Bug#397942: linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: Please build windfarm_pm81 in the kernel, not as a module.

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:38:44AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64
> Version: 2.6.18-5
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Kernel team,
> 
> The code controlling fan speed on iMac G5 do not work correctly as a
> module. As a consequence, the fans run full speed with the standard
> kernel in Debian. This renders the mac unusable: the fans are _very_
> loud when they are fullspeed.

Is this really the case ? You probably forgot to load the modules, or rather
to load i2c-powermac.

This is more an initramfs-tools bug than a kernel one, maks, you said you
would fix them ?

> The only solution I know is to build windfarm_pm81 directly in the
> kernel. This is only doable for experienced users. I hope that you can
> manage to bring a corrected kernel in Etch, otherwise I am affraid that
> nobody except developpers will use Debian on iMacs G5.
> 
> Lastly, is is not impossible that all of this extends to the other
> windfarm modules (91 and 112).

Well, i have discussed the issue with benh, and at least with the therm72 of
my XServe G5, the issue is neatly solved by loading the right modules.

Please provide us with an lsmod output of your running noisy system.

Friendly,

Sven Luther