From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: larrystotler@netscape.net
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:37:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150423153758.GB2795@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14cd96df76d-41ad-451c9@webprd-m95.mail.aol.com>
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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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2015-04-21 0:43 ` [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing larrystotler
2015-04-23 15:37 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2015-04-23 15:46 ` Luigi Burdo
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