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-rw-r--r--QUICKSTART4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 74a38b97..1d72aba1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ has its own strong points. They are:
Each of these ways will be described below in detail.
+NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE I2C-ALGO-BIT DRIVER (PART OF THE I2C PACKAGE)
+ COMPILED INTO YOUR KERNEL OR AVAILABLE AS A MODULE; SOME SENSORS
+ DRIVERS DEPEND ON IT!
+
NOTE: IN EACH CASE, YOU WILL HAVE TO GET AND INSTALL THE I2C PACKAGE FIRST!
SET COMPILE_KERNEL TO 0 IN THE MAIN MAKEFILE FOR OPTION 2, UNLESS
YOU NEED ALPHA OR BETA DRIVERS (SEE BELOW)
diff --git a/QUICKSTART b/QUICKSTART
index 9291a4b4..a3b1b961 100644
--- a/QUICKSTART
+++ b/QUICKSTART
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Quickstart:
compile your own from a 'vanilla' tree (get one from
ftp://ftp.kernel/org/pub/linux/kernel/).
* Install the i2c package. This won't do any harm, even if use a very
- recent 2.3 or 2.4 kernel, though it may be unnecessary
+ recent 2.3 or 2.4 kernel, though it may be unnecessary. At the very
+ least, make sure you have i2c-algo-bit either compiled into your
+ kernel or available as a module somewhere.
* Do a `make' followed by a `make install'. The warnings about .d
files at the start are harmless.
* Add the line