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Re: iMac G5 fan control in 2.6.16 vs 2.6.17



On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 23:38 +1000, Alexander McLeay wrote:
> I'm running Debian Etch on a rev a iMac G5 (PowerMac8,1) and just
> upgraded today from linux-image-2.6.16-2-powerpc64 (vers 2.6.16-18) to
> linux-image-2.6.17-2-powerpc64 (vers 2.6.17-9). Under 2.6.16, the fan
> control seemed to be working and it was nice and quite. Under 2.6.17,
> the fan is not being slowed down, so the computer is very loud.
> 
> Is this change on purpose/known about? Is there something I can do to
> make it quieter again?

Make sure the various windfarm_* modules are loaded and that cpufreq
support is enabled

Ben.




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