[lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: (gl518sm) Fix the reported fan speed
Jean Delvare
khali at linux-fr.org
Sun Nov 4 23:07:39 CET 2007
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:02:24 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> The fan speeds reported by the gl518sm driver are twice as much as they
> should. It's currently reporting the number of pulses per minute, not
> rotations per minute, while typical fans emit two pulses per rotation.
> This explains why all reports with this driver had very high speed
> values (between 9000 to 12000 RPM). Odd that nobody ever actually
> complained about this bug.
> (...)
Hong-Gunn Chew tested the gl518sm driver with my 6 patches applied and
reported success.
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Jean Delvare
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