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| author |   Marc Zyngier <maz@misterjones.org> | 2010-12-05 05:05:37 +0000 |
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| committer |   Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2010-12-09 15:36:30 +1100 |
| commit | 98b14d6b290d96b24ae993ceaccc59b2aa4b130c (patch) | |
| tree | cbf1655199e699411b0ca0e1b92b551cf37abf28 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | of/address: Use propper endianess in get_flags (diff) | |
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powerpc/powermac: Make auto-loading of therm_pm72 possible
The therm_pm72 driver, used on the PowerMac G5 range, cannot be
auto-loaded, since the driver itself creates both the device node
and the driver instance.
Moving the device node creation to the platform setup code and
adding the necessary MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() information allows the
driver to be automatically loaded by udev on any semi-modern
distribution.
It "fixes" a major source of problem on G5 machines where the
driver wasn't explicitely loaded by default, and the system
would automatically shutdown under load.
Tested on an Xserve G5.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@misterjones.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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