* Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing [not found] <20150416135014.GE913@katana> @ 2015-04-21 0:43 ` larrystotler 2015-04-23 15:37 ` Wolfram Sang 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: larrystotler @ 2015-04-21 0:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: wsa, linuxppc-dev -----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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing 2015-04-21 0:43 ` [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing larrystotler @ 2015-04-23 15:37 ` Wolfram Sang 2015-04-23 15:46 ` Luigi Burdo 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Wolfram Sang @ 2015-04-23 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: larrystotler; +Cc: linuxppc-dev [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1588 bytes --] 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 [-- Attachment #2: Digital signature --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 819 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing 2015-04-23 15:37 ` Wolfram Sang @ 2015-04-23 15:46 ` Luigi Burdo 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Luigi Burdo @ 2015-04-23 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Wolfram Sang, larrystotler; +Cc: linuxppc-dev [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1947 bytes --] 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2854 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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