Re: [PATCHv8 1/1] Add support for GMT G762/G763 PWM fan controllers

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Hi,

Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 05:39:32PM +0200, Simon Guinot wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:21:04PM +0200, Arnaud Ebalard wrote:
>> > 
>> > GMT G762/763 fan speed PWM controller is connected directly to a fan
>> > and performs closed-loop or open-loop control of the fan speed. Two
>> > modes - PWM or DC - are supported by the chip. Introduced driver
>> > provides various knobs to control the operations of the chip (via
>> > sysfs interface). Specific characteristics of the system can be passed
>> > either using board init code or via DT. Documentation for both the
>> > driver and DT bindings are also provided.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > Hi Guenter,
>> > 
>> > I guess we can wait for Simon's tests against its 5Big Network to check
>> > everything is ok on another platform. Note that I also tested the patch
>> > on my (Armada 370 based) ReadyNAS 102 and it works as expected.
>> > 
>> > To be very accurate, I had to revert eda6bee6c7 to get both an out of
>> > tree driver for ISL 12057 chip and the g762 work *on the 102*, but this
>> > is an unrelated story (Debian bug #622325 [1] has more on the topic) for
>> > which I will create a separate thread. Simon, the symptom you reported
>> > for your read failures are different from those I get so I don't think
>> > the revert will fix your problem but it may be worth trying it.
>> > 
>> > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622325
>> 
>> Hi Arnaud and Guenter,
>> 
>> Actually, reverting the commit eda6bee6c7 seems to solve the -ENODEV
>> issue...
>> 
> Did you let the i2c maintainers know ?

As I wrote, I will create a separate thread on the topic. It is good to
have another unrelated example for which the problem is solved by
reverting this commit. I will keep both of you in the CC: list if you
want to follow the discussion.


>> Then, I have been able to test successfully the g762 driver against the
>> following boards:
>> 
>> - 2Big NAS (open-loop mode)
>> - 2Big Network v2 (open-loop mode)
>> - 5Big Network v2 (closed-loop mode)
>> 
>> For the last, I have also been able to configure the clock frequency
>> through the platform_data structure.
>> 
>> Tested-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your time and efforts, Simon.

Cheers,

a+
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