J?rgen Keil wrote: >> After posting this I found this link talking about the SMC: >> >> http://blogs.sun.com/karim/entry/opensolaris_2009_06_on_a >> >> It mentions this at the bottom: >> >> Heat: OpenSolaris doesn't handle yet the SMC that >> is responsible of managing the internal MacBook Pro >> fans. So, your MacBook pro can be hot (well known >> issue at Apple). > > Hmm, interestig... > > Isn't Solaris' tzmod kernel module supposed to > control fans (with the help of acpi) ? Does Apple > use something non-standard here to control the > fans?
Yes, they do. They have a custom 'System Management Controller' that is used to control the fans, etc. -- Shawn Walker
