1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. LINUX.DEBIAN.PORTS.POWERP

  • Bug#741663: linux-image-3.13-1-powerpc-smp: therm_windtunnel does n

    From Dennis Clarke@21:1/5 to John Paul Adrian Glaubitz on Mon Apr 26 16:40:02 2021
    On 4/26/21 03:09, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
    Control: reopen -1

    On 4/26/21 8:33 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:

    Wolfram just said that the you don't need custom kernels anymore but he
    didn't say whether the original bug report that the windfarm modules didn't >>> load was fixed, did he?

    Yes and no. I am quite optimistic the bug was fixed with a patch which
    is included upstream since 4.19-rc1. It still needs confirmation,
    though, i.e. testing.

    The PowerMac G5 users on this list are kindly asked to confirm the bug has been fixed. Until then, I'll reopen it.

    Back then, that meant compiling your own kernel. These days, you can
    just use any Debian-provided kernel from 4.19 onwards.

    I'm not sure how this is relevant to the question whether the bug was fixed or not in the Debian kernel package.

    Adrian


    I have no problems whatsoever with the Debian 5.10.0-6-powerpc64 kernel
    nor with a custom 5.12.0-rc7 that I cooked for fun.

    # cat /proc/version
    Linux version 5.12.0-rc7-genunix (root@enceladus) (gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6)
    10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP Fri Apr
    16 14:44:43 EDT 2021


    --
    Dennis Clarke
    RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
    UNIX and Linux spoken
    GreyBeard and suspenders optional

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Riccardo Mottola@21:1/5 to John Paul Adrian Glaubitz on Sun May 9 23:50:02 2021
    Hi Adrian,

    John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
    Yes and no. I am quite optimistic the bug was fixed with a patch which
    is included upstream since 4.19-rc1. It still needs confirmation,
    though, i.e. testing.
    The PowerMac G5 users on this list are kindly asked to confirm the bug has been fixed. Until then, I'll reopen it.


    on my iMac G5 Windfarm is loaded and works... it does not runt he fans
    like full speed like a vacuum cleaner anymore. Generally the computer
    boots up quiet and stays quiet until load is applied to it.. after load, generally (but...) things return to the previous state again.

    I do think the thermal regulation is not very smart, operating somehow
    in "pulses" of high speed and sometimes taking another load to clear the
    status again... but these things are not related to the original bug.

    Riccardo

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)