Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MW> On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:06:13AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: DZM> If you're using an older kernel or want the updated i2c drivers, DZM> you can also install them from the i2c-source package (in which DZM> case you should completely disable i2c in the kernel). MW> MW> Doesn't the documentation say different? I'm having trouble finding the MW> reference (the lm-sensors site isn't a model of organization... kinda like MW> my desk!), but I coulda sworn that it says the exact opposite. MW> MW> Does kinda make sense... how do you expect to load a module for a facility MW> the kernel isn't using?
I'm a bit confused about what you're asking here. So, trying to explain: There are three layers you need to usefully use lm-sensors. One is the lm-sensors userspace programs (sensors, sensord). The second is the lm-sensors kernel drivers. The third is the i2c kernel drivers. You need compatible versions of all three. Source for all three is distributed from http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/; source for the i2c kernel drivers is also included in the Linux kernel. Before kernel 2.4.13, the version of i2c distributed with the kernel was too old. So to use lm-sensors with older kernels, you need to disable i2c in the kernel and build i2c and lm-sensors kernel modules from source. (So, you can build things outside the kernel tree even if you've disabled the corresponding options in the kernel configuration.) According to the lm-sensors site, kernel 2.4.13 includes i2c 2.6.1, which is compatible with lm-sensors 2.6.2. So you have the option of using the in-kernel i2c drivers, if you want to, in which case you enable that option in the kernel configuration (including, in particular, "I2C /proc interface") and build lm-sensors externally. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
