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linux/Documentation/hwmon/nzxt-kraken3.rst
Aleksa Savic f3b4b146eb hwmon: Add driver for NZXT Kraken X and Z series AIO CPU coolers
This driver enables hardware monitoring support for NZXT Kraken
X53/X63/X73 and Z53/Z63/Z73 all-in-one CPU liquid coolers.

All models expose liquid temperature and pump speed (in RPM), as well as
PWM control (natively only through a temp-PWM curve, but the driver also
emulates fixed PWM control on top of that). The Z-series models
additionally expose the speed and duty of an optionally connected fan,
with the same PWM control capabilities.

Pump and fan duty control mode can be set through pwm[1-2]_enable,
where 1 is for the manual control mode and 2 is for the liquid temp
to PWM curve mode. Writing a 0 disables control of the channel through
the driver after setting its duty to 100%. As it is not possible to query
the device for the active mode, the driver keeps track of it.

The temperature of the curves relates to the fixed [20-59] C range, per
device limitations, and correlating to the detected liquid temperature.
Only PWM values (ranging from 0-255) can be set.

The addressable RGB LEDs and LCD screen, included only on Z-series models,
are not supported in this driver.

Co-developed-by: Jonas Malaco <jonas@protocubo.io>
Signed-off-by: Jonas Malaco <jonas@protocubo.io>
Co-developed-by: Yury Zhuravlev <stalkerg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yury Zhuravlev <stalkerg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Aleksa Savic <savicaleksa83@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240129111932.368232-1-savicaleksa83@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2024-02-25 12:37:37 -08:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
Kernel driver nzxt-kraken3
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Supported devices:
* NZXT Kraken X53
* NZXT Kraken X63
* NZXT Kraken X73
* NZXT Kraken Z53
* NZXT Kraken Z63
* NZXT Kraken Z73
Author: Jonas Malaco, Aleksa Savic
Description
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This driver enables hardware monitoring support for NZXT Kraken X53/X63/X73 and
Z53/Z63/Z73 all-in-one CPU liquid coolers. All models expose liquid temperature
and pump speed (in RPM), as well as PWM control (either as a fixed value
or through a temp-PWM curve). The Z-series models additionally expose the speed
and duty of an optionally connected fan, with the same PWM control capabilities.
Pump and fan duty control mode can be set through pwm[1-2]_enable, where 1 is
for the manual control mode and 2 is for the liquid temp to PWM curve mode.
Writing a 0 disables control of the channel through the driver after setting its
duty to 100%.
The temperature of the curves relates to the fixed [20-59] range, correlating to
the detected liquid temperature. Only PWM values (ranging from 0-255) can be set.
If in curve mode, setting point values should be done in moderation - the devices
require complete curves to be sent for each change; they can lock up or discard
the changes if they are too numerous at once. Suggestion is to set them while
in an another mode, and then apply them by switching to curve.
The devices can report if they are faulty. The driver supports that situation
and will issue a warning. This can also happen when the USB cable is connected,
but SATA power is not.
The addressable RGB LEDs and LCD screen (only on Z-series models) are not
supported in this driver, but can be controlled through existing userspace tools,
such as `liquidctl`_.
.. _liquidctl: https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl
Usage Notes
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As these are USB HIDs, the driver can be loaded automatically by the kernel and
supports hot swapping.
Possible pwm_enable values are:
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0 Set fan to 100%
1 Direct PWM mode (applies value in corresponding PWM entry)
2 Curve control mode (applies the temp-PWM duty curve based on coolant temp)
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Sysfs entries
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fan1_input Pump speed (in rpm)
fan2_input Fan speed (in rpm)
temp1_input Coolant temperature (in millidegrees Celsius)
pwm1 Pump duty (value between 0-255)
pwm1_enable Pump duty control mode (0: disabled, 1: manual, 2: curve)
pwm2 Fan duty (value between 0-255)
pwm2_enable Fan duty control mode (0: disabled, 1: manual, 2: curve)
temp[1-2]_auto_point[1-40]_pwm Temp-PWM duty curves (for pump and fan), related to coolant temp
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