From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Matthew Brett" Subject: Re: PROBLEM: CPU fan shuts down on load of fan.ko in kernel 2.6.18 and later Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:33:12 +0000 Message-ID: <1e2af89e0701130533o7cdead43g9ab79b71f852ac71@mail.gmail.com> References: <1e2af89e0701130429x7083b6d7we89174dd7e130364@mail.gmail.com> <45A8DAA9.3010300@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]:8144 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422648AbXAMNdO (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:33:14 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 44so996604uga for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:33:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <45A8DAA9.3010300@linux.intel.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Alexey Starikovskiy Cc: "Karasyov, Konstantin A" , Salatiel Filho , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi, > If BIOS does not export fan controls to OS via DSDT, it means that BIOS > wants to control fans via its own means (hardware), this doesn't mean > that your machine is at risk, it only means that you are not allowed to > tamper with it... Well, except the original poster complained that linux but not windows was shutting down the fan - meaning - surely - that somehow linux is tampering with the fan when it should not. Best, Matthew