Changeset 1012

Timestamp:

02/04/01 12:43:09 (12 years ago)

Author:

frodo

Message:

Better notes about mkpatch not working on 2.3 kernels

Location:

lm-sensors/trunk

Files:

• INSTALL (modified) (2 diffs)
• README (modified) (1 diff)

lm-sensors/trunk/INSTALL

@@ -64 +64 @@
 files in /usr/local/include, this will probably go wrong. See below on
 how to fix this.
+
+NOTE: option 3 only works with 2.2 and 2.4 (2.4.0 and later) kernels;
+      option 1 and 2 also work with 2.3 kernels.
 
 
@@ -240 +243 @@
 
 There is a special script which should be able to generate diffs against
-any 2.2 or 2.4 kernel. Note that 2.3 kernels are no longer supported for
-this compilation option (choose option 1 instead). Please report any 
-problems to our mailinglist. Note that it may fail, and probably silently, 
-if you have applied other patches to your kernel tree, or for very new kernels.
-It *is* safe to run it if your kernel already has the lm_sensors drivers.
-It will only work if you applied the i2c patches first.
+any 2.2 or 2.4 kernel (2.4.0 or later). Note that 2.3 kernels are no 
+longer supported for this compilation option (choose option 1 instead). 
+Please report any problems to our mailinglist. Note that it may fail, 
+and probably silently, if you have applied other patches to your kernel \
+tree, or for very new kernels.  It *is* safe to run it if your kernel 
+already has the lm_sensors drivers.  It will only work if you applied the 
+i2c patches first.
 
 ** Only a subset of the modules in lm_sensors are patched into the        **

lm-sensors/trunk/README

@@ -23 +23 @@
 but you may need to download it separately at:
   http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78
+
 Kernels 2.3.34 and later, and all 2.4.x kernels, contain the
 new I2C package; however, you may still need to download and install
 the latest I2C version if lm_sensors does not compile.
+>>>>>>> 1.51