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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Brad Boyer wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 06:12:31PM +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
> > That explains why the patch below never worked on my Q950. I never 
> > sent the patch because I figured there was something, well, fixable. 
> > It works on CUDA. I think I tested Mac II ADB too, but I don't 
> > remember the results.
> 
> Yes, that patch would cause a Q900 or Q950 to crash on RTC/PRAM access, 
> just like the 2.2 kernel did. It should work fine on any PMU, CUDA, or 
> EGRET based systems. It will most likely work on all the traditional VIA 
> bit-banging access systems, too. That code is pretty simple. If you do 
> commit this, it's probably better to also add an exception for the Q900 
> and Q950 in the code so it doesn't crash.

I don't get a crash on the Q950, but I'll do some more testing before I 
send a patch. For one thing, the write code (systohc) is commented out 
even though that works on CUDA too.

-f


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