Improved fan/thermal controls arriving in (possibly) next kernel release

Wahoo! I’ve been noticing some really aggressive thermal throttling with my machine. Hopefully this allows us to tame that a bit.

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This new code is read-only.

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So what does it mean for end users?

I see 7.0 is due Apr/May 2026. So not too far off.

What it means is that hardware monitoring tools will be able to report fan target speeds and temperature thresholds.

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Ah bummer. I was hoping for more than just more lmsensor output. That phoronix wording gave too much hope!

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