Difference between revisions of "Talk:Fan control scripts"
(→updated bash script for unpatched kernels) |
(→updated bash script for unpatched kernels) |
||
Line 417: | Line 417: | ||
fi | fi | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | --[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 20:28, 8 Nov 2005 (CET) | ||
+ | ---- |
Revision as of 20:28, 8 November 2005
Wyrfel, are you sure the recent (19:54, 27 Oct 2005) cosmetic change was a good idea? The extensive chunks of code make it hard to grok the structure of the article in the absense of separator lines (which "===" doesn't have). --Thinker 22:10, 27 Oct 2005 (CEST)
We can discuss this. From my point of view, the chunks of code distinguish themselves from each other quite well, because they are each in one code block.
I do not like the = section level - and so far we avoided them on all pages - because
- it generates H1 headings, which is the same as the page heading,
- having more than one level with the hbars is confusing/less readable, because they are not very well distinguishable. This way i.e. the "Other" section looked like a separate empty secion.
I think the way it's now, the separator lines make it possible to easily distinguish the different main sections, while when you have both levels with separator lines, an additional task of distinguishing H1 and H2 separators is necessary.
However, i see your point as well and would like to hear more opinions/arguments.
Wyrfel 22:31, 27 Oct 2005 (CEST)
bash script with fine control over fan speed (for unpatched kernels)
Here's an alternative variable speed control script that doesn't need the patch for controlling fan speed. It requires only ibm-acpi 0.11 or higher (e.g., as found in kernel 2.6.14 and higher) with the experimental=1 module parameter.
Alas, at the moment I don't have a suitable to test it on. Can someone give it a try and report?
(fixed and moved to article)
--Thinker 15:07, 3 Nov 2005 (CET)
IBM_ACPI was defined twice by accident I guess (changed above), but otherwise it seems to work fine, went from level 0 (cold machine) to 7 while compiling the kernel and now back to level 2 now at about 53 degrees Celsius.
--spiney 10:31, 5 Nov 2005 (CET)
Oops, yes. The IBM_ACPI=/tmp was just for testing (in the temporary absense of a ThinkPad, I wrote stuff to /tmp/thermal manually to test the script...). Fixed and moved to the article. Thanks!
--Thinker 12:58, 5 Nov 2005 (CET)
updated bash script for unpatched kernels
Feedback welcome.
#!/bin/bash # This script dynamically controls fan speed on some ThinkPad models # according to user-defined temperature thresholds. It implements its # own decision algorithm, overriding the ThinkPad embedded # controller. It also implements a workaround for the fan noise pulse # experienced every few seconds on some ThinkPads. # # WARNING: This script relies on undocumented hardware features and # overrides nominal hardware behavior. It may thus cause arbitrary # damage to your laptop or data. Watch your temperatures! # # This file is placed in the public domain and may be freely distributed. LEVELS=( 0 2 4 7) # Fan speed levels UP_TEMPS=( 52 60 68 ) # Speed increase trip points DOWN_TEMPS=( 48 56 64 ) # Speed decrease trip points ANTIPULSE=( 0 1 0 0) # Prevent fan pulsing noise at this level # (this also prevents fan speed updates) IBM_ACPI=/proc/acpi/ibm