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Release 3.5.0 - CPU Fan manual selection & bugfix

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@mathoudebine mathoudebine released this 18 Jun 17:18
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New feature : CPU fan manual selection for Linux platforms

On Linux platforms, the CPU fan is often controlled by the motherboard unlike the GPU fan.
Because of that, it does not contain cpu in the sensor name, and cannot automatically detected.
E.g. with an AMD CPU on an Asus motherboard: the CPU fan sensor is managed by nct6798 Nuvoton's Super I/O Controller

>$ sensors
nct6798-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1:                      707 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)        #
fan2:                      906 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)        #   One of those is the CPU fan, but which one?
fan3:                      691 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)        #
fan4:                      657 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)        #
fan5:                        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
fan6:                        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)
fan7:                        0 RPM  (min =    0 RPM)

amdgpu-pci-0800
Adapter: PCI adapter 
fan1:         825 RPM  (min =    0 RPM, max = 3200 RPM)     #   GPU fan is clearly identified

On previous releases, when CPU fan could not be automatically detected, it was ignored with the following warning on logs:

20/02/2024 18:05:13 [WARNING] Your CPU Fan Speed is not supported yet

With this new release, there is now a new field in the config.yaml configuration file:

  # CPU fan
  # For Linux/MacOS platforms, the CPU fan is amongst all fan sensors gathered from the motherboard chipset
  # If value is AUTO the system monitor will try to auto-select the CPU fan
  # If auto-detection fails, it might be necessary to manually indicate which fan is the CPU fan
  # Value must be 'controller/fan' e.g. 'nct6798/fan2'. Use configuration wizard for help in selection
  CPU_FAN: AUTO

And the CPU fan can be manually selected in the configuration wizard:

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A tooltip also indicates which package to install in order to detect hardware sensors from the motherboard:

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What's Changed

Full Changelog: 3.4.0...3.4.1