Bug#980555: Missing ec_sys module

From	Tim Connors <tim.w.connors@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#980555: Missing ec_sys module
Date	2022-01-10 11:50 +0100
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Package: linux-image-amd64
Version: 5.10.84-1
Followup-For: Bug #980555
X-Debbugs-Cc: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>, GengYu Rao <zouyoo@outlook.com>

>> What would you need this module for?  It's described as debugging and
>> development aid, not something a user wants to use.
> EC stands for embedded controller, which can be used to configure fans, 
> LED lights and other things on laptop.
> 
> I'm trying to use it to control fan speed on my laptop.

Basically anyone with a laptop and a default BIOS fan control profile
that is awful must resort to ec_sys.

For example, my Clevo P15SM needs this:
https://github.com/SkyLandTW/clevo-indicator/blob/master/src/clevo-indicator.c

It'd be really nice if I could quieten down my laptop from
jet-taking-off-at-maximum-throttle when the CPU temperature is only
50!

There seems no reason *not* to compile ec_sys as a module when the
debian kernel is so full of other debugging modules.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable'), (5, 'testing'), (2, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages linux-image-amd64 depends on:
ii  linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64  5.10.84-1

linux-image-amd64 recommends no packages.

linux-image-amd64 suggests no packages.

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