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06/27/07 10:42:40 (6 years ago)
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khali
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Drop the section about procfs access.

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  • lm-sensors/branches/lm-sensors-3.0.0/doc/developers/applications

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    1212           via /dev/i2c-x 
    1313        2) I2C bus access functions as defined in kernel/include/i2c-dev.h 
    14         3A) /proc access to the chip device driver 
    15         3B) sysfs access to the chip device driver 
     14        3) sysfs access to the chip device driver 
    1615        4) libsensors library 
    1716        5) sensors program 
    … …  
    6160 
    6261 
    63 3A. /proc access (2.4 kernels) 
    64 ----------------------------- 
    65    Chip drivers using the i2c-proc module create subdirectories in 
    66    /proc/sys/dev/sensors which can be accessed directly by applications. 
    67    Naming and content standards for the entries in these subdirectories 
    68    is documented in the file doc/developers/proc. Note that these 
    69    standards may not be strictly followed. 
    70  
    71    If a new driver adheres to these standards then an application may 
    72    be able to support new devices on-the-fly. 
    73  
    74    /proc access provides a method to read and write sensor values 
    75    for any driver using i2c-proc, including ISA chip drivers. 
    76  
    77    This method also works well for shell and perl scripts 
    78    written to access a specific device. Note that i2c-proc is 
    79    standard in the kernel as of kernel 2.4.13. 
    80  
    81    Note that most drivers provide only raw sensor readings via /proc; 
    82    many readings must be scaled or adjusted, and these adjustments 
    83    must often be changed by the user. An application using /proc must 
    84    generally provide adjustment facilities and the requirements 
    85    of the adjustments can be quite complex. If you need adjustment 
    86    facilities, consider the libsensors library, below. 
    87  
    88    For examples of programs using /proc accesses, see 
    89    prog/eeprom/decode-dimms.pl, prog/matorb/displayit.pl, 
    90    prog/maxilife/writelcd.sh, prog/rrd/sens_update_rrd, 
    91    prog/pwm/fancontrol, and prog/pwm/pwmconfig. 
    92    Also search freshmeat for sensors applications. 
    93  
    94  
    95 3B. sysfs access (2.6 kernels) 
    96 ------------------------------ 
     623. sysfs access 
     63--------------- 
    9764   Chip drivers using the i2c-sensor module create subdirectories in 
    9865   the sysfs filesystem (usually /sys) which can be accessed 
    … …  
    10774 
    10875   sysfs access provides a method to read and write sensor values 
    109    for any driver using i2c-sensor, including ISA chip drivers. 
     76   for any driver, including ISA chip drivers. 
    11077 
    11178   This method may also works well for shell and perl scripts 
    … …  
    11582   Note that most drivers provide only raw sensor readings via /sys; 
    11683   many readings must be scaled or adjusted, and these adjustments 
    117    must often be changed by the user. An application using /proc must 
     84   must often be changed by the user. An application using /sys must 
    11885   generally provide adjustment facilities and the requirements 
    11986   of the adjustments can be quite complex. If you need adjustment 
    … …  
    12188 
    12289   For an examples of a program using /sys accesses, see gkrellm. 
    123    See also lib/proc.c and prog/dump/i2cbusses.c for examples. 
    124    The sysfsutils package may also be helpful. 
     90   See also lib/proc.c and i2cbusses.c (in the i2c-tools package) for 
     91   examples. The sysfsutils package may also be helpful. 
    12592   Also search freshmeat for sensors and sysfs applications. 
    12693