[Nouveau] [PATCH] Enable hwmon support when both nouveau and hwmon are built as modules.

[Martin Peres]

Le 03/07/2011 20:54, Ken Milmore a écrit :
> The nouveau hwmon temperature support currently only functions when hwmon is
> compiled into the kernel. There's no reason why this shouldn't also work when
> both hwmon and nouveau are modularised (as is the case with Slackware's stock
> kernels). The patch below worked for me on 2.6.38.7.
Looks good to me but I can't commit it.
>
> BTW, I notice that nouveau idles my 8600GT at around 71C, which is 18C hotter
> than the Nvidia blob driver. Running some intensive OpenGL (Sauerbraten) caused
> the temperature to reach 85C in a few minutes. The blob rarely goes above 80C,
> even after extended use.
We are working on power management, it is all but simple ;)