46427 – lm-sensors, i2c and kernel 2.6

Bug 46427 - lm-sensors, i2c and kernel 2.6

Summary: lm-sensors, i2c and kernel 2.6

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2004-03-31 17:11 UTC by Prieto
Modified:	2004-04-13 13:32 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Prieto 2004-03-31 17:11:32 UTC

lm-sensors has i2c as dependency. However, i2c is not needed (and even fails to compile) with a 2.6.x kernel, because it has i2c support built-in.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge lm-sensors (with a 2.6 kernel)
Actual Results:  
  * You are running:- 2.6.4
  * Using kernel in /usr/src/linux:- 2.6.4
  * Kernel version in /usr/src/linux is not 2.4.x
  * Please specify a 2.4.x kernel!



As emerge i2c says:
 * This ebuild assumes your *current* kernel is >=2.4.9 && < 2.5+
 *
 * For 2.5+ series kernels, use the support already in the kernel
 * under 'Character devices' -> 'I2C support'.

workaround:
 emerge -O lm-sensors

Comment 1 Tuan Van (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-31 17:23:51 UTC

I have not tried myself, but you don't need lm-sensors with 2.6 kernel either.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=101573&highlight=lmsensor

Comment 2 Prieto 2004-03-31 17:25:25 UTC

What was I thinking about?
Yes, you're right Lang.

Comment 3 Blu3 2004-04-13 13:10:29 UTC

True that you don't need the drivers... but the utilities are nice to have.

Comment 4 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-13 13:32:35 UTC

this is only in two ebuilds

lm-sensors-2.7.0-r1.ebuild:DEPEND="~sys-apps/i2c-2.7.0"
lm-sensors-2.8.1.ebuild:DEPEND=">=sys-apps/i2c-2.8.1"