linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Disable BIOS fan control on SET

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Message-ID: <45732441-5ade-86bf-c3d6-8f11450443e0@debian.org>
Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:10:57 +0100
From:   Giovanni Mascellani <gio@...ian.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Disable BIOS fan control on
 SET_FAN

Il 15/11/19 15:46, Guenter Roeck ha scritto:
> I don't have a problem with that, as long as it only applies in conjunction
> with the whitelist. The whitelist would determine if the pwmX_enable
> attribute
> is supported. If it is, pwmX can only be written if pwm1_enable is set to 1
> (manual fan speed control). This is pretty common for other drivers.

Good, I'ldd try to put together a patch ASAP.
-- 
Giovanni Mascellani <g.mascellani@...il.com>
Postdoc researcher - Université Libre de Bruxelles



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