[elrepo] el7: Intel Braswell i2c host adapter support

[Björn Gerhart]

Hi Phil,


> Am 04.12.2016 um 21:02 schrieb Björn Gerhart <gerhart at posteo.de>:
> 
> Hi Phil,
> 
>> I've built am updated package for EL7.3, that backports the i2c-i801 driver from kernel-4.4.36, and includes support for the Braswell and Wildcat Point IHC's not supported by the RHEL7.3 kernel.
>> 
>> The following package is syncing to the mirrors and should be available shortly:
>> 
>> kmod-i2c-i801-0.0-3.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> 
> Excellent. Thanks so much for your support!
> 
>> Note this package requires the RHEL7.3 kernel and is not backward compatible with earlier releases of RHEL, so I would recommend you update at the same time as you update to EL7.3
>> 
> I’ll give it a try once installing the EL7.3 kernel and report about the test on my Braswell system.
> 
As expected, the EL7.3 kernel lacks support for the onboard i2c host adapter 8086:2292 which is part of Intel’s Braswell platform. However, after installing the latest el7 kmod-i2c-i801 package, the host adapter gets supported properly.

Thanks! Björn

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