Hello! I got tired of my laptop crashing so much due to overheating, so
here's a package for thermald as well as a service type.
>From 56c7019d58d4a064fe44e626a1396b62cbf808b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 19:36:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add thermald.
* gnu/packages/admin.scm (thermald): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/admin.scm | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index ff0431999..20cb8f180 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016 John Darrington <j...@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Ben Sturmfels <b...@sturm.com.au>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Ethan R. Jones <doubleplusgoo...@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
#:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
#:use-module (gnu packages kerberos)
- #:use-module (gnu packages gtk))
+ #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages xml))
(define-public aide
(package
@@ -2130,3 +2132,53 @@ logo, or any ASCII file of your choice. The main purpose of Neofetch is to be
used in screenshots to show other users what operating system or distribution
you are running, what theme or icon set you are using, etc.")
(license license:expat)))
+
+(define-public thermald
+ (package
+ (name "thermald")
+ (version "1.6")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "https://github.com/01org/thermal_daemon/archive/v";
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256 (base32
+ "14klz9fnvi9jdlaqwrp61xa5nh051n8ykrs1fh1wxd7j66qf2fn6"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-after
+ 'unpack 'autogen.sh-and-fix-paths
+ (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+ ;; upstartconfir is hardcoded to /etc/init and the build
+ ;; system tries to mkdir that. We don't even need upstart
+ ;; files at all; this is a fast and kludgy workaround
+ (substitute* "data/Makefile.am"
+ (("upstartconfdir = /etc/init")
+ (string-append "upstartconfdir = "
+ out "/etc/init")))
+ ;; Now run autogen
+ (zero? (system* "sh" "autogen.sh"))))))
+ #:configure-flags
+ (let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+ (list (string-append "--sysconfdir="
+ out "/etc")
+ (string-append "--with-udev-dir="
+ out "/lib/udev")
+ (string-append "--with-dbus-sys-dir="
+ out "/etc/dbus-1/system.d")
+ "--localstatedir=/var"))))
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
+ ("automake" ,automake)
+ ("glib" ,glib "bin") ; for glib-genmarshal, etc.
+ ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+ (inputs
+ `(("dbus-glib" ,dbus-glib)
+ ("libxml2" ,libxml2)))
+ (home-page "https://01.org/linux-thermal-daemon/";)
+ (synopsis "CPU scaling for thermal management")
+ (description "The Linux Thermal Daemon helps monitor and control temperature
+on systems running the Linux kernel.")
+ (license license:gpl2+)))
--
2.12.2
>From de2045cdc81ddef7b01b3445fb731a3252f5b4a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 19:37:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] services: Add 'thermald-service-type'.
* gnu/services/admin.scm (<thermald-configuration>): New record type.
(thermald-shepherd-service, thermald-service-type): New variables.
* doc/guix.texi (Thermal Management): New section documenting thermald.
---
doc/guix.texi | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
gnu/services/admin.scm | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 22dc8b3f9..1fee7616c 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Christopher Allan Webber
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -14746,6 +14747,26 @@ The following is an example @code{dicod-service} configuration.
%dicod-database:gcide))))
@end example
+@subsection Thermal Management
+
+The @code{(gnu services admin)} module provides an interface to
+thermald, a cpu frequency scaling service which helps prevent overheating.
+
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} thermald-service-type
+This is the service type for thermald.
+@end defvr
+
+@deftp {Data Type} thermald-configuration
+Data type representing the configuration of THERMALD-SERVICE.
+
+@table @asis
+@item @code{ignore-cpuid-check?} {default: @code{#f}}
+Ignore cpuid check for supported CPU models.
+
+@end table
+@end deftp
+
+
@subsubsection Version Control
The @code{(gnu services version-control)} module provides the following services:
diff --git a/gnu/services/admin.scm b/gnu/services/admin.scm
index 6ac24e32b..ec274b416 100644
--- a/gnu/services/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/admin.scm
@@ -32,17 +32,27 @@
rottlog-configuration
rottlog-configuration?
rottlog-service
- rottlog-service-type))
+ rottlog-service-type
+
+ thermald-configuration
+ thermald-service-type))
;;; Commentary:
;;;
-;;; This module implements configuration of rottlog by writing
+;;; Various administration services.
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+
+
+;;;
+;;; Rotlog
+;;;
+;;; This service implements configuration of rottlog by writing
;;; /etc/rottlog/{rc,hourly|daily|weekly}. Example usage
;;;
;;; (mcron-service)
;;; (service rottlog-service-type (rottlog-configuration))
-;;;
-;;; Code:
(define %rotated-files
;; Syslog files subject to rotation.
@@ -118,4 +128,37 @@
(compose list rottlog-rottlog))))
(default-value (rottlog-configuration))))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; thermald
+;;;
+;;; This service implements cpu scaling. Helps prevent overheating!
+
+(define-record-type* <thermald-configuration>
+ thermald-configuration make-thermald-configuration
+ thermald-configuration?
+ (ignore-cpuid-check? thermald-ignore-cpuid-check?
+ (default #f)))
+
+(define (thermald-shepherd-service config)
+ (list
+ (shepherd-service
+ (provision '(thermald))
+ (documentation "Run thermald cpu frequency scaling.")
+ (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
+ '(#$(file-append thermald "/sbin/thermald")
+ "--no-daemon"
+ #$@(if (thermald-ignore-cpuid-check? config)
+ '("--ignore-cpuid-check")
+ '()))))
+ (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))
+
+(define thermald-service-type
+ (service-type
+ (name 'thermald)
+ (extensions (list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type
+ thermald-shepherd-service)))
+ (default-value (thermald-configuration))))
+
;;; admin.scm ends here
--
2.12.2
