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From: Jean-Marc Beaune <jm.beaune@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Anyone got a Soekris 5501 board can test a trivial kernel patch ?
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:06:17
Message-Id: AANLkTin3wSOfuyPu1mYc6GUEYMNGv-x5Tk5w0JTaE0_J@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Anyone got a Soekris 5501 board can test a trivial kernel patch ? by Ed W
1 Hi,
2
3 I have a Net4801, can this be of any help?
4
5 /JM
6
7 On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com> wrote:
8
9 > On 18/03/2011 15:43, wireless wrote:
10 > > On 03/18/11 05:27, Ed W wrote:
11 > >> Hi, I'm submitting a patch for the Alix board LED driver and want to
12 > >> submit a similar cleanup for the 5501 LED driver. Anyone got a board
13 > >> and a few minutes to test a kernel patch for me please?
14 > >>
15 > >> Ed W
16 > >>
17 > >>
18 > >
19 > > http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.htm
20 > >
21 > >
22 > > I have an alix 2d3 board. Never set it up, so you'll
23 > > have to put a bootable image up somehere I can grab put
24 > > it (your image) on CF or usb and boot; then test.
25 > >
26 > > I'm not even sure it has LEDs..... as it is a box
27 > > on the shelf...
28 >
29 > Thanks for the offer - you have struck the nail on the head though -
30 > it's a soekris driver so I need a soekris board...
31 >
32 > Note for those with Alix boards I am trying to submit an updated
33 > alix-leds driver which means you can have GPIO *and* LEDs at the same
34 > time. However, you will (probably not) notice that you need to enable
35 > the new cs5535-mfd on 2.6.38 if you want gpio to work (like 2.6.37)...
36 > Beware... (says someone who spent a couple of hours figuring this out
37 > today...)
38 >
39 > Anyway, the SOekris board is quite similar so I wanted to submit the
40 > same patch for that, but I need someone with a board to test it..
41 >
42 > Cheers
43 >
44 > Ed W
45 >
46 >
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49 --
50 Jean-Marc

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