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diff --git a/system/i8kutils/README b/system/i8kutils/README index be39efb3ed..82346433d2 100644 --- a/system/i8kutils/README +++ b/system/i8kutils/README @@ -1,3 +1,25 @@ -This package contains user-space programs for controlling the fans -on Dell laptops. Make sure the i8k module is loaded before using -i8kutils. +i8kutils package contains user-space programs for controlling the fans +on some Dell laptops. + +Note: i8kutils is entirely built upon the dell-smm-hwmon kernel module. + +These data contains the states and the system temperature along with +others infos. The fields returned in a query to the system are +summarized below. + + * BIOS version + + * Dell service tag (later known as 'serial number') + + * CPU temperature + + * fan status + + * fan rotation speed (only on some models) + + * ac power status + + * volume buttons status (not the multimedia buttons) + +The data are collected from the dell-smm-hwmon kernel module that is +included in recent kernels. |