From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omr-m01.mx.aol.com (omr-m01.mx.aol.com [64.12.143.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 327971A0028 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:48:34 +1000 (AEST) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:43:24 -0400 From: larrystotler@netscape.net To: wsa@the-dreams.de, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Message-Id: <14cd96df76d-41ad-451c9@webprd-m95.mail.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <20150416135014.GE913@katana> References: <20150416135014.GE913@katana> Subject: Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , -----Original Message----- From: Wolfram Sang 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