Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Kernel2.6

Timestamp:

03/17/07 14:35:39 (6 years ago)

Author:

khali

Comment:

Update driver port status

Kernel2.6

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 For recent 2.6 kernels (2.6.9 and later), you need at least lm_sensors 2.8.8. If the drivers you need are platform drivers (as opposed to i2c drivers), you need at least lm_sensors 2.10.1.
 
-Most bus drivers have been ported to kernel 2.6; however, only 74% of the chip drivers have been ported.
+Most hardware monitoring device drivers have been ported to Linux 2.6 by now, but some are still missing.
+All i2c bus drivers have been ported.
 
 Almost all userspace tools ([wiki:man/sensors sensors], [wiki:man/sensors-detect sensors-detect], the [wiki:i2cToolsDocumentation i2c diagnostic tools], eeprom decoding scripts and fan control scripts) offer support for 2.6.x kernels.
@@ -50 +51 @@
 
   * Some popular chip drivers are not yet ported. Therefore sensors-detect may recommend a driver that is not present. Please check your kernel configuration and the drivers/i2c/chips (up to 2.6.13-rc2) or drivers/hwmon (since 2.6.13-rc3) directory for the presence of your driver. Our [wiki:Devices Devices page] shows which drivers are present in 2.6 kernels.
-  * Following drivers have been ported and should show up in the Linux kernel tree soon: vt1211
-  * Ports for the following drivers are somewhat underway: bmcsensors, lm93 and mtp008
-  * If you would like to port an I2C/SMBus chip driver, read [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/i2c/porting-clients Documentation/i2c/porting-clients] as found in the Linux 2.6 kernel source tree. If you would like to port a non-I2C chip driver, please make sure to make it a platform driver.
+  * Following drivers have been ported and should show up in the Linux kernel tree soon: max6650
+  * Ports for the following drivers are somewhat underway: bmcsensors, lm93, mtp008 and thmc50
+  * If you would like to port an I2C/SMBus hardware monitoring driver, read [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/i2c/porting-clients Documentation/i2c/porting-clients] as found in the Linux 2.6 kernel source tree. If you would like to port a non-I2C chip driver, make it a platform driver, using the f71805f driver as an example.