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ACERHDF(4)		    Kernel Interfaces Manual		    ACERHDF(4)

NAME
       acerhdf -- Acer Aspire One fan control

DESCRIPTION
       The  acerhdf  driver allows you to control the fans of some of the Acer
       Aspire One netbook models, so that they	are  not  constantly  running.
       Other netbooks might be supported as well.  See "SUPPORTED DEVICES" for
       more  details.	It  is a port of the Linux kernel module with the same
       name.

       acerhdf monitors	the system temperature and turns the fan on if	it  is
       above  the  fan-on threshold, and turns it off again if the temperature
       drops below the fan-off threshold.

SYSCTL VARIABLES
       dev.acerhdf.0.enabled
	       Set to 1	if acerhdf should start	controlling the	fan.  Defaults
	       to 0, which means acerhdf is not	in control of the fan.

       dev.acerhdf.0.fanon
	       The temperature at which	the fan	should be turned on.  Defaults
	       to 60.

       dev.acerhdf.0.fanoff
	       The temperature at which	the fan	should be  turned  off	again.
	       Defaults	to 53.

       dev.acerhdf.0.fanstate
	       Read-only.   Returns  the current fan state, auto if the	fan is
	       running or off.

       dev.acerhdf.0.interval
	       Seconds to wait between temperature polls.  Defaults to 5  sec-
	       onds.

       dev.acerhdf.0.temperature
	       Read-only.  The current system temperature in degree Celsius.

SUPPORTED DEVICES
       acerhdf	was  tested  on	 an  Acer Aspire One A150 running FreeBSD 12.0
       only.  The FreeBSD port will most likely	support	the same range of  de-
       vices  as  the  original	Linux version.	This is	entirely untested how-
       ever.

	     Acer AO521
	     Acer AO531h
	     Acer AO751h
	     Acer Aspire 1410
	     Acer Aspire 1810T
	     Acer Aspire 1810TZ
	     Acer Aspire 1825PTZ
	     Acer Aspire 5315
	     Acer Aspire 5739G
	     Acer Aspire 5755G
	     Acer Aspire One 753
	     Acer Aspire One A110
	     Acer Aspire One A150
	     Acer Extensa 5420
	     Acer LT-10Q
	     Acer TM8573T
	     Acer TravelMate 7730G
	     Gateway AOA110
	     Gateway AOA150
	     Gateway LT31
	     Packard Bell AOA110
	     Packard Bell AOA150
	     Packard Bell DOA150
	     Packard Bell DOTMA
	     Packard Bell DOTMU
	     Packard Bell DOTVR46
	     Packard Bell ENBFT

EXAMPLES
       To enable acerhdf make sure it is installed in  /boot/modules  and  add
       the following settings to your /boot/loader.conf:

	     acerhdf_load="YES"

       and your	/etc/sysctl.conf:

	     dev.acerhdf.0.enabled=1

       You may want to adjust the fan-on and fan-off thresholds	as well.

BUGS
       The system needs	to have	a hard drive installed,	otherwise acerhdf will
       not  work  correctly and	the system will	automatically power down after
       some time.  This	behavior is enforced by	the BIOS and there is no known
       workaround.  This bug is	present	in the Linux version as	well.

SEE ALSO
       kenv(1),	loader.conf(5),	sysctl.conf(5)

AUTHORS
       acerhdf	was  ported  from  Linux  to  FreeBSD	by   Tobias   Kortkamp
       <t@tobik.me>.

       The original Linux version of this module was written by: Peter Feuerer
       <peter@pie.net> and Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>.

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		August 26, 2016			    ACERHDF(4)

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