PID_FILE=/var/run/tp-fancontrol.pid INTERVAL=3 VERBOSE=true DRY_RUN=false DAEMONIZE=false DAEMONOPT= SYSLOG=false LOGGER=/usr/bin/logger usage() { echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION]..." echo echo "Available options:" echo " -t test mode" echo " -q quiet mode" echo " -d daemon mode, go into background, implies -q" echo " -l log to syslog if in daemon mode" echo " -p pid file location for daemon mode, default: $PID_FILE" exit 1 } while getopts 'qtdlp:h' OPT; do case "$OPT" in t) # test mode DRY_RUN=true ;; q) # quiet mode VERBOSE=false ;; d) # go into background and daemonize DAEMONIZE=true ;; l) # log to syslog SYSLOG=true DAEMONOPT="$DAEMONOPT -l" ;; p) # different pidfile PID_FILE="$OPTARG" DAEMONOPT="$DAEMONOPT -p $PID_FILE" ;; h) # short help usage ;; \?) # error usage ;; esac done [[ $OPTIND -gt $# ]] || usage # no non-option args # no logger found, no syslog capabilities $SYSLOG && [[ ! -x $LOGGER ]] && SYSLOG=false if $DRY_RUN; then echo "$0: Dry run, will not change fan state." VERBOSE=true DAEMONIZE=false fi if $DAEMONIZE ; then if [[ -e "$PID_FILE" ]]; then echo "$0: File $PID_FILE already exists, refusing to run." exit 1 else exec $0 -q $DAEMONOPT 0<&- 1>&- 2>&- & echo $! > "$PID_FILE" exit 0 fi fi # Enable the fan in default mode if anything goes wrong: set -e -E -u $DRY_RUN || trap "cleanup" EXIT HUP INT ABRT QUIT SEGV TERM cleanup() { # clean up after work rm -f $PID_FILE 2> /dev/null echo enable > $IBM_ACPI/fan exit 0 } thermometer() { # output list of temperatures read X Y < $IBM_ACPI/thermal if ! [[ "$X" == "temperatures:" ]]; then echo "$0: Bad temperatures: $X $Y" >&2 exit 1 fi echo "$Y"; } speedometer() { # output fan speed RPM sed -n 's/^speed:[ \t]*//p' $IBM_ACPI/fan } setlevel() { # set fan speed level $DRY_RUN || echo 0x2F $1 > $IBM_ACPI/ecdump } IDX=0 MAX_IDX=$(( ${#LEVELS[@]} - 1 )) SETTLE=0 while true; do TEMPS=`thermometer` $VERBOSE && SPEED=`speedometer` # Calculate new level NEWIDX=$IDX DOWN=$(( IDX > 0 )) for TEMP in $TEMPS; do # Increase speed as much as needed while [[ $NEWIDX -lt $MAX_IDX ]] && [[ $TEMP -ge ${UP_TEMPS[$NEWIDX]} ]]; do (( NEWIDX ++ )) DOWN=0 done # Allow decrease (by one index)? if [[ $DOWN == 1 ]] && [[ $TEMP -gt ${DOWN_TEMPS[$(( IDX - 1 ))]} ]]; then DOWN=0 fi done if [[ $DOWN == 1 ]]; then NEWIDX=$(( IDX - 1 )) fi # Transition OLDLEVEL=${LEVELS[$IDX]} NEWLEVEL=${LEVELS[$NEWIDX]} $VERBOSE && echo "tpfan: Temps: $TEMPS Fan: $SPEED Level: $OLDLEVEL->$NEWLEVEL" $SYSLOG && [[ $OLDLEVEL != $NEWLEVEL ]] && $LOGGER -t "`basename $0`[$$]" "Level: $OLDLEVEL->$NEWLEVEL" setlevel $NEWLEVEL sleep $INTERVAL # If needed, apply anti-pulsing hack after a settle-down period: if [[ ${ANTIPULSE[${NEWIDX}]} == 1 ]]; then if [[ $NEWLEVEL == $OLDLEVEL ]]; then if [[ $SETTLE -ge 0 ]]; then (( SETTLE -= INTERVAL )) else setlevel 0x40 # disengaged sleep 0.5 fi else SETTLE=6 fi fi IDX=$NEWIDX done
BTW, Thinker, I couldn't get the backgrounding of a function to work, and at the moment I'm not quiet sure that's even possible without it exiting once the main script exits.
If you think it's fine otherwise (after all your the author of the original script) we might put it into the article.
--spiney 19:01, 8 Nov 2005 (CET)
How about this? Used non-exec backgrounding, option to kill daemon, handling of initial (unknown) state and a few cleanups.
