Re: [PATCH] Acer Aspire One Fan Control

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Jun 03 2009 - 03:39:55 EST


Hi,

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 04:18:20PM +0200, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 41c6605..bd7617e 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ L: linux-acenic@xxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained
> F: drivers/net/acenic*
>
> +ACER ASPIRE ONE TEMPERATURE AND FAN DRIVER
> +P: Peter Feuerer
> +M: peter@xxxxxxxx
> +W: http://piie.net/?section=acerhdf
> +S: Maintained
> +F: drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
> +
> ACER WMI LAPTOP EXTRAS
> P: Carlos Corbacho
> M: carlos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> index 284ebac..fe14dfd 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ config ACER_WMI
> If you have an ACPI-WMI compatible Acer/ Wistron laptop, say Y or M
> here.
>
> +config ACERHDF
> + tristate "Acer Aspire One temperature and fan driver"
> + depends on THERMAL && THERMAL_HWMON
> + ---help---
> + This is a driver for Acer Aspire One netbooks. It allows to access
> + the temperature sensor and to control the fan.
> +
> + After loading this driver the BIOS is still in control of the fan.
> + To let the kernel handle the fan, do:
> + echo -n enabled > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/mode
> +
> + For more information about this driver see
> + <http://piie.net/files/acerhdf_README.txt>
> +
> + If you have an Acer Aspire One netbook, say Y or M
> + here.
> +
> config ASUS_LAPTOP
> tristate "Asus Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> depends on ACPI
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
> index e40c7bd..641b8bf 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAL_LAPTOP) += compal-laptop.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_LAPTOP) += dell-laptop.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_WMI) += dell-wmi.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_ACER_WMI) += acer-wmi.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_ACERHDF) += acerhdf.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_HP_WMI) += hp-wmi.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_TC1100_WMI) += tc1100-wmi.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SONY_LAPTOP) += sony-laptop.o
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..dcfb8b2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,533 @@
> +/*
> + * acerhdf - A driver which monitors the temperature
> + * of the aspire one netbook, turns on/off the fan
> + * as soon as the upper/lower threshold is reached.
> + *
> + * (C) 2009 - Peter Feuerer peter (a) piie.net
> + * http://piie.net
> + *
> + * Inspired by and many thanks to:
> + * o acerfand - Rachel Greenham
> + * o acer_ec.pl - Michael Kurz michi.kurz (at) googlemail.com
> + * - Petr Tomasek tomasek (#) etf,cuni,cz
> + * - Carlos Corbacho cathectic (at) gmail.com
> + * - Matthew Garrett
> + * - Borislav Petkov
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> + * (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
> + */
> +
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "acerhdf: " fmt

This is new but it's not used anywhere. Maybe some debug leftovers?

> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/fs.h>
> +#include <linux/dmi.h>
> +#include <acpi/acpi_drivers.h>
> +#include <linux/sched.h>

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--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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