I just came through a long thread "Re: Pismo Status" on debian-powerpc, may 2000. The key point seem to be that fan is controlled by pmu on pismo. Does any one have further information on this point ?
According to Cedric Pradalier, on Tue, 11 May 2004 13:40:28 +0200, > >What is the thermal control chip on pismo ? >Is this an i2c chip like on ibook2.2 ? >On my ibook, I have the following device (responding adm1030). What >about yours ? >cat /proc/device-tree/uni-n/i2c/fan/device_type > >It is the same problem on ibook2.2. So I developped the chip driver. If >the chip is the same, you may try my module and set the fan starting >temperature to a saner value. By default, it starts at 68°C on ibook... > > > >According to Uwe Steinmann, on Tue, 11 May 2004 13:24:55 +0200, >>Hi, >> >>I feel like my good old Pismo is getting to hot, resulting >>in random segm faults under heavy load. Though I'm runnig >>sid this doesn't look like buggy software. I experience this >>especially while compiling software. /proc/cpuinfo reports >>about 50 C° than. >>I also wonder, why the fan is never turned on. >> >>Has anybody made similiar experiences? Is there any >>way to turn on the fan manually? >> >> Uwe > > -- Cedric "[Of course] I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king-a?!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail
