On 4/26/21 03:09, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Control: reopen -1 > > On 4/26/21 8:33 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote: >> >>> Wolfram just said that the you don't need custom kernels anymore but he >>> didn't say whether the original bug report that the windfarm modules didn't >>> load was fixed, did he? >> >> Yes and no. I am quite optimistic the bug was fixed with a patch which >> is included upstream since 4.19-rc1. It still needs confirmation, >> though, i.e. testing. > > The PowerMac G5 users on this list are kindly asked to confirm the bug has > been fixed. Until then, I'll reopen it. > >> Back then, that meant compiling your own kernel. These days, you can >> just use any Debian-provided kernel from 4.19 onwards. > > I'm not sure how this is relevant to the question whether the bug was fixed > or not in the Debian kernel package. > > Adrian >
I have no problems whatsoever with the Debian 5.10.0-6-powerpc64 kernel nor with a custom 5.12.0-rc7 that I cooked for fun. # cat /proc/version Linux version 5.12.0-rc7-genunix (root@enceladus) (gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP Fri Apr 16 14:44:43 EDT 2021 -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional
