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Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>> OK, let's drop the patch and assume the device-tree will be fixed
>> shortly. 
>>     
>
> No, keep the patch for now. I'm afraid they aren't willing to fix their
> device-tree.
>   
Ok,
but please, put a comment near it would be nice if we remember why we
put it there.


Sylvain
>   
>> In the meantime, users should be able to work around it by
>> hacking the device-tree from the OF prompt -- which we currently have to
>> do for other things in the Efika device-tree anyway.
>>
>> I'm happy enough for Fedora to require the fixed firmware, certainly. 
>>
>>     
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