Re: iMac G5 "windfarm"
On 12/30/20 9:57 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> it is my first time I run linux on an iMac G5 and have some doubts about its cooling.
>
> I noticed that while installing Debian, the fan spins at full speed and it really deserves
> the term "windfarm", it is as loud as a vacuum cleaner.
>
> Once Linux is fully installed, the system runs quiet when doing nothing (console prompt) and
> remains quiet when doing several things (also unexpected ones).
There were multiple bugs in the windfarm drivers in the upstream kernel such as [1], make sure
you are running the latest Debian kernel before reporting any such problems.
Thanks,
Adrian
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bcf3588d8ed3517e6ffaf083f034812aee9dc8e2
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