On Fri, 2015-02-06 at 22:09 +0000, Chris J Arges wrote: > Benh, > Will CONFIG_I2C_OPAL=m be sufficient for this driver? > In addition, is this driver needed during installation?
Yes and no. IE. Yes, it can be a module, and no, it's not needed in the installer at this point as far as I can tell. It might be handy to have it in the live CD though for manufacturing etc... Cheers, Ben. > Thanks, > --chris > > ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Trusty) > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: Incomplete => Opinion > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: Opinion => Confirmed > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris J Arges (arges) > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty) > Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris J Arges (arges) > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) > Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris J Arges (arges) > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty) > Status: New => Confirmed > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) > Status: New => Confirmed > > ** Description changed: > > - The Open Power machines need the driver that was merged in 3.19 backported. > The commit upstream > - is 470834508f87877f680738a10a305280582c7aed "i2c: Driver to expose PowerNV > platform i2c busses" > - > + [Impact] > This exposes the i2c busses of the machine which are controlled via the > OPAL firmware. This is among > other things, necessary for manufacturing configuration of VPDs etc..., but > will also enable Linux access > to some i2c devices such as the TPM. > > We wish to have this in utopic and if possible trusty. > + > + [Fix] > + The Open Power machines need the driver that was merged in 3.19 backported. > The commit upstream > + is 470834508f87877f680738a10a305280582c7aed "i2c: Driver to expose PowerNV > platform i2c busses" > + $ git describe --contains 470834508f87877f680738a10a305280582c7aed > + v3.19-rc1~22^2~7 > + > + [Test Case] > + modprobe i2c-opal > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1419151 Title: OpenPower needs backport of PowerNV OPAL i2c driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1419151/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
