Re: [PATCH v4 08/11] macintosh/via-pmu68k: Don't load driver on unsupported hardware

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Jul 30 2018 - 03:23:44 EST


On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:21 AM Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Don't load the via-pmu68k driver on early PowerBooks. The M50753 PMU
> device found in those models was never supported by this driver.
> Attempting to load the driver usually causes a boot hang.
>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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