#!/bin/bash # This script dynamically controls fan speed on some ThinkPad models # according to user-defined temperature thresholds. It implements its # own decision algorithm, overriding the ThinkPad embedded # controller. It also implements a workaround for the fan noise pulse # experienced every few seconds on some ThinkPads. # # WARNING: This script relies on undocumented hardware features and # overrides nominal hardware behavior. It may thus cause arbitrary # damage to your laptop or data. Watch your temperatures! # # This file is placed in the public domain and may be freely distributed. LEVELS=( 0 2 4 7) # Fan speed levels UP_TEMPS=( 52 60 68 ) # Speed increase trip points DOWN_TEMPS=( 48 56 64 ) # Speed decrease trip points ANTIPULSE=( 0 1 0 0) # Prevent fan pulsing noise at this level # (this also prevents fan speed updates) IBM_ACPI=/proc/acpi/ibm PID_FILE=/var/run/tp-fancontrol.pid INTERVAL=3 VERBOSE=true DRY_RUN=false DAEMONIZE=false AM_DAEMON=false KILL_DAEMON=false SYSLOG=false LOGGER=/usr/bin/logger usage() { echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION]..." echo echo "Available options:" echo " -t test mode" echo " -q quiet mode" echo " -d daemon mode, go into background (implies -q)" echo " -l log to syslog" echo " -p pid file location for daemon mode, default: $PID_FILE" echo " -k kill daemon (ignores all but -p)" exit 1 } while getopts 'qtdlp:kh' OPT; do case "$OPT" in t) # test mode DRY_RUN=true ;; q) # quiet mode VERBOSE=false ;; d) # go into background and daemonize DAEMONIZE=true ;; l) # log to syslog SYSLOG=true ;; p) # different pidfile PID_FILE="$OPTARG" ;; k) # kill daemon KILL_DAEMON=true ;; h) # short help usage ;; \?) # error usage ;; esac done [[ $OPTIND -gt $# ]] || usage # no non-option args # no logger found, no syslog capabilities $SYSLOG && [[ ! -x $LOGGER ]] && SYSLOG=false if $DRY_RUN; then echo "$0: Dry run, will not change fan state." VERBOSE=true DAEMONIZE=false fi thermometer() { # output list of temperatures read X Y < $IBM_ACPI/thermal if ! [[ "$X" == "temperatures:" ]]; then echo "$0: Bad temperatures: $X $Y" >&2 exit 1 fi echo "$Y"; } speedometer() { # output fan speed RPM sed -n 's/^speed:[ \t]*//p' $IBM_ACPI/fan } setlevel() { # set fan speed level $DRY_RUN || echo 0x2F $1 > $IBM_ACPI/ecdump } cleanup() { # clean up after work $AM_DAEMON && rm -f $PID_FILE 2> /dev/null $DRY_RUN || echo enable > $IBM_ACPI/fan } control_fan() { # Enable the fan in default mode if anything goes wrong: set -e -E -u trap "cleanup; exit 2" HUP INT ABRT QUIT SEGV TERM trap "cleanup" EXIT IDX=0 MAX_IDX=$(( ${#LEVELS[@]} - 1 )) SETTLE=0 FIRST=true # Control loop: while true; do TEMPS=`thermometer` $VERBOSE && SPEED=`speedometer` # Calculate new level NEWIDX=$IDX DOWN=$(( IDX > 0 )) for TEMP in $TEMPS; do # Increase speed as much as needed while [[ $NEWIDX -lt $MAX_IDX ]] && [[ $TEMP -ge ${UP_TEMPS[$NEWIDX]} ]]; do (( NEWIDX ++ )) DOWN=0 done # Allow decrease (by one index)? if [[ $DOWN == 1 ]] && [[ $TEMP -gt ${DOWN_TEMPS[$(( IDX - 1 ))]} ]]; then DOWN=0 fi done if [[ $DOWN == 1 ]]; then NEWIDX=$(( IDX - 1 )) fi # Transition $FIRST && OLDLEVEL=unknown || OLDLEVEL=${LEVELS[$IDX]} NEWLEVEL=${LEVELS[$NEWIDX]} $VERBOSE && echo "Temps: $TEMPS Fan: $SPEED Level: $OLDLEVEL->$NEWLEVEL" $SYSLOG && [[ $OLDLEVEL != $NEWLEVEL ]] && $LOGGER -t "`basename $0`[$$]" "Level: $OLDLEVEL->$NEWLEVEL" setlevel $NEWLEVEL sleep $INTERVAL # If needed, apply anti-pulsing hack after a settle-down period: if [[ ${ANTIPULSE[${NEWIDX}]} == 1 ]]; then if [[ $NEWLEVEL == $OLDLEVEL ]]; then if [[ $SETTLE -ge 0 ]]; then (( SETTLE -= INTERVAL )) else setlevel 0x40 # disengaged sleep 0.5 fi else SETTLE=6 fi fi IDX=$NEWIDX FIRST=false done } if $KILL_DAEMON ; then if [ -f $PID_FILE ]; then set -e DPID="`cat $PID_FILE`" kill "$DPID" rm "$PID_FILE" echo "Killed process $DPID" else echo "Daemon not running." fi elif $DAEMONIZE ; then if [ -e "$PID_FILE" ]; then echo "$0: File $PID_FILE already exists, refusing to run." exit 1 else AM_DAEMON=true VERBOSE=false control_fan 0<&- 1>&- 2>&- & echo $! > "$PID_FILE" exit 0 fi else control_fan fi
--Thinker 20:28, 8 Nov 2005 (CET)