From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexey Starikovskiy Subject: Re: PROBLEM: CPU fan shuts down on load of fan.ko in kernel 2.6.18 and later Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:51:59 +0300 Message-ID: <45A9001F.1040008@linux.intel.com> References: <1e2af89e0701130429x7083b6d7we89174dd7e130364@mail.gmail.com> <45A8DAA9.3010300@linux.intel.com> <1e2af89e0701130533o7cdead43g9ab79b71f852ac71@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga07.intel.com ([143.182.124.22]:25337 "EHLO azsmga101.ch.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422702AbXAMPwH (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:52:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1e2af89e0701130533o7cdead43g9ab79b71f852ac71@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Brett Cc: "Karasyov, Konstantin A" , Salatiel Filho , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Matthew Brett wrote: > 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 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html As it was said above, Linux has no means to do that. At least through ACPI framework.