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From: "Emanuel Ávila" <avilaemanueel@gmail.com>
To: "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>, "Guenter Roeck" <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Emanuel Ávila" <avilaemanueel@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add Dell 16 DC16250 to fan control whitelist
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:48:29 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260924044829.2889204-1-avilaemanueel@gmail.com> (raw)

On the Dell 16 DC16250, the BIOS keeps the CPU fan at its highest state
(~4700 RPM) even when the system is idle at 45 °C, and fan speed writes
through pwm1 are overridden by the BIOS within a few seconds.

The I8K_FAN_30A3_31A3 SMM code pair works on this machine through the
WMI-SMM backend: after writing 1 to pwm1_enable, the fan accepts all
three fan states (0, 128 and 255 via pwm1) and reports matching RPM,
and writing 2 hands control back to the BIOS.

Tested on BIOS 1.8.1 with kernel 7.1.5 (Pop!_OS 24.04).

Assisted-by: claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: Emanuel Ávila <avilaemanueel@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index 99a58ed26..88837f028 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -1679,6 +1679,14 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id i8k_whitelist_fan_control[] __initconst = {
 		},
 		.driver_data = (void *)&i8k_fan_control_data[I8K_FAN_30A3_31A3],
 	},
+	{
+		.ident = "Dell 16 DC16250",
+		.matches = {
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
+			DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Dell 16 DC16250"),
+		},
+		.driver_data = (void *)&i8k_fan_control_data[I8K_FAN_30A3_31A3],
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-24  4:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-24  4:48 Emanuel Ávila [this message]
2026-09-24  8:11 ` Pali Rohár
2026-09-24 16:49 ` Guenter Roeck

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