Well, you don't really have to modiffy it by hand, it is a simple patch to the kernel I tested it and it works perfectly.
yours, kos Eric Robertson wrote: > hmmm... I dont think I am up to modifying my kernel source by hand > just yet (if I read Ben's response correctly). Thanks for the solution > though. It's good to know a solution is out there. > > > > Konstantin V. Gavrilenko wrote: >> Here is an answer from Ben, I still have to test it myself. >> >> >> >> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 21:09 +0100, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko wrote: >>> SNIP < >>> >> >> >> >>> Does this help ? >>> >>> Ben. >>> >>> ------ >>> From: Linux Kernel Mailing List <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [PATCH] powermac: Fix i2c on keywest based chips >>> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:11:14 GMT >>> >>> commit 60162e498e220d1f03bbee5bac0a9ddd6de60ae7 >>> tree 8cbcbea6060eb2b9f7d39784385efdfc6e947b52 >>> parent 28897731318dc8f63f683eed9091e446916ad706 >>> author Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 18 Apr >>> >> 2006 14:11:53 +1000 >> >>> committer Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:29:46 >>> >> +1000 >> >>> [PATCH] powermac: Fix i2c on keywest based chips >>> >>> The new i2c implementation for PowerMac has a regression that causes the >>> hardware to go out of state when probing non-existent devices. While >>> fixing that, I also found & fixed a couple of other corner cases. This >>> fixes booting with a pbbuttons version that scans the i2c bus for an LMU >>> controller among others. Tested on a dual G5 with thermal control (which >>> has heavy i2c activity) with no problem so far. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c | 78 >>> > -- Respectfully, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko Managing Director Arhont Ltd - Information Security web: http://www.arhont.com http://www.wi-foo.com e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 (0) 870 44 31337 fax: +44 (0) 117 969 0141 PGP: Key ID - 0xE81824F4 PGP: Server - keyserver.pgp.com -- [email protected] mailing list
