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dell-smm-hwmon.conf to force loading of dell-smm-hwmon module on "unsupported" Dell laptops (like XPS 13 9350)
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#Force loading of the Dell Laptop SMM BIOS hwmon driver
options dell-smm-hwmon ignore_dmi=1 restricted=0 force=1
#Added ignore_dmi=1 per https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/9pdgid/configuring_the_xps_to_play_nice_with_linux/
#Added force=1 per https://askubuntu.com/questions/1094485/dell-xps-15-9570-how-to-control-the-fans
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Wer-Wolf commented Apr 2, 2023

The option restricted=0 allows other non-privileged users to change the fan speed, this could be a security problem.

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Good to know. Don't have this machine anymore, so hopefully that little tidbit helps others. What should the value for restricted be?

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Wer-Wolf commented Apr 2, 2023

The value for restricted should be 1, which is already the default value.

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