Comment 42 for bug 102270

I'm hitting the same issue here:

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root@host:~# uname -a
Linux host.drupion.org 2.6.32-38-server #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 4 11:26:59 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@host:~# dmesg | grep applesmc
[ 11.821530] applesmc: Apple MacPro detected:
[ 11.821532] applesmc: - Model without accelerometer
[ 11.821533] applesmc: - Model without light sensors and backlight
[ 11.821535] applesmc: - Model with 35 temperature sensors
[ 11.821581] applesmc: device successfully initialized.
[ 11.822128] applesmc: 6 fans found.
[ 11.822130] applesmc: More than 4 fans found, but at most 4 fans are supported by the driver.
[ 11.822227] applesmc: driver successfully loaded.
[ 5674.259924] applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 0
[ 5674.292958] applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 0
[ 5674.325991] applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 0
[ 5674.359020] applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 0
[ 5674.392048] applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 0
[ 5674.425084] applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 0
[ 5674.458117] applesmc: wait status failed: 5 != 0
...
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I am particularly worried with:

[ 11.822128] applesmc: 6 fans found.
[ 11.822130] applesmc: More than 4 fans found, but at most 4 fans are supported by the driver.

Does that mean 2 out of 6 funs don't work?