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[rol@as2917.net: Need help for kernel 2.5.x ???]

[Frodo Looijaard]

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Hello,

Homepage of lm-sensors states that you need help to migrate to kernel 2.5.x.
I'm running 2.5.72, and i'd like to have lm-sensors running on my platform.

Thus, I'm ready to give a try helping you.

Problem is : it seems that no currently available version is to be used
for kernel 2.5.

What should be the one I have to start with ? CVS ? 2.7.0 ?

Thanks for your answer,
Regards,
Paul

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[rol@as2917.net: Need help for kernel 2.5.x ???]

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:46:05PM +0200, Paul Rolland wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > If you can do any development on the conversion, it would be 
> > greatly appreciated.
> 
> This is exactly what I was thinking of, and my question was : which
> basis is the best one : lm_sensors-2.7.0 or some CVS checkout ?

Ah, I don't think anyone has started any cvs code for the 2.5/2.6
version of lmsensors, sorry.  Or does someone who knows the cvs tree
better than I know if this is incorrect?

thanks

greg k-h

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[Paul Rolland]

Hello,

> The version is already built into the 2.5 kernel.  So select 
> the i2c driver options in that kernel and see how well they work.
> 
Yes, I2C are present, and I have them available within sysfs.

My mail was motivated by :
 - I can't find anymore i2c within /proc/bus or anywhere else
   within /proc and it seems that lm_sensors tools are still
   looking for something there.
 - the home page was related to libsensors.a and not to i2c sensors
   and I was thinking that libsensors was the stuff that new where 
   to get the details in the system (thus switching from /proc to 
   sysfs should be in libsensors for user space application), and
   I was ready to give it a try.

Sorry I badly understood.

Regards,
Paul

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[Greg KH]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 08:56:59PM +0200, Frodo Looijaard wrote:
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> From: Paul Rolland <rol@as2917.net>
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> Hello,
> 
> Homepage of lm-sensors states that you need help to migrate to kernel 2.5.x.
> I'm running 2.5.72, and i'd like to have lm-sensors running on my platform.
> 
> Thus, I'm ready to give a try helping you.
> 
> Problem is : it seems that no currently available version is to be used
> for kernel 2.5.

The version is already built into the 2.5 kernel.  So select the i2c
driver options in that kernel and see how well they work.

thanks,

greg k-h

[rol@as2917.net: Need help for kernel 2.5.x ???]

[Paul Rolland]

Hello,

> If you can do any development on the conversion, it would be 
> greatly appreciated.

This is exactly what I was thinking of, and my question was : which
basis is the best one : lm_sensors-2.7.0 or some CVS checkout ?

Regards,
Paul

[rol@as2917.net: Need help for kernel 2.5.x ???]

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:01:44AM +0200, Paul Rolland wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > The version is already built into the 2.5 kernel.  So select 
> > the i2c driver options in that kernel and see how well they work.
> > 
> Yes, I2C are present, and I have them available within sysfs.

Great, glad it's working for you.

> My mail was motivated by :
>  - I can't find anymore i2c within /proc/bus or anywhere else
>    within /proc and it seems that lm_sensors tools are still
>    looking for something there.
>  - the home page was related to libsensors.a and not to i2c sensors
>    and I was thinking that libsensors was the stuff that new where 
>    to get the details in the system (thus switching from /proc to 
>    sysfs should be in libsensors for user space application), and
>    I was ready to give it a try.
> 
> Sorry I badly understood.

No, you are correct, the lmsensors library doesn't currently support the
move to /sys.  We don't have a updated version yet, and the webpage is
asking for people to help out in doing that development.  Unfortunatly
there is nothing to help test out yet.

If you can do any development on the conversion, it would be greatly
appreciated.

thanks,

greg k-h

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[Paul Rolland]

Hello Jean,

> > > This is exactly what I was thinking of, and my question 
> was : which 
> > > basis is the best one : lm_sensors-2.7.0 or some CVS checkout ?
> > 
> > Ah, I don't think anyone has started any cvs code for the 2.5/2.6 
> > version of lmsensors, sorry.  Or does someone who knows the 
> cvs tree 
> > better than I know if this is incorrect?
> 
> No, you're correct (and so is Paul). Libsensors doesn't 
> handle sysfs and doesn't work with 2.5 kernels. Coders are welcome.
> 
> Paul, the version to start from is definitely CVS. 
> 

Thanks very much...
Any specific tag/release or a simple checkout will give me a 
good place where to start with ?

Regards,
Paul
 

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[Jean Delvare]

> > Paul, the version to start from is definitely CVS. 
> > 
> 
> Thanks very much...
> Any specific tag/release or a simple checkout will give me a 
> good place where to start with ?

No tag for lm_sensors, just checkout and it'll be OK. But if you also
need to checkout i2c code, you'll have to use tag lk2-4 for the i2c
repository. HEAD isn't used anymore and is just broken. lk2-4 may become
HEAD again someday (providing we find how to do this with CVS).

-- 
Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/

[rol@as2917.net: Need help for kernel 2.5.x ???]

[Jean Delvare]

> > This is exactly what I was thinking of, and my question was : which
> > basis is the best one : lm_sensors-2.7.0 or some CVS checkout ?
> 
> Ah, I don't think anyone has started any cvs code for the 2.5/2.6
> version of lmsensors, sorry.  Or does someone who knows the cvs tree
> better than I know if this is incorrect?

No, you're correct (and so is Paul). Libsensors doesn't handle sysfs and
doesn't work with 2.5 kernels. Coders are welcome.

Paul, the version to start from is definitely CVS. 

-- 
Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/