[Feature Request] Un-hardcoded fan curves definable within OS

[Raikiri]

Right now the only way of controlling the fan curves is by changing the hardcoded values in src/board/system76/oryp7/board.mk , recompiling, flashing, etc. It's not particularly user-friendly.

Is there a technical possibility of using a user-provided curve (somehow provided from inside OS) if it's available and use a hardcoded fan-curve as a fallback for all other cases?

I'm aware that there's an issue for pop-os pop-os/system76-acpi-dkms#9 that requests practically that but for pop-os exclusively. I think this issue deserves to have a resolution for all platforms.

[Raikiri]

Alternatively, if that's easier to implement, I'd be happy to edit them in bios too.

[MilesBHuff]

@Raikiri

I'm aware that there's an issue for pop-os

It's not just for Pop!_OS. A sysfs interface would expose fan controls for all distros. OP even explicitly mentions that they are running Manjaro.

[Raikiri]

@MilesBHuff
"all distros" != "all os's"
in this case "issue for pop os" assumes "issue on pop os issue tracker"

[MilesBHuff]

That is true. But I believe System76 recommends the proprietary BIOS when switching to Windows. If so, that's a non-starter. And who would put OSX on a Sys76 computer? That just leaves edge cases, like BSD.

[Raikiri]

i don't remember any recommendation related to using proprietary firmware with windows

[MilesBHuff]

It seems I may be mistaken. I thought I'd read that in a System76 support article; but I am unable to find anything of the sort at the moment.

[internalfx]

I would love to have a fan curve config file!

[CourchesneA]

That would be a great feature to have. I am having trouble with the current configuration of the fan curve and it would make my life much easier to have access to config files

[iburzynski]

I'd also like to see this feature. The hardcoded fan curve settings for oryp8 are awful, and cause my fan to constantly flicker on and off around the 55 degree threshold during normal use. I'm not able to modify the curve and flash the firmware because I'm using NixOS and can't build the firmware successfully with cargo.