Changeset 4693 for lm-sensors/branches/lm-sensors-3.0.0/lib/libsensors.3

Timestamp:

08/22/07 19:04:12 (6 years ago)

Author:

khali

Message:

Drop support for reloading the configuration with sensors_init().
Instead, the application will have to call sensors_exit() explicitly
before calling sensors_init() again. Most applications don't offer
any way to reload the configuration file, so better optimize for the
initial load.

Files:

• lm-sensors/branches/lm-sensors-3.0.0/lib/libsensors.3 (modified) (1 diff)

lm-sensors/branches/lm-sensors-3.0.0/lib/libsensors.3

@@ -54 +54 @@
 .B int sensors_init(FILE *input);
 .br
-(Re)load the configuration file and the detected chips list. If this returns a value unequal to zero, you are in trouble; you can not assume anything will be initialized properly.
+Load the configuration file and the detected chips list. If this returns a
+value unequal to zero, you are in trouble; you can not assume anything will
+be initialized properly. If you want to reload the configuration file, call
+sensors_cleanup() below before calling sensors_init() again.
 
 .B void sensors_cleanup(void);