linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add Dell G15 5510 to fan control whitelist

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Message-ID: <61499322-48a7-4a63-900d-b7a997d2d1e1@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:16:18 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: leobannocloutier@...il.com
Cc: linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	pali@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add Dell G15 5510 to fan
 control whitelist

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 08:53:15PM -0500, leobannocloutier@...il.com wrote:
> After running a system upgrade on a Dell G15 5510 (kernel upgraded from
> 6.17.8 to 6.18.4), the fans would spin at maximum speed whenever the AC
> power cable was plugged. I copied and adopted the fan control whitelist
> entry for the Dell G15 5511 to enable manual fan control.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo Banno-Cloutier <leobannocloutier@...il.com>

Applied, after updating the patch description.

Guenter

> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> index 6040a8940..93143cfc1 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
> @@ -1639,6 +1639,14 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id i8k_whitelist_fan_control[] __initconst = {
>  		},
>  		.driver_data = (void *)&i8k_fan_control_data[I8K_FAN_30A3_31A3],
>  	},
> +	{
> +		.ident = "Dell G15 5510",
> +		.matches = {
> +			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
> +			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Dell G15 5510"),
> +		},
> +		.driver_data = (void *)&i8k_fan_control_data[I8K_FAN_30A3_31A3],
> +	},
>  	{
>  		.ident = "Dell G15 5511",
>  		.matches = {