Changeset 1060

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04/05/01 01:42:12 (8 years ago)
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mds
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minor updates

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  • lm-sensors/trunk/doc/developers/new_drivers

    r995 r1060  
    66  check first nobody else is already working on it. 
    77  Check our "New Drivers" page for information also. 
     8  You will also need to ask us to have an ID reserved in 
     9  i2c-id.h in the i2c package. 
    810 
    911* Write the new driver.  
    …… 
    2123  Be sure and use 8 column tabs. 
    2224 
    23 * Add the driver to the Makefile. 
     25* Add the driver to the Module.mk (makefile) 
    2426  Usually, you can just add it to KERNEL{CHIPS,DRIVERS}TARGETS in the 
    2527  Module.mk file in the directory itself. 
    …… 
    4648  are present. Contact Frodo if you need help. 
    4749 
    48 * Add chip information to lib/chips.{c,h} for chip drivers 
     50* Add chip information to lib/chips.{c,h} (for chip drivers only) 
    4951  Until you have done this, the chip will be invisible for user-level 
    5052  programs. Again, contact Frodo if you need help with this. 
    5153 
    52 * Add entries to etc/sensors.conf.eg 
     54* Add entries to etc/sensors.conf.eg (for chip drivers only) 
    5355  If needed, you can set defaults here. 
    5456 
    55 * Add a dedicated procedure to prog/sensors/chips.[ch] 
     57* Add a dedicated procedure to prog/sensors/chips.[ch] (for chip drivers only) 
    5658  This makes the included sensors program pretty-print your chip information. 
    5759