linux-kernel - Re: Acer Aspire One fan control

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Message-ID: <20090213191815.GB1379@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:18:15 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Acer Aspire One fan control

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 07:59:16PM +0100, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> Matthew Garrett writes:
> >If 
> >these io ports are also used by the firmware then you'll need to find 
> >ACPI methods to call to perform the fan control. 
> 
> I get the temperature by calling ec_read(0x58) and can read/write the state 
> of the fan by ec_write to / ec_read from 0x55. Actually I don't know if 
> those embedded controller registers are used by the firmware. How can I 
> find it out?

Ok, yup, that should be safe. It might be nice to implement this as an 
hwmon driver, potentially tying it into the thermal layer.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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