Nicolas Boichat a dit: > > In this blog post the author thinks, that a interrupt is used in > > AppleSMC for sensor monitoring > > (http://blog.technologeek.org/2006/12/27/44). Have you infos about > > that? > > Interesting post, unfortunately he does not provide anything proving > what he's stating in his article. (not saying he never contacted me to > give me more details about his findings) > > For example, for me, this sentence: "It is highly probable that the OS > X driver is taking over the fan control to keep the machine both cool > and quiet." contradicts basic principles of physics, I don't > understand how you can run the fans more slowly, and have a lower > temperature... > > Anyway, it's very highly likely there are some interrupts in the SMC, > which are not handled by the Linux driver. These are probably used for > the accelerometer device, to be able to park the head of the hard > drive quickly in case of shock of free fall (the old PowerBook AMS > supports these interrupts, and I don't see why Apple would have > removed this important feature).
Does it seem possible to find out about those persistent mysteries through reverse-engineering? If so, has anyone started yet? -- mike dentifrice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-devel mailing list Mactel-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-devel
