I installed Debian 9 Stretch to my Dell Precision M3800 and it works beautifully.... except for thermal control.
If I lshw, I get this:
*-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Signal processing controller
product: 8 Series Chipset Family Thermal Management Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
version: 05
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7a20000-f7a20fff
If i run sensors, I get:
$ sensors
dell_smm-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
Processor Fan: 4800 RPM
Video Fan: 4900 RPM
CPU: +40.0°C
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +27.8°C (crit = +105.0°C)
temp2: -269.2°C (crit = +105.0°C)
nouveau-pci-0200
Adapter: PCI adapter
GPU core: +0.60 V (min = +0.60 V, max = +1.20 V)
temp1: N/A (high = +95.0°C, hyst = +3.0°C)
(crit = +105.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C)
(emerg = +135.0°C, hyst = +5.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +39.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +38.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +38.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +38.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +38.0°C (high = +84.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
When I run fancontrol, the fans stop completely. When I exit, fans turn on full throttle.
I have tried running fancontrol, lm-sensors and thermald but nothing seems to regulate fan speed.
I have also run pwmconfig which tries to configure fan settings, but I get:
No correlations were detected.
There is either no fan connected to the output of hwmon2/pwm1,
or the connected fan has no rpm-signal connected to one of
the tested fan sensors. (Note: not all motherboards have
the pwm outputs connected to the fan connectors,
check out the hardware database on http://www.almico.com/forumindex.php)
Did you see/hear a fan stopping during the above test (n)?
I answer with yes, because fans and I managed to generate an /etc/fancontrol with some values, but it doesn't work.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
