I run OmniOS on an Aoostar WTR PRO as my NAS and for most of my self hosting needs. After installing a new fan, I wanted to see if I could read and control the fan speed from the OS instead of just the BIOS. Using Claude chat, I got a working kernel driver that gives me fan speed, PWM control, temperature readings, and even (incorrect) voltage readings.

I wanted to share as an example of what’s currently possible. I’ve even seen people vibe code ethernet drivers for freeBSD.

What do you all think of using LLMs to cobble together drivers like this?

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    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

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    FTS Flight Termination System
    LOX Liquid Oxygen
    SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
    SES Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator
    ~ Second-stage Engine Start
    USSF United States Space Force

    5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 6 acronyms.

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