Port to Windows possible?

[symonxdd]

Hi!

This is rather an advice request, than an issue report. You haven't been active on Twitter since months and neither do you have an email in your bio, so I thought I'd have higher chances posting here!

I'd like to ask how you went about making this app? I mean, how did you know the exact code instructions for the list of compatible msi models in the README?

I for a fact own a GS66 10SE. How would I go about implementing the compatibility for my model? Also I'm a Windows guy, would it be straightforward to port it to Windows?

Thanks!

[Alcartez]

Try dualbooting your preferred distro using an external hdd or flashdrive.

[ThibaultLemaire]

This script reads/writes from/to the /sys/kernel/debug/ec/ec0/io file-like object exposed by the ec_sys linux kernel module.

I doubt that qualifies it for a "straight-forward" port to windows.

[symonxdd]

Thanks for replying!

How did you figure out what file / module needs to be accessed / modified to be able to change the fan speeds?

How did you start with this project? Because the official Dragon Center software is Windows only, right?

Would you know where I could start being on Windows?

[ThibaultLemaire]

I'm not a contributor here. I just came to change my battery charge threshold. So what I'm gonna tell you is only gathered from poking at the source code for an hour.

The file-like path as well as the ec_sys kernel module I mentioned above can both be easily found in the source code. By level 60 of linux savviness, I'd say, this is stuff you're familiar with, and by level 70 that's exactly what you'd expect of a program configuring hardware settings.

These EC (Embedded Controller) mappings are probably a small area of flash memory on the motherboard that the kernel exposes as a file-like object that you can read and write binary data from and to. The kernel has no clue what those values mean (this is what this project is trying to reverse engineer) it's just passing them along.

If I were to take a guess, I'd say @YoCodingMonster used the Dragon Center on a windows dual-boot to set one setting at a time, then went back to linux to figure out which bytes changed. At least that's how I'd do it.

As for accessing the EC memory on Windows... I'm sorry but you're on your own, pal :)

[symonxdd]

Thank you very much for the explanation! I understand it better now. I'll try to research a little and see if I can move forward.

[YoCodingMonster]

You can use software to read EC Bytes in real-time in windows itself