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Bug#655344: linux-image-3.1.0-1-kirkwood: Missing support for LaCie machines



Hi Tjalling,

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 04:39:28PM +0100, Tjalling wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:08, Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org> wrote:
> > Simon Guinot <simon@sequanux.org> writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> Package: linux-2.6
> >> Version: 3.1.6-1
> >> Severity: important
> >>
> >> Dear Maintainer,
> >>
> >> The kernel image provided by package linux-image-3.1.0-1-kirkwood don't
> >> support the LaCie Kirkwood boards.
> >>
> >> Please, consider applying the following patch:
> >>
> >> diff --git a/config/armel/config.kirkwood b/config/armel/config.kirkwood
> >> index 1eae313..85b0c64 100644
> >> --- a/config/armel/config.kirkwood
> >> +++ b/config/armel/config.kirkwood
> >> @@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ CONFIG_MACH_DOCKSTAR=y
> >>  CONFIG_MACH_OPENRD_BASE=y
> >>  CONFIG_MACH_OPENRD_CLIENT=y
> >>  CONFIG_MACH_OPENRD_ULTIMATE=y
> >> +CONFIG_MACH_NETSPACE_V2=y
> >> +CONFIG_MACH_INETSPACE_V2=y
> >> +CONFIG_MACH_NETSPACE_MAX_V2=y
> >> +CONFIG_MACH_D2NET_V2=y
> >> +CONFIG_MACH_NET2BIG_V2=y
> >> +CONFIG_MACH_NET5BIG_V2=y
> >>  CONFIG_MACH_T5325=y
> >>
> >>  ##
> >> @@ -172,6 +178,11 @@ CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
> >>  # CONFIG_DRM is not set
> >>
> >>  ##
> >> +## file: drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> >> +##
> >> +CONFIG_SENSORS_GPIO_FAN=m
> >> +
> >> +##
> >>  ## file: drivers/i2c/Kconfig
> >>  ##
> >>  CONFIG_I2C=y
> >> @@ -244,6 +255,8 @@ CONFIG_ISDN_DIVAS_MAINT=m
> >>  CONFIG_NEW_LEDS=y
> >>  CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=y
> >>  CONFIG_LEDS_GPIO=y
> >> +CONFIG_LEDS_NS2=y
> >> +CONFIG_LEDS_NETXBIG=y
> >>  CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGERS=y
> >>  CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_TIMER=y
> >>  CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_DEFAULT_ON=y
> >
> > Does this really need to be built-in ? (side note: if it can't work as
> > module, why is it a tristate and not a boolean in kernel config ?)
> >
> It seems a bit odd that Sheeva plug, Guru plug, Dockstar, OpenRD, Qnap
> and others(?) support is built-in, but support for Lacie is not. I'm
> not a (kernel)developer, so I don't know what problems this will bring
> up. But as a user I would appreciate it if Lacie support was in the
> standard kernel. If there is any reason this is not possible, I'll
> accept that off course.

I think there is a misunderstanding here. Arnaud is speaking about the
LED support. Build the LEDs drivers as modules is correct.

Simon

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