[i2c] ASUS P4B doesn't work under kernel 2.6.18.2-34-default (opensuse10.2)

[Jean Delvare]

Johannes,

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:53:37 +0100, Johannes Kapune wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 24.12.2006, 10:34 +0100 schrieb Jean Delvare:
> > Alternatively, you can go bug Asus and ask them for a fixed BIOS. Their
> > idea of hiding the SMBus has been a real pain for thousands of users.
> 
> Do you really think they would build a new bios or this old board? ;-)

Not really, although this wouldn't be that difficult. My real hope is
that they get enough complaints to think twice next time they consider
a similar technical choice in the future.

> Do Asus hide this SMBus on new boards too?

The list of boards with hidden SMBus keeps growing with every new
kernel, Asus being the most frequent offender, but other manufacturers
do it too. Search for "asus" in drivers/pci/quirks.c for a list. All
the recent entries for Asus appear to be for laptops though, not desktop
boards.

> I think for me its better to wait until kernel 2.6.20 is ready, because
> otherwile I have to build a new kernel on this Server every
> security-patch.

Well, openSuse 10.2 will stick to a 2.6.18 kernel anyway, so if you
build your own 2.6.20 kernel, you'll have to handle the security
updates by yourself as well.

> Thank you all for your very good job. 
> Mary Christmas and happy new year

Dankeschön, Du auch :)

-- 
Jean Delvare