On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 03:32:56PM +0200, Christopher Zimmermann wrote: > On 05/12/11 14:37, Vadim Zhukov wrote: > >Hello all. > > > >Here is a patch that allows for me to work on other things. :) Basically, > >it makes OS choose fan mode instead of firmware. Main feature here is > >enabling of "disengadged" mode when temperature goes critical, picking > >80C as a "red line". Now I can fully load CPU on my X201i - > >say, "make -j 4" - and it still works instead of being powering off by > >acpitz(4). > > > >All information was taken from Linux's thinkpad_acpi.c: > >http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c > >(look at "2f" register). > > > >I also fixed a few style nits here and there. > > > > That's a nice approach you are taking here. Switching to disengaged > only when cpu gets too hot and letting firmware handle fan > autoregulation otherwise. When I find the time I, maybe I will > finish my patch to allow fan regulation from userspace, but then > certeinly keep your approach as failsafe.
User space will not be allowed to play. I don't have a stinkpad so I can't test this but I do encourage people to play with this diff and report to the list. > > > Christopher
