linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] asus-wmi: Add support for custom fan curves

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Date:   Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:43:17 +0200
From:   Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
To:     Luke Jones <luke@...nes.dev>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hdegoede@...hat.com,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] asus-wmi: Add support for custom fan curves

On Fri, 2021-08-20 at 22:33 +1200, Luke Jones wrote:
> > Am I going to get bug reports from Asus users that will complain
> > that
> > power-profiles-daemon doesn't work correctly, where I will have to
> > wearily ask if they're using an Asus Rog laptop?
> 
> No. Definitely not. The changes to fan curves per-profile need to be 
> explicitly enabled and set. So a new user will be unaware that this 
> control exists (until they look for it) and their laptop will behave 
> exactly as default.

"The user will need to change the fan curves manually so will
definitely remember to mention it in bug reports" is a very different
thing to "the user can't change the fan curves to be nonsensical and
mean opposite things".

I can assure you that I will eventually get bug reports from "power
users" who break their setup and wonder why things don't work properly,
without ever mentioning the changes they made changes to the fan
curves, or anything else they might have changed.