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+#Example fan zone definitions for phosphor-fan-control
+
+#List the properties of the fan zones that are possible in the system.
+#The zones may be conditional based on certain conditions, such as
+#different chassis types or water cooled models.  The fans themselves
+#are not listed in this file.  They are in a separate YAML file so it
+#can be machine generated (i.e. from the MRW) if desired.
+
+#The general structure is a list of groups of zones, where a group
+#contains both the zones and the conditions required for the zones
+#to be valid
+
+#The cooling_profile is used along with the zone number to know
+#which fans in the fan yaml belong in this zone instance.  For
+#example, a fan may only be in zone 0 if it's the air cooled version
+#of the system, but not with the water cooled version.  In that
+#case, the fan yaml would have a cooling_profile of 'air' to match
+#the zone cooling profile.
+
+#- zone_conditions:
+#   - name: [Name of a condition, if any.  Valid names are TBD]
+#
+#  zones:
+#    - zone: [zone number]
+#      cooling_profiles:
+#        - [cooling profile]
+#      initial_speed: [Speed to set the zone to when app starts]
+
+#Example:
+#- zone_conditions:
+#  - name: air_cooled_chassis
+#
+#  zones:
+#    - zone: 0
+#      cooling_profiles:
+#      - air
+#      - all
+#      initial_speed: 10500
+#
+#- zone_conditions:
+#  - name: water_and_air_cooled_chassis
+#
+#  zones:
+#    - zone: 0
+#      cooling_profiles:
+#      - water
+#      - all
+#      initial_speed: 4000
+