linux-kernel - Re: f71805f arch dependencies?

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Message-ID: <alpine.SOC.1.00.1206011610060.10517@math.ut.ee>
Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:12:45 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
cc:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: f71805f arch dependencies?

> > Loading f71805f on sparc64 causes hard reboot beacuse on invalid
> > hardware access. Should this driver be restricted to PC, or some wider
> > subset of platforms where this LPC SUper-IO chip is present?
> 
> Which tree is f71805f in? Not in Linus'.

Running upstream 3.4.0-09547-gfb21aff and it is there as 
SENSORS_F71805F.

In fact, there are more LPC hwmon drivers that people can use to "shoot 
themselves in the leg" - SMSC LPC*, SMSC SCH*, SMSC DME1737 (partly I2C, 
partly ISA IO), and Fintek F71882FG and compatibles. Maybe more.

-- 
Meelis Roos (mroos@...ux.ee)
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