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05/10/04 23:52:33 (5 years ago)
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phil
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(Phil) Minor changes to README. Reflowed a couple paragraphs, removed
hints that project might be LGPL or that we can offer special permission
for non-GPL use. Added SMBus and I2C trademark notices (owned by Intel
and Philips, respectively). Updated package copyright to 2004.

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  • lm-sensors/trunk/README

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    2121This is the completely rewritten version 2 of lm_sensors, a collection of 
    22 modules for general SMBus access and hardware monitoring. 
     22modules for general SMBus[1] access and hardware monitoring. 
    2323Version 1 is now officially unsupported. 
    2424 
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    3535EVEN IF your kernel does contain i2c support! 
    3636 
    37 The I2C package in existing 2.4 kernels is NOT sufficient 
     37The I2C[2] package in existing 2.4 kernels is NOT sufficient 
    3838for compilation of this package. 
    3939 
    …… 
    123123 
    124124 
    125 We always appreciate testers. If you own a specific monitoring 
    126 chip listed on our 'new drivers' page, and are willing to help us out, 
    127 please contact us. Even if you have no programming knowledge, you could 
    128 help us by running new modules and reporting on the results and output. 
    129 If you want to offer more substantial help, this is very welcome too, of 
    130 course. 
     125We always appreciate testers. If you own a specific monitoring chip listed 
     126on our 'new drivers' page, and are willing to help us out, please contact 
     127us. Even if you have no programming knowledge, you could help us by running 
     128new modules and reporting on the results and output. If you want to offer 
     129more substantial help, this is very welcome too, of course. 
    131130 
    132131 
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    150149Most modern mainboards incorporate some form of hardware monitoring chips. 
    151150These chips read things like chip temperatures, fan rotation speeds and 
    152 voltage levels. There are quite a few different chips which can be used 
    153 by mainboard builders for approximately the same results. 
     151voltage levels. There are quite a few different chips which can be used by 
     152mainboard builders for approximately the same results. 
    154153 
    155154Hardware monitoring chips are often connected to the SMBus, but often they 
    …… 
    157156support both ways of accessing them. 
    158157 
    159 Because the SMBus is just a special case of the generalized I2C bus, we 
    160 can simulate the SMBus protocol on plain I2C busses. These busses are 
    161 sometimes used in other parts of your computer. If a supported chip is 
    162 attached to one of these additional busses, they can be used too. 
     158Because the SMBus is just a special case of the generalized I2C bus, we can 
     159simulate the SMBus protocol on plain I2C busses. These busses are sometimes 
     160used in other parts of your computer. If a supported chip is attached to 
     161one of these additional busses, they can be used too. 
    163162 
    164163Please read INSTALL before trying to compile and install these modules. 
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    179178through anonymous CVS; see doc/cvs for more information. 
    180179 
    181 This whole package is copyright (c) 1998 - 2003 by Frodo Looijaard and 
    182 Philip Edelbrock, except for a few drivers written by 
    183 other people. See the individual files for more exact copyright information.   
    184 This package may be distributed according to the GNU General Public License  
    185 (GPL), as included in the file COPYING. 
     180This whole package is copyright (c) 1998 - 2004 by Frodo Looijaard and 
     181Philip Edelbrock, except for a few drivers written by other people. See the 
     182individual files for more exact copyright information.  This package may be 
     183distributed according to the GNU General Public License (GPL), as included 
     184in the file COPYING. 
    186185 
    187 Note that at this moment, libsensors falls under the GPL, not the LGPL. 
    188 In more human language, that means it is FORBIDDEN to link any application 
    189 to the library, even to the shared version, if the application itself 
    190 does not fall under the GPL. This will probably be changed in the future. 
    191 In the meantime, you will have to contact us first if you want to do this. 
     186Note that libsensors falls under the GPL, not the LGPL.  In more human 
     187language, that means it is FORBIDDEN to link any application to the 
     188library, even to the shared version, if the application itself does not 
     189fall under the GPL. 
     190 
     191 
     192----- 
     193[1] SMBus is a trademark of Intel Corporation 
     194[2] I2Câis a trademark of Philips Corporation