Conflict with Video4Linux? (Examined/Solved - All)

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There are some strange things which happen (errors and warnings) when using lm_sensors and video4linux at the same time. This is especially true for the BTTV driver. What's going on? Is there something I can do to make things work better? Phil ---

Both our software and some of the V4L software uses Simon Vogl's I2C code. Our package uses the latest versions of Simon's code, and we've tried to work closely with Simon to keep things current and working well. Unfortunately V4L seems to use some old implementations of Simon's code which may cause some errors or warnings when used with our software. Some things to keep in mind: - Use the I2C code distributed with the bttv driver. You should be able to use both it and our code at the same time with little problem. You may run into problems trying to remove modules, though. - Sometimes it helps to insert the V4L stuff first before using lm_sensors. In the long run, we hope that we can bring together the different implementations of the I2C code into a common code base to eliminate these sorts of problems. We may even look into porting the current bttv's I2C interface to Simon's latest version. (It seems that BTTV doesn't quite use Simon's I2C code correctly.) Phil