Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing

Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing

[larrystotler]

-----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

Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing

[Wolfram Sang]

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 08:43:24PM -0400, larrystotler@netscape.net wrote:
> -----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

Thank you for the offer! I am still in the process to find out which
machines are "windtunnel" and which ones are "keywest". I thought this
would be easy once I found some Mac owners, but seems I was wrong...

I'll let you know if one of your machines could become useful.

Thanks again,

   Wolfram


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Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing

[Luigi Burdo]

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Jo guys
i can try if you need to help.
I have a Quad G5 with RadeonHd on it ... Opensuse 13.2 is running on it
on Qemu 64 Kvm machine hosted by Lubuntu 14.04

On 23/04/15 17:37, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 08:43:24PM -0400, larrystotler@netscape.net wrote:
>> -----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
> Thank you for the offer! I am still in the process to find out which
> machines are "windtunnel" and which ones are "keywest". I thought this
> would be easy once I found some Mac owners, but seems I was wrong...
>
> I'll let you know if one of your machines could become useful.
>
> Thanks again,
>
>    Wolfram
>
>
>
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