[PATCH v2] hwmon: (dell-smm) Extend fan support to 5 fans

From: Andrew Mark

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 21:55:49 EST


Dell Precision Tower workstations have 5 fan connectors, but the
driver was limited to 4 fans after commit dbcfcb239b3b ("hwmon:
(dell-smm) Increment the number of fans").

This patch increases DELL_SMM_NO_FANS to 5 and adds the necessary
hwmon channel info for the fifth fan and its PWM control.

Without this patch, the PCIe/GPU cooling fan (fan 5) is not
controllable, which can lead to overheating on systems with
high-power fanless GPUs that depend on chassis cooling.

Tested on Dell Precision Tower 5810 (BIOS A34) with all 5 fans
responding correctly to PWM control.

Fan mapping for Precision Tower 5810:
- fan0: CPU heatsink
- fan1: Second CPU (dual-CPU systems only)
- fan2: Right DIMM bank
- fan3: Left DIMM bank
- fan4: PCIe/GPU cooling

Signed-off-by: Andrew Mark <android606@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Removed DMI quirks changes. Setting fan type names in sensors3 config
instead.

drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index 6040a8940..88263fa53 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
#define DELL_SMM_LEGACY_EXECUTE 0x1

#define DELL_SMM_NO_TEMP 10
-#define DELL_SMM_NO_FANS 4
+#define DELL_SMM_NO_FANS 5

/* limit fan multiplier to avoid overflow */
#define DELL_SMM_MAX_FAN_MULT (INT_MAX / U16_MAX)
@@ -1129,12 +1129,15 @@ static const struct hwmon_channel_info * const dell_smm_info[] = {
HWMON_F_INPUT | HWMON_F_LABEL | HWMON_F_MIN | HWMON_F_MAX |
HWMON_F_TARGET,
HWMON_F_INPUT | HWMON_F_LABEL | HWMON_F_MIN | HWMON_F_MAX |
+ HWMON_F_TARGET,
+ HWMON_F_INPUT | HWMON_F_LABEL | HWMON_F_MIN | HWMON_F_MAX |
HWMON_F_TARGET
),
HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO(pwm,
HWMON_PWM_INPUT | HWMON_PWM_ENABLE,
HWMON_PWM_INPUT | HWMON_PWM_ENABLE,
HWMON_PWM_INPUT | HWMON_PWM_ENABLE,
+ HWMON_PWM_INPUT | HWMON_PWM_ENABLE,
HWMON_PWM_INPUT | HWMON_PWM_ENABLE
),
NULL
--
2.43.0