Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752789AbYAMPOY (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:14:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751506AbYAMPOQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:14:16 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.184]:60775 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751291AbYAMPOP (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:14:15 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jtvyTGRg4VF3mr8hTiyahixcd4LDhmo43C1TjZWqOGnehczWqfreVm6fHlsgZrMoaL6fLN+uIMdRi+NC/7r6yCiqyJid21d1DZWqWR+tHZIpTG5QW+1c688gEtY1uFx0Gc2+zL38fqaM1rGYW2Ku5RTqUlGHFJ3QfVdnwC/g3Xg= Message-ID: <9e4733910801130714m1be16826jf240171972324d16@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:14:14 -0500 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Jean Delvare" Subject: Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c subsystem Cc: i2c@lm-sensors.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080113152735.5dca46a1@hyperion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9e4733910712171839h214e0bc3q179266c86e5987b1@mail.gmail.com> <20080113152735.5dca46a1@hyperion.delvare> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 741 Lines: 19 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. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/