i2c/sensors patch for 2.4.21 uploaded to my server....

[mds@paradyne.com (Mark D. Studebaker )]

The rule is, "modules aren't supposed to change their own usage count"
so you shouldn't use MOD_xxx_USE_COUNT.
All the usage counts are changed in i2c-core now.
That's what caused all the struct changes.

Jean Delvare wrote:
>>I changed the name, but I also uploaded the corrected patches with the
>>2.4.21 prefix. All of the other 2.4.20 patches could be renamed with
>>the 2.4.21 prefix and new regeneration of the patches are unnecessary.
> 
> 
> It looks like the 2.4.21-i2c-sensors-patch.gz is older than the other
> patches. You forgot to upload the new one, didn't you?
> 
> 
>>I also downloaded the 2.8.0 stuff and tested it out on my dual Athlon
>>machine. I have uploaded the 2.8.0 patches for 2.4.21 to my ftp site
>>as well. There were two modules, scx200_acb.c and scx200_i2c.c that
>>did not compile. These patches have also been uploaded. The link again
>>is:
>>
>>     ftp://ftp.realitydiluted.com/linux/i2c
> 
> 
> I've added this link to our download page. Some things would need to be
> clarified however:
> 
> 1* I saw you added calls to MOD_INC_USE_COUNT and MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT in
> at least the SCx200 driver.Why that? The compatibility issue raised by
> this release was caused by the use of these. Mark D. Studebaker told me
> to get rid of them in all kernel drivers, what I did. So, what are we
> really supposed to do? Mark, I'd like to hear you on this.
>