Jean Delvare wrote: > The easiest way to test the patch is to use i2c-viapro in conjunction > with the eeprom driver. This supposes that you do actually have a VIA > south bridge with EEPROMs (typically SPD) on the SMBus. If not, you > won't be able to test, sorry. > > In order to verify whether I2C block reads work for you, just compare > the contents of this file: > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/0-0050/eeprom I've tested your patch on gericom X5 with VIA chipset and it works fine without/with your patch (no diff in eeprom contents). Here is the lspci info: noa linux # lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8753 [P4X266 AGP] (rev 01) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP] 0000:00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:07.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) 0000:00:07.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) 0000:00:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) 0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge 0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 23) 0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 23) 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 30) 0000:00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 70) 0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 70) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M] (rev a3) regards, hinko k -- ..because under Linux "if something is possible in principle, then it is already implemented or somebody is working on it". --LKI
