> The full speed fan is normal. These are server boards and coreboot > *purposefully sets the fans to full speed until the OS boots* and can take > over fan control duties via 'fancontrol' [1] or a similar application. > Note that the 'w83795' kernel module is required for this to work.
Correct me if I am wrong, but how I understood the topic/problem, the fans continue to blow full speed indefinitely even after OS boots, don't they? Zoran On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Timothy Pearson < tpear...@raptorengineering.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/05/2017 01:05 AM, Daniel K wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm trying out coreboot for the first time. This is great work you are > > all doing. > > > > Having a few issues with my ASUS KGPE-D16 and wonder if anyone could > help. > > > > > > The issue is that my CPU fans appear to spin at maximum speed at all > > times, and the whole boot process is black until my Debian login screen. > > The full speed fan is normal. These are server boards and coreboot > purposefully sets the fans to full speed until the OS boots and can take > over fan control duties via 'fancontrol' [1] or a similar application. > Note that the 'w83795' kernel module is required for this to work. > > Alternatively, you can install a reflashed iKVM module with the beta > version of the OpenBMC port for this board [2]. This is somewhat more > complex, but if you have all of the fan connectors plugged in the BMC > can handle fan control independently from the host CPU. If you have > only a handful of fans, or very slow fans, connected, then you would > need to modify the OpenBMC source and rebuild, since OpenBMC has no way > of determining whether uninstalled / slow fans are disconnected or failed. > > Hope this helps! > > [1] https://linux.die.net/man/8/fancontrol > [2] https://www.raptorengineering.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-bmc- > port-status.php > > - -- > Timothy Pearson > Raptor Engineering > +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) > +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) > https://www.raptorengineering.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJaJvL0AAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbx7EIAL2oF7HRCkuyeKLg6Y1jynR5 > nNtgqh2SRooAnMpor/G5z/pA4Lo/iq76CNYh6Z9gXlUaB2LP1Gz6IMprt6+VGrDQ > wEZbQS1O0MBQriNhD8k/IllljZm4uo0JCe08BgZZW3UXui9z5sxKf3diOsdYn4oA > X1S6sbGtT0qiqykuVPZyTlHti1+LIFeQRWXcihAs6UFOIpV4h3lXdCZE0iSNJbka > ZCID3e56BoPXA6HE9Df8vm90NVkhCYXCssE4U1LuOgKz4JA3PkXI0F9yPyYpNc9v > ZnNFsgS8fpu9FvEdCTy6wT7kSxcJEWCPgLu8msMts04RkP9bok3yuODm6mpL/LM= > =Pq6E > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org > https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >
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