Hi, I have a PowerMac7,3 machine (dual G5 970FX). It does not run Linux continously just yet. So I installed anacron as I do for all such computers. This is a stock Debian sarge installation (in particular, I do not compile my own kernel).
Over the last few weeks I've noticed the dlocate database is always out of date....it seems the kernel insists I am running on battery power with zero batteries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/anacron start Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: deferred while on battery power. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/pmu/info PMU driver version : 2 PMU firmware version : 0c AC Power : 0 Battery count : 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep -i pmu via-pmu: Server Mode is disabled PMU driver 2 initialized for Core99, firmware: 0c [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -i pmu /boot/config-2.6.8-power4-smp CONFIG_ADB_PMU=y [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK /boot/config-2.6.8-power4-smp CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK=y [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.8-power4-smp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep kernel-image ii kernel-image-2 2.6.8-9 Linux kernel image for 2.6.8-power4 ii kernel-image-2 2.6.8-9 Linux kernel image for 2.6.8-power4-smp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I did poke around in via-pmu.c for a while, but between the fact that I am recovering from some serious RSI and this comment at the top of the file * THIS DRIVER IS BECOMING A TOTAL MESS ! I decided to immediately ask for help here :-) It does seem that the battery request simply does not set the bit for AC power on this hardware (in done_battery_state_smart), and this machine is not behaving like a typical power book (for which the Debian kernel compiles code in), so, well......are there different types of core99 (Key Largo) PMUs? Or is this the Debian "one kernel to rule them all" approach showing the limits of how the driver is written? I'd be happy to volunteer to build and/or test fixes or provide more information, etc. etc. within limits of the fact that I am recovering from a spectacular bout with RSI. I suspect I should file a bug against the Debian powerpc kernel - right??? Or did I miss the forest for the trees? Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
