acerhdf: Acer Aspire One fan control

Acerhdf is a driver for Acer Aspire One netbooks. It allows
to access the temperature sensor and to control the fan.

Signed-off-by: Peter Feuerer <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <[email protected]>

MAINTAINERS

@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ L:	[email protected]
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/acenic*
 
+ACER ASPIRE ONE TEMPERATURE AND FAN DRIVER
+P: Peter Feuerer
+M: [email protected]
+W: http://piie.net/?section=acerhdf
+S: Maintained
+F: drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
+
 ACER WMI LAPTOP EXTRAS
 P:	Carlos Corbacho
 M:	[email protected]

drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig

@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ config ACER_WMI
 	  If you have an ACPI-WMI compatible Acer/ Wistron laptop, say Y or M
 	  here.
 
+config ACERHDF
+	tristate "Acer Aspire One temperature and fan driver"
+	depends on THERMAL && THERMAL_HWMON && ACPI
+	---help---
+	  This is a driver for Acer Aspire One netbooks. It allows to access
+	  the temperature sensor and to control the fan.
+
+	  After loading this driver the BIOS is still in control of the fan.
+	  To let the kernel handle the fan, do:
+	  echo -n enabled > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/mode
+
+	  For more information about this driver see
+	  <http://piie.net/files/acerhdf_README.txt>
+
+	  If you have an Acer Aspire One netbook, say Y or M
+	  here.
+
 config ASUS_LAPTOP
 	tristate "Asus Laptop Extras (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on ACPI

drivers/platform/x86/Makefile

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAL_LAPTOP)	+= compal-laptop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_LAPTOP)	+= dell-laptop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_WMI)		+= dell-wmi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACER_WMI)		+= acer-wmi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ACERHDF)		+= acerhdf.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HP_WMI)		+= hp-wmi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TC1100_WMI)	+= tc1100-wmi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SONY_LAPTOP)	+= sony-laptop.o