Add therm_adt746x support to PowerPC debian-installer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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hw-detect (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Precise hw-detect_
This is a continuation of this bug https:/
The therm_adt746x module is used to control the fan on G4 iBooks and AlBooks. A lot of the PowerPC testers (myself included) use these machines for testing so it is important that we have this module loaded during the install.
I rather naively pushed for the therm_adt746x module be built into the d-i kernel - not realising that that would in fact mean it is built into the normal kernel too. I'm now looking for a better solution to that since there are a lot of PowerPC machines that don't use therm_adt746x.
I made a mistake in that bug report when I said the code does not exist to modprobe therm_adt746x automatically. It actually does, only it is currently partially commented out in the hw-detect file discover-mac-io.sh:
# drivers/macintosh
if [ "$name" = fan ]; then
case $compatible in
adt7460|
# not in d-i yet
# echo "therm_
register-module therm_adt746x
;;
Is it still possible for Precise 12.04 (I know there have been various feature freezes recently) to uncomment the echo line so that therm_adt746x can be built as a module in the d-i kernel?
Thanks!