CE for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:21:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from f7.mail.ru (f7.mail.ru [194.67.57.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0388543D46 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:21:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imush@mail.ru) Received: from mail by f7.mail.ru with local id 1CuIwp-00041S-00 for freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:21:11 +0300 Received: from [166.84.149.254] by win.mail.ru with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:21:11 -0500 From: Isaac Mushinsky To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: mPOP Web-Mail 2.19 X-Originating-IP: [166.84.149.254] Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:21:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: <41F950B8.8000602@root.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: Subject: Re[2]: newbie question - how to read temerature X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Isaac Mushinsky List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:21:13 -0000 Thanks for all the advice (no solution in sight though). By the way, this is not a laptop; it's a desktop workstation. -----Original Message----- From: Nate Lawson To: Bruno Ducrot Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:36:08 -0800 Subject: Re: newbie question - how to read temerature > > Bruno Ducrot wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:25:20PM -0500, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: > > > >>I have Dell Precision 530 2x1.7 gHz Xeon. Trying to replace the Dell's noisy > >>fans I wanted to make sure the CPU temperatures are normal. But I can find no > >>way to read the temperatures at all. ASL dumped with acpidump does not > >>compile. > >> > >>So as not to run too much text in the mail, here are the outputs: > >> > >>(compiled with ACPI_DEBUG) > >> > >>dmesg: http://omsk.mushinsky.net/acpi/dmesg > >>acpidump -t -d: http://omsk.mushinsky.net/acpi/asl > >>iasl errors: http://omsk.mushinsky.net/acpi/iasl > >> > >>finally, > >>$ sysctl -a hw.acpi > >>hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5 > >>hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5 > >>hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1 > >>hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE > >>hw.acpi.standby_state: S1 > >>hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3 > >>hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1 > >>hw.acpi.s4bios: 0 > >>hw.acpi.verbose: 0 > >>hw.acpi.reset_video: 1 > >>hw.acpi.cpu.cx_supported: C1/0 > >>hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1 > >>hw.acpi.cpu.cx_usage: 100.00% > >> > > > > > > There is no thermal zone in this ASL. So no hope to get it via ACPI. > > But, IIRC, there is a support under Linux, but for i8k models, which use > > a propritary, non documented BIOS interface from Dell. I think this is > > the case with the Precision. > > Yes, Dell chose not to export thermal info through ACPI for this laptop. > Mark Santrcoos (marks@) wrote a Dell SMM driver that probably > duplicates the Linux driver Bruno mentions. Perhaps he can post it for > you to try. > > -- > Nate >