2.6 kernel fan control

[Allan rabenau]

Ken Moffat wrote:
> I have a compaq presario destop. The fan is turned off on all installs 
> using newer (2.6) kernels. When I reboot the fan comes on until the 
> kernel starts up, then it shuts down. I assumed this was a good thing, 
> and the fan would come on if temp went up. It certainly quiets the room, 
> and seems to do no harm so far.
> 
> Anyone else have fans shutting down? (or am I living in a cave again?)
> 
Great!  That alone might be enough to move me to that kernel.  I have 
a dual boot system (Linux/XP) and XP has this feature - that is, when 
I boot into XP, the fan runs only as needed.  As you remark, a nice 
sound feature.  I have several XP only machines and they have been 
running in this fashion since the release of the XP system, with no 
apparent problems.  If it's now in the Linux kernel, its a feature 
I've long awaited.
A. Rabenau
W3AHR