From c8f47827ab920f7b3cd609b7998b02a275bc1069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:28:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Warn about outputs found in automatic mode.

git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@5064 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
---
 CHANGES            |  1 +
 prog/pwm/pwmconfig | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 92e68328..9b712dea 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SVN-HEAD
                      Give the fans some time to spin up
                      Really hide errors on sysfs writes
                      Deal gracefully with read-only pwm_enable files
+                     Warn about outputs found in automatic mode
   Program sensors: Hide spurious errors on missing f71872f voltage inputs
                    Hide spurious errors on missing adm1026 inputs
   Program sensors-detect: Add Texas Instruments TMP401 detection
diff --git a/prog/pwm/pwmconfig b/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
index 98ffbc19..f2a67208 100755
--- a/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
+++ b/prog/pwm/pwmconfig
@@ -109,6 +109,21 @@ function print_devices()
 	done
 }
 
+# $1 = pwm file name
+function is_pwm_auto()
+{
+	if [ -n "$SYSFS" ]
+	then
+		ENABLE=${1}_enable
+		if [ -f $ENABLE -a "`cat $ENABLE`" -gt 1 ]
+		then
+			return 0
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	return 1
+}
+
 # $1 = pwm file name
 function pwmdisable()
 {
@@ -192,6 +207,20 @@ do
 	echo "   $i"
 	if [ -w $i ]
 	then
+		# First check if PWM output is in automatic mode
+		if is_pwm_auto $i
+		then
+			echo "$i is currently setup for automatic speed control."
+			echo 'In general, automatic mode is preferred over manual mode, as'
+			echo 'it is more efficient and it reacts faster. Are you sure that'
+			echo -n 'you want to setup this output for manual control? (n) '
+			read X
+			if [ "$X" = "" -o "$X" != "y" -a "$X" != "Y" ]
+			then
+				continue
+			fi
+		fi
+
 		pwmdisable $i
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 		then