17 июля 2015 г. 22:24 пользователь "Mark Kettenis" <[email protected]>
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> Tobias Ulmer schreef op 2015-07-15 05:42:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 05:12:41AM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not familiar with all the fan hack specifics so please keep that
in mind
>>> if my questions and comments seem trivial.
>>>
>>> > This is an attempt to solve the problem slightly differently.
>>> > - Hook into acpitz and only speed the fan up when it is requesting
active
>>> >   cooling
>>> > - Never set the fan to a mode that would endanger the hardware should
we
>>> >   crash
>>>
>>> Your diff applies to all Thinkpad models. Is that okay?
>>
>>
>> It applies to all Thinkpads that have a sensible value in
>> THINKPAD_ECOFFSET_FANLEVEL, as you noticed. There is no flag or
>> documentation indicating the existence of this register as far as I
>> know. It's somewhat of a tradition, every TP I've owned had it.
>>
>> My hope is if they drop support or move the offset, the value will
>> change and we won't do any damage.
>
>
> The Linux thinkpad-acpi driver suggests that accessing (and especially
writing to) the
> THINKPAD_ECOFFSET_FANLEVEL register should not be done if the GFAN and/or
SFAN ACPI method
> exists.
>
> The Linux driver also says that full blast mode might damage the fan.

I've run my thinkpads in disengaged mode at least 30% of their life. Never
had a problem with fans. Neither I heard a word about broken fans from
people running my "disengaged" patches.

And overheating damages CPU, which is much more expensive to replace.

--
Vadim Zhukov

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