Matthew Garrett dijo [Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 02:35:11AM +0100]: > Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> wrote: > > > Keeps the fan from spinning constantly in the noisy Acer Aspire > > One. Provides also tools to query several machine-specific EC > > registers > > Be careful with this - it can't perform the locking used by the kernel > and firmware for EC access, so there's a risk of racing and trashing the > contents of other registers. This should really be implemented as a > kernel driver using either the hwmon or thermal interfaces and a generic > fan control daemon implemented on top of that. Thanks for the information - Given this, I retract my intention to package. And given that the package is already packaged and uploaded: FTP-masters, please ignore/delete it. Matthew, and out of personal curiosity (as I will probably continue to use this, at least until something better comes along): What does the danger amount to? Say, a random lock-up? Or will it lead to hardware malfunction (or shorter lifespan)? I am currently setting the fan-on threshold at 70C, the fan-off at 60C (the default settings for acerfand) Thanks! -- Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@gwolf.org - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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