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Bug#713943: Lack of i2c_powermac module may be the cause



On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 19:23 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > A previosu message in this big suggested that the i2c_powermac module 
> > may be involved.
> > 
> > I can confirm that this module is missing completely for the 3.12 kernel
> > (there is no module of that name in the /lib/modules/3.12-1-powerpc64/
> > tree) whereas for the 3.4 kernel this module is available and is being
> > auto-loaded.
> 
> It seems that the i2c_powermac module from 3.4 is now called i2c-powermac
> (underscore replaced with a minux sign).

These are the same name, so far as the kernel is concerned.

> Manually loading the i2c-powermac module results in fans that run at the
> normal. expected low speed. I will be adding this to /etc/modules as a
> workaround for this issue.

Does it matter whether you load i2c-powermac before or after the
windfarm modules?

> A question about kernel modules, can one module (eg windfarm_core) be
> made to depend on and auto-load another (eg i2c-powermac)?

Yes but I don't think that's the correct solution.  I'll ask upstream.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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