Re: kernel driver for USB liquid cooler controls

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:39:27AM +0200, jaap aarts wrote:
> Hello USB mailing list,
> 
> There are all-in-one liquid coolers for your CPU (like the corsair
> h100i), these are populair among gamers and high-end desktop
> enthusiasts for cooling their CPU. Under windows these have
> proprietary software that control the fan speed, pump speed and most
> importantly (for gamers) the RGB led controls.
> Under linux there is software that manages to control these devices by
> talking to the device via USB. But this doesn't allow for the fans to
> be controlled via generic fan control under linux.
> As a hobby project I started to implement some of the features from
> one of these user-space drivers as a kernel module.
> Some features would have to be device specific like RGB controls, but
> fan and pump speed could be controlled just like system fans.
> I was wondering if there would be any interest in having a driver for
> these all-in-one usb controlled coolers in the linux kernel itself?

Sure, why not, just tie into the correct kernel subsystems and all will
be good.  What exact device do you have, I have one here that I could
test with if it's the same one.

thanks,

greg k-h