> I have an A7V600 motherboard, which has a Via 8237 on it.
> It is not supported by current 2.6 kernels (test8, for example).
> I have added support by adding the following lines to vt596_ids[] in
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test8/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c.
>
> {
> .vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,
> .device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237,
> .subvendor = PCI_ANY_ID,
> .subdevice = PCI_ANY_ID,
> .driver_data = SMBBA3
> },
>
> I have not observed any brokenness, having used it for several weeks.
> I could, of course, continue making the change to future kernel
> versions, but this would surely benefit others if in the regular dist.
I've added support in our CVS repository. I will also send a patch to
Greg KH for Linux 2.6. Don't expect it to be added before 2.6.0 final
though, since only bug fixes will be accepted for now.
--
Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
