From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pokefinder.org (sauhun.de [89.238.76.85]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0F001A0C9E for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 01:38:06 +1000 (AEST) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:37:58 +0200 From: Wolfram Sang To: larrystotler@netscape.net Subject: Re: [opensuse-ppc] HELP: test kernel patches on the real thing Message-ID: <20150423153758.GB2795@katana> References: <20150416135014.GE913@katana> <14cd96df76d-41ad-451c9@webprd-m95.mail.aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wq9mPyueHGvFACwf" In-Reply-To: <14cd96df76d-41ad-451c9@webprd-m95.mail.aol.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 08:43:24PM -0400, larrystotler@netscape.net wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolfram Sang > =20 > Quoted from the opensuse-ppc mailing list >=20 > >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 i= n the > >2.4 era. There are only two users left; drivers for old Macintosh comput= ers I > >don't have access to. So, I tried to emulate the behaviour on an ARM boa= rd 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? Thi= s would > >be much appreciated! >=20 > I have a bunch of older macs but none currently has linux and/or a curren= t version of linux on them. =20 >=20 > What models do you need tested? Can you point me to a quick easy to inst= all distro? I usually use openSUSE but I think Fedora has a ppc port now a= s well. >=20 > I only have 32bit macs. I have: >=20 > 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 --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVORHVAAoJEBQN5MwUoCm2JSMQAIrsgxBWSvQygGLRkHMWe+gV jyO1KCJ5JIRsmcg3+Bx2LsnVWyMp2gFCiZj7+cuqz0SCMP6Ev22fq4UOVfYKDFjb mXqxENDjHyp3zPKLJbx/A98wdsF1H90vxUm5Jco+5Xu9FMhHqjObAHLTR0B8hkdq zrZSL2WvlMkRzymullqXuns+9+aZrvZOWb9OWIq6jmoBJ2QSL9QNNZ4t+cGrzPKw KEYkShAmJf7ZoqLEW8hRje+rEhQf7i9Qn88Sk/w0wrI8RSpU0/djF/TbEzjqobQe YKKMxLo7dPziI7g8PdanYN7fmOG2jar0AV12QhcnWDnyTrJu5aZ4GE6EF7G58Wwc PqizMnMtyzWJtYiWjncEMg+5dCQx/NnBy+9utod2oaXRtgYtt85VmzaHE6y+MNdb Ee2qHZdU899b3/rtEEGJFX6LXmMo0Zw28hqBc+ZOZc0Egap5v6JI5dwQx/A9JF8a UoBgrcfHHHcG9Un4/Q9k869H3RAZtRePRjwUS32+j1tb/mgipxCMqf3SqYs/86F5 h/3ekojW3zlOjOJn4ByVL7itOGwCiPmJFa6YG+QtJVidocB5Ln3bCmNCxOvfGY/T 2HOaDFw4UMCXg4JGABA6YBxeFpLwvXK85RjyD3Hb34sFoKsPmfqYnd9i3PK7D4nn e3xGRu0X88SauImyGAN5 =yGgi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf--