linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] hwmon: (dell-smm) Increment the number of fans

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Message-Id: <D8DICX20T6AI.3CFMJMR1W0SGF@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:31:29 -0500
From: "Kurt Borja" <kuurtb@...il.com>
To: "Guenter Roeck" <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc: <linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Jean Delvare" <jdelvare@...e.com>,
 "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@....net>, Pali Rohár
 <pali@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] hwmon: (dell-smm) Increment the number of fans

Hi Guenter,

On Tue Mar 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM -05, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 12:52:50AM -0500, Kurt Borja wrote:
>> Some Alienware laptops that support the SMM interface, may have up to 4
>> fans.
>> 
>> Tested on an Alienware x15 r1.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com>
>
> Oh, never mind, I'll apply this patch. If it causes trouble on older machines,
> we may have to make it conditional, but that is not a reason to hold it up. 
>
> Guenter

Thank you!

AFAIK most systems have < 2 fans, so this driver already probes fans
until failure for these systems.

If I get notified about problems, I'll amend it with a quirk approach.

-- 
 ~ Kurt