From 406af47121c9da9acb2ea3043d9d8ba53ffcbc6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frodo Looijaard Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 23:40:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update in INSTALL and README to reflect the new i2c code in kernels 2.3.34 and newer. git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@673 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0 --- INSTALL | 4 ++++ README | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 9004ffc3..480dcf5a 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ NOTE: PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION IN THE DOC SUBDIRECTORY IF YOU GET STUCK! Installing the i2c package ========================== +Note: as of kernel 2.3.34, the new i2c code is integrated into the +mainstream kernels. You can skip this whole step if you use kernel +2.3.34 or later. + As of version 2.4.0 of lm_sensors, all i2c components are distributed in a separate package. There are install instructions in that package. If you want to use compilation option 2 (patching the kernel) for lm_sensors, diff --git a/README b/README index d3f40c9b..2c1733d8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ WARNING! Many things have changed sinse version 2.4.0. Most importantly, you need the i2c package. It should have come bundled with lm_sensors, but you may need to download it separately at: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78 -Users of newer 2.3.x (and soon to be 2.4.x) kernels will be happy to know -that the new I2C implementation has been included in the kernel, but you -can still patch it with the latest version (see i2c/mkpatch/mkpatch.pl). +Users of kernel 2.3.34 and later (and also all soon to be 2.4.x) kernels +will be happy to know that the new I2C implementation has been included +in the kernel, but you can still patch it with the latest version +(see i2c/mkpatch/mkpatch.pl), but this is optional. WARNING! The default module installation directory changed since version 2.2.1. If you don't change the directory in /etc/modules.conf (or