Re: g5 noise issue in RC1 - patch for the errata

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

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:42:55PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I propose to add the following and attached patch to the errata:
> 
> [Issues on powerpc]
> 
> +               <li>on G5 imacs the fans are very loud, switch to a different 
> +               console and run <a 
> href="http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/d-i/trunk/packages/rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S05fancontrol-linux-powerpc?op=file&sc=1";>these 
> commands</a> to make them silent.</li>

Holger, ...

The issue is not restricted to G5 imacs, but to all G5/64bit powerpc hardware
from apple. This means also the G5 powermacs, and the G5 XServers.

So, i would use instead : On G5 Apple machines, ...

> If you say go ahead, I can commit it myself. Otherwise feel free to reword it, 
> but this annoying issue should be documented properly.
> 
> BTW, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata doesn't mention how 
> to report bugs to the errata - in the bottom it even tells me to report 
> problems to debian-www@. What _is_ the correct way?
> 
> BTW2, I also suggest to truncate the comment in S05fancontrol-linux-powerpc to 
> the first four words of it - ibook's and other fans dont go to aircraft 

I don't remember the comment exactly, but notice that :

  * I think i said something about G5 apple machines, or should have, there
    are no G5 ibooks or powerbooks.
  * Most of the modules are only present in the powerpc64 flavour.

> levels and the filename suggest it's executed on all powerpc machines.. 

Ideally, a check for 64bitness could be added, altough i had some user suggest
that some of those modules would be useful on ibooks also. I am not fully sure
as i didn't investigate at the time.

Friendly,

Sven Luther