https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38082

--- Comment #8 from Lorenzo M. (lore...@masellis.eu) ---
I sincerely object to closing this bug, for several reasons.

First, ist' not a matter of fan active control (which I recognise should not be
used): the current kernel implementation breaks automatic fan management by EC,
which otherwise works with acpi=off. Moreover, it causes fan monitoring not to
work at all.

Second, Thinkpad ACPI driver is being actively maintained and is receiving
patched for very related subjects, a this one from just a couple weeks ago
introducing support on a very similar model:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/platform-driver-x86/patch/20240816141228.134529-1-kont...@matthias-fetzer.de/

By the way this patch introduces support for FANG and FANW methods, which are
also implemented in E555 DSDT (see attachment). So methods are recognised and
used by the kernel, but the implementation fails on E555 (maybe because of
model-specific arguments passed to the methods). If the patch is accepted in
the mainline kernel, this would be the subject for a new bug report.

The patched module is loaded correctly and the related hierarchies in proc and
sysfs are populated, but trying to monitor or control the fan is ineffective or
causes errors:

    # cat /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
    cat: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan: No such device or address
    # cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/name
    thinkpad
    # echo 1 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1_enable
    # cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1
    109
    # echo 255 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1
    # cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1
    109
    # cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/fan1_input
    cat: /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/fan1_input: No such device or address

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