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

[Kurt Borja]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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