Fan-Control-Daemon

Introduction

This is an enhanced version of rvega's Fan-Control-Daemon, which itself is an enhanced version of Allan McRae mbpfan

Fan-Control-Daemon is a daemon that uses input from coretemp module and sets the fan speed using the applesmc module. This enhanced version assumes any number of processors and fans (max. 10).

• It only uses the temperatures from the processors as input.
• It requires coretemp and applesmc kernel modules to be loaded.
• It requires root use

Compile Instructions

Compile with make

Manually compile with gcc -o bin/mbpfan src/mbpfan.c -lm

Install Instructions

Install with make install

It actually copies mbpfan to /usr/sbin,

Run Instructions

Run with sudo bin/mbpfan

License

GNU General Public License version 3

Based On

• http://allanmcrae.com/2010/05/simple-macbook-pro-fan-daemon/
• http://allanmcrae.com/2011/08/mbp-fan-daemon-update/
• https://launchpad.net/macfanctld
• http://paste2.org/p/862259
• http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/