pbbuttonsd question

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
<linux-kernelvger.kernel.org>
>>> To: git-commits-headvger.kernel.org
>>> 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 <benhkernel.crashing.org> Tue, 18 Apr
>>>     
>> 2006 14:11:53 +1000
>>   
>>> committer Paul Mackerras <paulussamba.org> 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
<benhkernel.crashing.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulussamba.org>
>>>
>>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c |  
78
>>>     
> 


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