From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF637B7B72 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:26:39 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: i2c-powermac fails From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Jean Delvare In-Reply-To: <20091014230252.0d0cba8d@hyperion.delvare> References: <20091013112304.74083fd1@hyperion.delvare> <1255426348.2192.187.camel@pasglop> <20091013114948.03608b7f@hyperion.delvare> <20091014230252.0d0cba8d@hyperion.delvare> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:26:15 +1100 Message-Id: <1255555575.2347.56.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Paul Mackerras , Tim Shepard , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 23:02 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi all, > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:49:48 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > I2C bus being setup too fast sounds more likely. It might be worth > > adding an arbitrary delay after initialization, just to see if it > > helps. Not sure where though, as I'm not familiar with the Powermac > > initialization steps. Maybe right before i2c_add_adapter() in > > i2c_powermac_probe? > > Tim, can you please give a try to this patch? Obviously your machine > will take 5 additional seconds to boot, and this isn't meant as a real > fix, but if it helps, this will be an interesting hint for further > debugging attempts. Oh, I was actually thinking about the frequency of the I2C clock :-) Cheers, Ben. > --- kernel32.orig/drivers/macintosh/therm_adt746x.c > +++ kernel32/drivers/macintosh/therm_adt746x.c > @@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ static int probe_thermostat(struct i2c_c > if (thermostat) > return 0; > > + msleep(5000); > th = kzalloc(sizeof(struct thermostat), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!th) > return -ENOMEM; > >