From 66dc427a74acea746a930c960ef5e23c7bec2289 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Mark D. Studebaker" Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 02:40:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update for 2.6.0 git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@1104 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0 --- QUICKSTART | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/QUICKSTART b/QUICKSTART index 874b47eb..ef194cda 100644 --- a/QUICKSTART +++ b/QUICKSTART @@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ NOTE: PLEASE SKIM THE INSTALL DOCUMENT, OR BETTER YET READ IT CAREFULLY! The instructions in this document will generally work if you have a standard system, but not always!! -Quickstart for i2c option 1 (modules) and lm_sensors option 1 (modules): +Quickstart for i2c option 1 (modules) and lm_sensors option 1 (modules). +This is the recommended EASIEST METHOD. +Other methods are described in INSTALL. +--------------------------------------- * Make sure you have the kernel tree corresponding to your current kernel in /usr/src/linux. Distribution kernels usually won't do, @@ -13,13 +16,15 @@ Quickstart for i2c option 1 (modules) and lm_sensors option 1 (modules): ftp://ftp.kernel/org/pub/linux/kernel/). * Download, build, and install the latest i2c package. - This is not necessary if you are using lm_sensors 2.5.5 - with a 2.4 kernel. + This is necessary for lm_sensors 2.6.0 with ALL KERNELS. + Quickstart for i2c: make; make install; depmod -a * Do `make'. The warnings about .d files at the start are harmless. If you have compile problems, you probably should not have skipped step 2. Go back and install the latest i2c package. + If you still have compile problems, you probably should not + have skipped step 1. * Do (as root) `make install'. @@ -43,4 +48,5 @@ Quickstart for i2c option 1 (modules) and lm_sensors option 1 (modules): * Run `sensors' to see your output. - * That's it! If you have problems, read the INSTALL document. + * That's it! If you have problems, read the INSTALL document and, + of course our excellent FAQ (doc/FAQ).