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 * Description
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CIM Linux_Fan providers for sfcb. Specific for linux, because of usage of
lm_sensors library for hadware monitoring of fans. It uses CMPI, so
it should be usable under any broker supporting this interface.

There are three providers provided according to CIM model:
 * Linux_Fan
   - Provides instance for every fan founded by lm_sensors with basic
     information.
 * Linux_FanSensor
   - Associated sensor for each instance of Linux_Fan.
   - Value of fan speed can be obtained from property CurrentReading.
 * Linux_FanAssociatedSensor
   - Provides association of instances of above 2 providers.

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 * Build Dependencies
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 * lm_sensors - installed and configured
 * lm_sensors-libs
 * lm_sensors-devel
 * konkretcmpi-devel

to configure lm_sensors, you need to run as root:
  # sensors-detect
 that is provided by lm_sensors package (on Fedora)