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01/19/06 21:33:57 (2 years ago)
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khali
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Sparse minor fixes, and rewrite of the SMBus vs. ISA paragraph.

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  • lm-sensors/trunk/README

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    33     FOR QUICK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE THE 'QUICKSTART' FILE. 
     
    1212!!! THIS PACKAGE REQUIRES i2c-2.9.0 or later!!! 
    1313 
    14 FOR 2.6/2.5 KERNELS, Use only the userspace tools in this package! 
     14FOR 2.6/2.5 KERNELS, use only the userspace tools in this package! 
    1515Build and install them with 'make user' and 'make user_install'. 
    1616The kernel modules in this package will not compile for 2.6/2.5; 
     
    132132you have (and incidentally, what corresponding drivers are needed). You 
    133133could also take a look at http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ 
    134 (this lists chips found on many mainboard, but regrettable, not the adapters 
     134(this lists chips found on many mainboard, but regrettably not the adapters 
    135135on them) or http://web01.fureai.or.jp/~hirobo/project/reserch_project.html 
    136 (yes, it is japanese; you want the ninth column, and it again lists only 
     136(yes, it is Japanese; you want the ninth column, and it again lists only 
    137137chips, not adapters). 
    138138 
     
    149149mainboard builders for approximately the same results. 
    150150 
    151 Hardware monitoring chips are often connected to the SMBus, but often they 
    152 can also be connected to the ISA bus. The modules in this package usually 
    153 support both ways of accessing them. 
     151Hardware monitoring chips often have an SMBus or I2C interface. Some are 
     152connected to ISA bus instead. Some of them can do both, in which case we 
     153either support both access methods (old drivers) or only support ISA 
     154access (new drivers) as it is faster. 
    154155 
    155156Because the SMBus is just a special case of the generalized I2C bus, we can