[PATCH] arm64: dts: mediatek: mt7986: fix pwn fan settings for sinovoip bpi-r3 board

From: Mikhail Kshevetskiy
Date: Mon Dec 02 2024 - 23:34:12 EST


Popular bpi-r3 pwm fans like this one

https://www.amazon.com/youyeetoo-Barebone-Fan-BPI-R3-Integrated/dp/B0CCCTY8PS

will not work properly. Trying different pwm setting using a command

echo $value > /sys/devices/platform/pwm-fan/hwmon/hwmon1/pwm1

I found:

pwm1 value fan rotation speed cpu temperature notes
-----------------------------------------------------------------
0 maximal 31.5 Celsius too noisy
40 optimal 35.2 Celsius no noise hearable
95 minimal
above 95 does not rotate 55.5 Celsius
-----------------------------------------------------------------

At the moment we have following cooling levels defined:

cooling-levels = <255 96 0>;

for cpu-active-low, cpu-active-medium and cpu-active-high modes
correspondingly. Thus only cpu-active-high and cpu-active-low are usable.
I think this is wrong.

This patch fixes cpu-active-medium settings for bpi-r3 board.

PS: I know, the patch is not ideal as it can break pwm fan for some users.
There are some peoples that use handmade cooling solutions, but:
* discussed cooler is the only 'official' pwm cooler for bpi-r3
available on the market.
* most peoples will use passive cooling available on the market or
the discussed cooler.
* the pwm-fan dts section was added before the official cooler
appears on the market.
Thus it should not be a lot of harm from this fix.

This patch may not be enough. Users may wants to tweak their thermal_zone0
trip points, thus tuning fan rotation speed depending on cpu temperature.
That can be done on the base of the folloving example:

=== example =========
# cpu temterature below 25 Celsius degrees, no rotation
echo 25000 > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/trip_point_4_temp
# cpu temperature in [25..32] Celsius degrees, normal rotation speed
echo 32000 > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/trip_point_3_temp
# cpu temperature above 50 Celsius degrees, max rotation speed
echo 50000 > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/trip_point_2_temp
=====================

Signed-off-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3.dts | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3.dts
index ed79ad1ae871..b0cc0cbdff0f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3.dts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fan: pwm-fan {
compatible = "pwm-fan";
#cooling-cells = <2>;
/* cooling level (0, 1, 2) - pwm inverted */
- cooling-levels = <255 96 0>;
+ cooling-levels = <255 40 0>;
pwms = <&pwm 0 10000>;
status = "okay";
};
--
2.45.2