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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | QUICKSTART | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 12 |
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@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ FOR 2.5/2.6 KERNELS, do not attempt to compile this package. do is 'make user' and 'make user_install'. Do NOT follow the rest of these instructions. +IF YOU REQUIRE BTTV AND RELATED MODULES, + See the information in README. + Do NOT follow the rest of these instructions. + + ============================================================================= These are the installation instruction for the lm_sensors package. @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Other methods are described in INSTALL. do is 'make user' and 'make user_install'. Do NOT follow the rest of these instructions. + * Do you require additional i2c-related + 2.4 kernel modules (bttv, i2c-matrox, rivatv, zoran...) ??? + See the information in README. + Do NOT follow the rest of these instructions. + * Make sure you have the kernel tree corresponding to your current kernel in /lib/modules/(uname -r)/build. Even if the source is there, it may not correspond to your running @@ -41,7 +41,17 @@ for compilation of this package. ADDITIONALLY, i2c-2.8.1 is not API compatible to earlier i2c releases due to struct changes; therefore you must NOT ENABLE any other i2c drivers (e.g. bttv) in the kernel. -Do NOT use lm-sensors 2.8.1 or i2c-2.8.1 if you require bttv. +Do NOT use lm-sensors 2.8.1 or i2c-2.8.1 directly out of this package +if you require bttv or related modules. + +Users whose systems require additional i2c-related +kernel modules (bttv, i2c-matrox, rivatv, zoran...) +will require additional patches for the Linux 2.4.21 and 2.4.22 kernels. +These patches fix compatibility differences between i2c-2.8.1 and +the Linux 2.4 kernels. +A complete installation guide is available at +http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/devel/i2c/ +(and mirrored at http://delvare.nerim.net/i2c/ ), See the lm_sensors download page for further guidance: http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/download.html |