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Linux Thermal/Power Platform Profile Support Coming For Alienware Systems
Following work last month for extending the Dell WMI sysman Linux driver to handle Alienware systems for managing the system BIOS within the confines of Linux, another separate improvement is on the way for enhancing Alienware hardware support under Linux
This newest effort is introducing the "dell-wmi-awcc" driver for handling functionality found under Windows with the Alienware Command Center. Open-source developer Kurt Borja posted a patch today for implementing Dell AWCC platform profile support for exposing the user-selectable thermal tables (USTT) that under Windows are exposed with the Alienware Command Center software. It's similar to the platform profile support available with laptops and motherboards from other vendors.
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