From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 848F0C48BD1 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF1C860E0B for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:24:16 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org CF1C860E0B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.alibaba.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=openbmc-bounces+openbmc=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4G1NRM6FnYz308r for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:24:15 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=linux.alibaba.com (client-ip=115.124.30.56; helo=out30-56.freemail.mail.aliyun.com; envelope-from=guoheyi@linux.alibaba.com; receiver=) Received: from out30-56.freemail.mail.aliyun.com (out30-56.freemail.mail.aliyun.com [115.124.30.56]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4G1NR04fZCz303y for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:23:56 +1000 (AEST) X-Alimail-AntiSpam: AC=PASS; BC=-1|-1; BR=01201311R101e4; CH=green; DM=||false|; DS=||; FP=0|-1|-1|-1|0|-1|-1|-1; HT=e01e04420; MF=guoheyi@linux.alibaba.com; NM=1; PH=DS; RN=1; SR=0; TI=SMTPD_---0Uc.gHLz_1623374620; Received: from B-G4TALVDL-1650.local(mailfrom:guoheyi@linux.alibaba.com fp:SMTPD_---0Uc.gHLz_1623374620) by smtp.aliyun-inc.com(127.0.0.1); Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:23:41 +0800 Subject: Re: Does it make sense to create a centralized fan control module? To: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org References: From: Heyi Guo Message-ID: <3c72ee05-ec56-96ca-55da-6517307cd6a7@linux.alibaba.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:23:40 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-BeenThere: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Development list for OpenBMC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: openbmc-bounces+openbmc=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "openbmc" Please ignore my early emails; only this one is the final version. I must have misused some shortcut key to send the unfinished versions while I wanted to save it locally... Sorry for the noise. Heyi On 2021/6/11 上午9:14, Heyi Guo wrote: > Hi All, > > Right now fan related data like tacho and PWM is fetched in > dbus-sensors, and published to d-bus as sensor data, while fan control > is made in another module like pid-control, which can fetch data and > set value via d-bus. > > In some common sense, we may think about putting all fan related work > into one single module (which may be based on pid-control), i.e. it > can read tacho and PWM from hardware directly, calculate the required > PWM by some algorithm like PID, and then write to PWM hardware > directly; the data will also be published to d-bus for other modules > to consume, like fansensor from dbus-sensors. > > Does it make sense to do that? Or is there any reason for the current > design? > > I'm new to OpenBMC and some of my understanding may be totally wrong. > > Looking forward to your expert advice. > > Thanks, > > Heyi