Re: [bug] CONFIG_I2C_VIAPRO=y breaks skge

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:27:59 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> > This VIA chipset is the bridge over which the bugs run. Blaming on it 
> > for the problem you've hit would be similar to blaming the USB host 
> > controller driver for a bug that is in the USB keyboard or mouse driver.
> > 
> > The "other I2C drivers" don't run frequently at all now that you've 
> > disabled i2c-viapro. Without an I2C bus to probe on the machine, these 
> > drivers don't do anything.
> 
> ah, okay - i see - what i thought to be a surgical workaround has cut off 
> the whole leg. Will go back to find the ailing muscle instead.

Exactly.

> > So, again, if you are still willing to help me solve the problem, please 
> > boot the bad kernel and run:
> > 
> > $ ls -l /sys/bus/i2c/devices/*/driver
> > 
> > Then we'll know which drivers attached to I2C devices on your SMBus. 
> > Figuring out which one shouldn't have will likely be straightforward.
> 
> will take some time - but i'll revisit it.
> 
> Could you give me a short list of I2C driver .config options i should 
> disable one by one (instead of viapro) ?

I can't tell you before you give me the output of
  ls -l /sys/bus/i2c/devices/*/driver
for the broken system.

-- 
Jean Delvare