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> 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.

> 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. 
>