Even more documentation updates

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@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ This is a list of modules, the modules they depend on, and the module
parameters they define. First, some things about managing all these
modules.
Managing Modules
================
The hardcore way is to insmod each of them by hand. This is not very
practical, though. It is better to install them in a subdirectory that
modprobe examines. /lib/modules/current/extra/misc comes to mind.
@@ -11,8 +14,10 @@ which file is used depends on your distribution):
path[misc]=/lib/modules/current/extra/misc
(modutils-2.1.x):
path=/lib/modules/current/extra
Do always a 'killall -HUP kerneld; depmod -a' after changing either your
configuration file or changing a module in one of the module directories.
Do always a 'depmod -a' after changing either your configuration file or
changing a module in one of the module directories; you also need to do
a 'killall -HUP kerneld' if you still use kerneld (kernel 2.2.x usually
uses kmod.
Now you can do 'modprobe lm78', and all dependent modules are loaded
automatically. You could, of course, add this statement (and related
@@ -41,6 +46,12 @@ With the above, the managing of all those modules is suddenly no problem
at all!
Available Modules
=================
This does not list the chip and bus drivers; please examine the directories
doc/chips and doc/busses for more information about them.
(i2c) i2c-core:
The core i2c module (surprise!). Almost everything else depends on this one.
Module parameters:
@@ -56,16 +67,6 @@ at all!
SMBus emulation on i2c busses. Base algorithm, on which SMBus-only adapters
rely.
(src/busses) i2c-piix4: smbus i2c-core
PIIX4 SMBus access.
(src/busses) i2c-via: algo-bit i2c-core
VIA VT82C586B bus access. This is often used instead of the PIIX4 as SMBus
host.
(src/busses) i2c-ali15x3: smbus i2c-core
Acer Labs M1541 and M1543C bus access.
(src/busses) i2c-isa: i2c-core
Defines the ISA bus as being a I2C adapter. It isn't, of course; but this is
often used by sensor client modules, to keep the code small and simple.
@@ -73,34 +74,6 @@ at all!
(src) sensors: i2c-core
General purpose routines for sensor client modules
(src/chips) lm78: sensors smbus i2c-core
LM78, LM78-J and LM79 chip driver
(src/chips) lm75: sensors smbus i2c-core
LM75 chip driver
(src/chips) gl518sm: sensors smbus i2c-core
GL518SM revision 0x00 and 0x80 chip driver
(src/chips) adm1021: sensors smbus i2c-core
ADM1021 and MAX1617 chip driver
(src/chips) adm9240: sensors smbus i2c-core
ADM9240 chip driver
(src/chips) ltc1710: sensors smbus i2c-core
LTC1710 chip driver
(src/chips) sis5595: sensors smbus i2c-core
SIS-5595 chipset hardware monitor driver
(src/chips) w83781d: sensors smbus i2c-core
W83781D chip driver
(src/chips) eeprom: sensors smbus i2c-core
Driver for DIMMs connected to the SMBus. You need prog/eeprom/decode-dimms.pl
to make sense of its output.
(i2c) algo-bit: i2c-core
The 'bit' algorithm, used by many i2c adapters
Module parameters:
@@ -133,6 +106,7 @@ i2c/old-code.
Usually, if you load the modules through modprobe, you need the following
commands:
modprobe i2c-proc
modprobe i2c-dev # Often not needed; see above
modprobe i2c-isa # Unless you are certain no sensor chips live on the ISA bus
modprobe i2c-piix4 # One such line for each adapter you own
modprobe lm78 # One such line for each device you own