[Bug 935376] [NEW] Add therm_adt746x support to PowerPC debian-installer

[ojordan]

Public bug reported:

Precise hw-detect_1.88ubuntu1

This is a continuation of this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/923094 that I raised against the kernel.  The outcome of that bug report was that therm_adt746x is now built into the PowerPC kernel.  
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|adt7467)
			# not in d-i yet
			# echo "therm_adt746x:iBook/AlBook G4 ADT746x thermostat"
			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!

** Affects: hw-detect (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Add therm_adt746x support to PowerPC debian-installer

Status in “hw-detect” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Precise hw-detect_1.88ubuntu1

  This is a continuation of this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/923094 that I raised against the kernel.  The outcome of that bug report was that therm_adt746x is now built into the PowerPC kernel.  
  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|adt7467)
  			# not in d-i yet
  			# echo "therm_adt746x:iBook/AlBook G4 ADT746x thermostat"
  			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!

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