From: larrystotler@netscape.net
To: wsa@the-dreams.de, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:43:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <14cd96df76d-41ad-451c9@webprd-m95.mail.aol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150416135014.GE913@katana>
-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Quoted from the opensuse-ppc mailing list
>I'm Wolfram Sang, maintainer of the I2C subsystem of the Linux Kernel. I
>want to get rid of an ancient mechanism in the I2C core which was used in the
>2.4 era. There are only two users left; drivers for old Macintosh computers I
>don't have access to. So, I tried to emulate the behaviour on an ARM board and
>wrote a replacement for the old mechanism which works fine here. Now, I wonder
>if there are people willing to test these patches on the real thing? This would
>be much appreciated!
I have a bunch of older macs but none currently has linux and/or a current version of linux on them.
What models do you need tested? Can you point me to a quick easy to install distro? I usually use openSUSE but I think Fedora has a ppc port now as well.
I only have 32bit macs. I have:
iMac DV 400Mhz
PowerMac G4 Digital Audio 466Mhz
2 - PowerMac G3 Blue & Whites (one with a G4 I THINK).
PowerMac 9600
PowerMac 9500
PowerMac 6500
PowerMac 6400
PowerMac G3 All In One Beige.
PowerBook G3 Wallstreet
I probably have more. The top 4 are New World, the rest are Old World. Not even sure if they work anymore but I can try them if you want.
I'm not a programmer, so if you could offer me some simple steps to adding the patches to the kernel I would be able to help.
Thanx
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2015-04-21 0:43 ` larrystotler [this message]
2015-04-23 15:37 ` [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing Wolfram Sang
2015-04-23 15:46 ` Luigi Burdo
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