I tried a package i8kutils which is supposed to offer fan control for some unspecified list of Dell laptops, but it didn’t work on mine. Not very relevant now as I’ve expunged Windows. Windows, by contrast, must have the drivers & service to take over fan control, because under it fans were much more responsive (off/silent most of the time & spinning up when there’s a bit of load). Indeed if I reboot into the BIOS config, I see exactly the same fan behaviour. Fedora doesn’t do so (I think) so the behaviour I’m seeing reflects what the BIOS does. I assumed the OS was in control, but it seems that the BIOS is by default, and with appropriate drivers etc the OS can take over. I’ve done a bit of reading since posting - and though info is fragmentary & scattered I found enough to realise I didn’t have the right mental model of what’s going on.
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