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fand is a simple fan control daemon. It is modelled after the program fancontrol (from lm-sensors), but is written as a minimal C daemon rather than a shell script. It monitors temperature sensors (via the Linux sysfs interface) and uses them to control fans.

Requirements

  • libconfuse
  • libdaemon
  • autotools
  • pkg-config

That's it.

Warning

This program controls fans. If those fans are misconfigured, it could overheat your system. Use at your own risk; the author is not responsible for any damage this software may inflict on your computer, your house, your cat, or anything else that may be affected by your fans.

Install

sh# aclocal
sh# autoreconf 
sh# automake --add-missing
sh# ./configure 
sh# make

Configuration

fand reads its configuration (fans, sensors, etc.) from a configuration file, by default located in ${sysconfdir}/etc/fand.conf:

interval = 10
sensor main
{
  path = "/sys/devices/platform/mv64xxx_i2c.0/i2c-0/0-0048/temp1_input"
}
fan main
{
  path = "/sys/devices/platform/mv64xxx_i2c.0/i2c-0/0-003e/pwm1"
  sensor = "main"
  min_temp = 20
  max_temp = 45
  min_power = 0
  max_power = 255
}

If the temp is below min_temp, the power is set to min_power; respectively max_power if it is at or above max_temp. Otherwise, the power is linearly interpolated between the two power levels. The sensors and fans are updated every interval seconds.

License

Copyright 2013 Michael Ekstrand michael@elehack.net

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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