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author | Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> | 1999-09-20 15:16:57 +0000 |
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committer | Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> | 1999-09-20 15:16:57 +0000 |
commit | 8f771dc7586cba2c3f1a678322093279327fbcd9 (patch) | |
tree | d44f8059d032f1d4065094b4ae8ad0ecca5aeb94 | |
parent | b7bb64350cbcb3388ffa07c70f486be4bf68c1c4 (diff) | |
download | lm-sensors-git-8f771dc7586cba2c3f1a678322093279327fbcd9.tar.gz |
Other main files updated.
Can people please update the CHANGES file? The current text is a cop-out :-)
git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@568 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
-rw-r--r-- | BACKGROUND | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | BUGS | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | CHANGES | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 3 |
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ understand what you are seeing happen. When you want to communicate with a piece of hardware, you need a kernel driver (well, that is not quite true, but it is in most cases the only way to do it safely). In the past, this meant you had to patch the kernel -and recompile it. These days, you can use kernel modules. +and recompile it. These days, you can use kernel modules. We support both +approaches. We have chooses for a very modular (no pun intended) setup. There are a few general-purpose base kernel modules, which you always need. In @@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ Kernel i2c conflict An older version of the i2c modules is distributed in 2.2 and late 2.1 kernels. If you try to use it at the same moment as our i2c modules, you -may get into trouble. There is no nice solution for this yet. +may get into trouble. This should be fixed for lm_sensors-2.4.0 and newer. @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ ask CVS about it: for example: cvs diff -r V2-0-0 -r V2-0-1 -u +2.4.0 (19990920) + Too much to list. + i2c and smbus parts are split off to a separate i2c package. + New drivers and other stuff. + 2.3.4 (19990616) Module matorb: driver for Matrix-Orbital Displays (small LCD and VFDs) All: Now compiles against kernel 2.0.x (again ;) @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ has its own strong points. They are: This will patch your kernel source tree. You must recompile your kernel to take advantage of this. But it makes it possible to compile drivers into the kernel itself, instead of having to add them as modules. - YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO COMPILE THIS PACKAGE TO GET THE USERLAND UTILITIES! + AFTER YOU COMPILED AND INSTALLED YOUR KERNEL, YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO + COMPILE THIS PACKAGE TO GET THE USERLAND UTILITIES! Each of these ways will be described below in detail. |