Quick question about dev.smu dev.smusat on powermac11,2

[Justin Hibbits]

On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:52:33 -0400
Michael Copeland <michael at kryptos-security.com> wrote:

> Is the fan control disabled by default on a GP dual core? Only reason
> I ask is that the fans on spool up under full load, and that usually
> results in a panic.
> I did make a rather simple program and associated script to control
> the fans, but this happens to result in the fans constantly going up
> and down by about 300-400 rpm even while doing something simple like
> portsnap extract. I checked the list after doing that, and found a
> thread where someone else already did the same thing(a common problem
> of mine, I usually try to fix it myself without checking the list). I
> swapped out the program written by Nathan, but my results are the
> same. It DOES work, but I was only wondering if it's normal for the
> fan speed to vary so often.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael

You shouldn't need to manually control the fans, they should be
automatically controlled by the kernel based on temperature.

- Justin