Re: i2c-i801 driver quit working in 3.8.11

[Jean Delvare <jdelvare-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Soren,

Please keep the list and everyone else involved in Cc.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 07:33:16 -0400, Soren Harward wrote:
> On Aug 7, 2014 4:11 AM, "Jean Delvare" <jdelvare-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Soren, what's the status on your side? Are you still running a kernel
> > with commit 6676a847 reverted?
> 
> Yes, I'm running 3.14 (Gentoo is always a few versions behind) with
> 6676a847 reverted.  Thanks for telling me about the command-line option;
> that'll be way more convenient than reverting the patch every time I
> upgrade.

OK. Did you ever try 3.14 without the revert? Or do you always revert
before even testing because you assume the problem is still present?

> > Also I had one report of a problem with the same chipset you are using,
> > and the reporter claims that kernel v3.16 no longer has the problem. We
> > don't know why yet, but it might be worth a try.
> 
> I'm out of town for a few days, so I'll try v3.16 when I get home. I'll get
> back to you mid next week.

Great, thanks.

Meanwhile I have prepared a debug flavor of the i2c-i801 driver, which
can be built separately from the kernel:

http://jdelvare.nerim.net/devel/lm-sensors/drivers/i2c-i801_debug/

Feel free to give it a try and report the results, this may help us
understand where the problem lies.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support