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authorFrodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>1999-09-20 15:16:57 +0000
committerFrodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>1999-09-20 15:16:57 +0000
commit8f771dc7586cba2c3f1a678322093279327fbcd9 (patch)
treed44f8059d032f1d4065094b4ae8ad0ecca5aeb94
parentb7bb64350cbcb3388ffa07c70f486be4bf68c1c4 (diff)
downloadlm-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--BACKGROUND3
-rw-r--r--BUGS2
-rw-r--r--CHANGES5
-rw-r--r--INSTALL3
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/BACKGROUND b/BACKGROUND
index 97295092..bc157c00 100644
--- a/BACKGROUND
+++ b/BACKGROUND
@@ -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
diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index 01056098..fceddbcd 100644
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -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.
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6027605b..6447a8b6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -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 ;)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 99b007d2..e1e27416 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -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.