m...@netbsd.org (Emmanuel Dreyfus) writes:
>On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 03:09:34PM -, Michael van Elst wrote:
>> That's the fan "alarm status" being FALSE, meaing, there is no
>> alarm. It's all well.
>I know one of the five fans is dead, hence I wonder what can trigger
>an alarm.
It's
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 03:09:34PM -, Michael van Elst wrote:
> That's the fan "alarm status" being FALSE, meaing, there is no
> alarm. It's all well.
I know one of the five fans is dead, hence I wonder what can trigger
an alarm.
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Emmanuel Dreyfus
m...@netbsd.org
m...@netbsd.org (Emmanuel Dreyfus) writes:
>and not even get their status. That examplains envstat(8) output
>about the fans:
> Current CritMax WarnMax WarnMin CritMin Unit
>[acpifan0]
> state: FALSE
That's the fan "alarm status" being FALSE, meaing,
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 09:11:21AM -, Michael van Elst wrote:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.html
acpidump -dt shows a fan (PNP0C0B), but not no _FPS, _FIF, _PSL or _FST
I guess that means that we cannot control the fans on this machine,
and
On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:47:04 +, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> I have a machine that seems unable to control its fan, either during boot
> or once NetBSD is booted.
Can you set the machine's performance characteristics in the bios setup?
As an aside, I had a server recently that was just
m...@netbsd.org (Emmanuel Dreyfus) writes:
>Is there any way to control fans through ACPI? acpi(4) says "The acpifan
>driver does not support controlling the fan", but is it something that
>needs to be implmented, or is it not possible?
Depends. Some ACPI implementations allow you to set fan
Hello
I have a machine that seems unable to control its fan, either during boot
or once NetBSD is booted.
envstat reports it runs cool, but the fans blow at full speed. Beyond the
annoying noise, fans die early, and vibrations make life difficult for
mechanical hard drive.
Is there any way to
