From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9155] New: No fan control with ATI Radeon display support on HP nx6125. Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:55:08 +0200 Message-ID: <200710142155.09345.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <200710141602.48206.rjw@sisk.pl> <1192371504.6265.46.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1192371504.6265.46.camel@localhost> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, Len Brown On Sunday, 14 October 2007 16:18, Daniel W=C3=BCrfel wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 14.10.2007, 16:02 +0200 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki: > > On Sunday, 14 October 2007 09:26, Daniel W=C3=BCrfel wrote: > > > Hi there, > > >=20 > > > at first great respect for your fast answers.=20 > > > I don't think, that the binary ati driver is the problem, because= : > > > 1. with switched of "ati radeon display support" in the kernel, t= he fan > > > control works correctly (and i still using the ati-driver) > >=20 > > How do you know, however, that the "ati radeon display support" in = the kernel > > does not interfere with the ATI driver in a destructive way? >=20 > I think, but im not sure, that the ati driver is loaded, if X was > started. But at this moment X was not started. Well, the kernel module part is probably loaded earlier. =20 > > > 2. the fan starts spinning at the boot screen even if the radeon = display > > > driver was loaded (and the ati driver is not just loaded yet). > >=20 > > I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Can you clarify, please?dann >=20 > Well, i see it looks a little bit confused what i wrote. What i mean = is, > that the fan at this time starts to rotate, when the "radeon display > support" is loaded at boot time. I see. Can you please check: - What happens if you don't use the ATI driver at all (please unload it= s kernel module before loading the kernel's radeon one)? - Does the loading of the radeon module trigger the fan automatically? - What happens if the fan module is not loaded at that time? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html