Bug#397942: linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: Please build windfarm_pm81 in the kernel, not as a module.
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64
Version: 2.6.18-5
Severity: important
Dear Kernel team,
The code controlling fan speed on iMac G5 do not work correctly as a
module. As a consequence, the fans run full speed with the standard
kernel in Debian. This renders the mac unusable: the fans are _very_
loud when they are fullspeed.
The only solution I know is to build windfarm_pm81 directly in the
kernel. This is only doable for experienced users. I hope that you can
manage to bring a corrected kernel in Etch, otherwise I am affraid that
nobody except developpers will use Debian on iMacs G5.
Lastly, is is not impossible that all of this extends to the other
windfarm modules (91 and 112).
Have a nice day,
Charles Plessy, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16farm
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64 depends on:
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.12-18 Yet Another mkInitRD
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64 recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-2-powerpc64:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-2-powerpc64:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-2-powerpc64:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-2-powerpc64:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-2-powerpc64:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-2-powerpc64:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: false
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: false
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-2-powerpc64:
linux-image-2.6.18-2-powerpc64/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-2-powerpc64: true
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