Re: Documentation-based solution for lm-sensors mess, pass one
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 01:42:58PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> (For instance, is there going to be a compatible i2c modules in the 2.4
> kernel tree for 2.4.24?... it didn't *look* like it, but if so, a lot of
> this needs to be made even more complicated, and I'll be happy to do so.)
-ENONATIVESPEAKER :) Sorry, but what do you mean with the above
paragraph? If there will be support for 'new' (aka incomatible to
everything else) modules in 2.4.24?
> Next, README.Debian needs to be rewritten:
> README.Debian for lm-sensors
> ----------------------------
>
> lm-semsors requires kernel support to access sensor devices. There are
> two parts to these modules: generic drivers to access devices on the i2c
> bus, and drivers to support specific sensor devices.
>
> Both sets of modules are distributed with the mainline Linux kernel for
> 2.6 kernels.
Actually not all are ported yet, but I'm not sure whether that will be
true once a stable users reads README.Debian..
> For 2.4 kernels, it's more complicated. The i2c modules for lm-sensors
> must be built from the separate i2c-source package. You can no longer
> use the i2c support present in the kernel tree from kernels 2.4.9
> through 2.4.23. Those modules are INCOMPATIBLE with current lm-sensors.
>
> Unfortunately, a number of drivers in the 2.4 kernel depend on the
> kernel versions of the i2c modules. If you are using any of those
> drivers, you CANNOT use lm-sensors:
> (insert driver list here)
And a number out of tree drivers so,
(insert drivers list here)
(insert package list at Conflicts above)
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