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26.Dd February 22, 2010
27.Dt SMU 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm smu
31.Nd Apple System Management Unit Driver
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33To compile this driver into the kernel,
34place the following lines in your
35kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device smu"
38.Ed
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver provides support for the System Management Unit (SMU) found in many
43Apple G5 systems.
44This includes most Power Macintosh G5 and all iMac G5 systems.
45.Pp
46The Apple SMU controller provides software power management and thermal
47control functionality, and is responsible for managing system cooling
48devices.
49.Sh HARDWARE
50Chips supported by the
51.Nm
52driver include:
53.Pp
54.Bl -bullet -compact
55.It
56Apple System Management Unit
57.El
58.Sh THERMAL MANAGEMENT
59The
60.Nm
61driver provides basic automatic thermal management.
62Without a userspace daemon providing more advanced control, the driver will
63attempt to maintain system temperatures in a conservative range through
64coarse-grained control of system cooling devices (see below).
65Automatic kernel-level thermal control will take over if more than 3
66seconds elapses between userspace cooling setting adjustments.
67.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
68The
69.Nm
70driver provides power management services and thermal readout through a
71sysctl interface.
72The following sysctls can be used to control the power management behavior
73and to examine current system power and thermal conditions.
74.Bl -tag -width indent
75.It Va dev.smu.%d.server_mode
76Restart after power failure behavior (1 causes system to reboot after power
77cut, 0 causes system to remain off).
78.It Va dev.smu.%d.target_temp
79Target system temperature, in degrees Celsius.
80The
81.Nm
82driver will attempt to adjust fans to maintain the temperature of the
83warmest component in the system at or below this level.
84.It Va dev.smu.%d.critical_temp
85System critical temperature, in degrees Celsius.
86If any component in the system exceeds this temperature, the machine
87will be shut down within 500 ms.
88.It Va dev.smu.%d.fans.%s.minrpm
89Minimum allowed speed for this fan.
90.It Va dev.smu.%d.fans.%s.maxrpm
91Maximum allowed speed for this fan.
92.It Va dev.smu.%d.fans.%s.rpm
93Current speed for this fan.
94The fan speed can be adjusted by changing this sysctl.
95If more than 3 seconds elapses between fan speed adjustments, the kernel will
96resume automatic control of the fan.
97.It Va dev.smu.%d.sensors.%s
98Current reading from this sensor.
99Four sensor types are supported.
100Temperature sensors are in units of degrees Celsius, current sensors in
101milliamps, voltage sensors in millivolts, and power sensors in milliwatts.
102.El
103.Sh LED INTERFACE
104The
105.Nm
106driver provides an
107.Xr led 4
108annunciator interface at
109.Pa /dev/led/sleepled .
110.Sh SEE ALSO
111.Xr acpi 4 ,
112.Xr led 4 ,
113.Xr pmu 4
114.Sh HISTORY
115The
116.Nm
117device driver appeared in
118.Fx 8.0 .
119.Sh AUTHORS
120.An -nosplit
121The
122.Nm
123driver was written by
124.An Nathan Whitehorn Aq Mt nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org .
125