i2c-powermac fails

[Jean Delvare]

Hi all,

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:49:48 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> I2C bus being setup too fast sounds more likely. It might be worth
> adding an arbitrary delay after initialization, just to see if it
> helps. Not sure where though, as I'm not familiar with the Powermac
> initialization steps. Maybe right before i2c_add_adapter() in
> i2c_powermac_probe?

Tim, can you please give a try to this patch? Obviously your machine
will take 5 additional seconds to boot, and this isn't meant as a real
fix, but if it helps, this will be an interesting hint for further
debugging attempts.

--- kernel32.orig/drivers/macintosh/therm_adt746x.c
+++ kernel32/drivers/macintosh/therm_adt746x.c
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ static int probe_thermostat(struct i2c_c
 	if (thermostat)
 		return 0;
 
+	msleep(5000);
 	th = kzalloc(sizeof(struct thermostat), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!th)
 		return -ENOMEM;


-- 
Jean Delvare