On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 23:46 +1200, Joel van Velden wrote: > Hi > > I have an iMac G5 and trying to get the fan controller working. > I've complied the latest kernel possible from kernel.org > (2.6.17-rc6-mm2), even applying the hotfix patch at > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.17-rc6/2.6.17-rc6-mm2/hot-fixes/git-powerpc-fix.patch > > i2c-powermac is complied directly into the kernel. > All windfarm options are compiled as modules. > > cat /proc/cpuinfo: > processor : 0 > cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported > clock : 900.000000MHz > revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) > timebase : 33333333 > platform : PowerMac > machine : PowerMac8,1 > motherboard : PowerMac8,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh > detected as : 338 (iMac G5) > pmac flags : 00000000 > L2 cache : 512K unified > pmac-generation : NewWorld > > When I do 'modprobe windfarm_pm81' after a reboot all i get > from /var/log/messages is: > "windfarm: Initializing for iMacG5 model ID 3" > No other messages in the log apart from that one line. > > The fans stay/come on at full speed. > > Does anyone know if there is a user-space daemon that needs to run? > The module loads but doesn't seem to do anything. > Is there some config file that needs to exist? > Do I need to echo something to /sys? > > Any help would be very much appreciated.
Make sure windfarm_smu_controls, windfarm_smu_sensors and windfarm_lm75_sensor are loaded too, also, what do you see in /sys/platform/windfarm.0/ ? Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
