Re: Changing temperature trip points

Maier Gerfried
2002-11-08T11:29:58Z

Zitiere Arndt Schoenewald <abs-SA7OhAOe25xnNxvc45mVi0K323yFvGpRdefyYXQ/eNw@public.gmane.org>:

> Yes, /proc/acpi/fan/... should be present, also in 2.4.x kernels; I had
> it all the time since 2.4.18+acpi-20020329 (the first Linux+ACPI kernel
> I put on my then brandnew Gericom M6-T laptop). I haven't tried kernel
> 2.4.20-rc1 yet, though.
>
> Are you using the ACPI patch from http://sf.net/projects/acpi?

Yes. With the suggested debugging-patch _HIGH -> _LOW and with acpi-debugging
enabled.

> Of course the fan can only be controlled through ACPI if there is a fan
> and it is listed correctly in the ACPI description tables. This is
> typically the case for laptops and notebooks (but not for all of them),
> and typically not the case for desktop machines.

It's a Acer Travelmate Notebook and it has got a fan. I'm afraid, that I am not
able to have a look to the ACPI-description table with my recent knowlege. How
could I check this?

(According to lsmod the fan-module is loaded.)

Gerfried

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