From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.184]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435C3DDE1F for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:26:13 +1100 (EST) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c27so1535000rvf.9 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:26:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9e4733910801130826l799e4897pe7380ccb973b5fd0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:26:07 -0500 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Jean Delvare" Subject: Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c subsystem In-Reply-To: <20080113163543.16e3d26b@hyperion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <9e4733910712171839h214e0bc3q179266c86e5987b1@mail.gmail.com> <20080113152735.5dca46a1@hyperion.delvare> <9e4733910801130714m1be16826jf240171972324d16@mail.gmail.com> <20080113163543.16e3d26b@hyperion.delvare> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, i2c@lm-sensors.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 1/13/08, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:14:14 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > On 1/13/08, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:39:37 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > Follow on to: "Series to add device tree naming to i2c" > > > > Teach module-init-tools about the i2c subsystem. > > > > > > Can you please explain what this patch does and why it is needed? > > > > It generates the entries needed for the user space module tools to > > work with the aliases. For example modprobe/depmod. It is a standard > > part of the kernel module system. > > What entries, where? What can you do after applying your patch that you > couldn't do before? The drivers you are testing with don't depend on other drivers. > I'm asking because automatic i2c driver loading works just fine for me > without patching user-space. So I don't get why your want to change > anything. > > -- > Jean Delvare > -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com