Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753629AbYAMRnq (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:43:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753161AbYAMRnj (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:43:39 -0500 Received: from smtp-100-sunday.nerim.net ([62.4.16.100]:56528 "EHLO kraid.nerim.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753149AbYAMRni (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:43:38 -0500 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:43:37 +0100 From: Jean Delvare To: "Jon Smirl" Cc: i2c@lm-sensors.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c subsystem Message-ID: <20080113184337.5d4cd546@hyperion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <9e4733910801130826l799e4897pe7380ccb973b5fd0@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e4733910712171839h214e0bc3q179266c86e5987b1@mail.gmail.com> <20080113152735.5dca46a1@hyperion.delvare> <9e4733910801130714m1be16826jf240171972324d16@mail.gmail.com> <20080113163543.16e3d26b@hyperion.delvare> <9e4733910801130826l799e4897pe7380ccb973b5fd0@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.5 (GTK+ 2.10.6; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1301 Lines: 30 On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:26:07 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > 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. They do. I'm testing with the lm90 driver, which depends on the hwmon driver. Both load automatically when the underlying i2c-parport driver instantiate an "adm1032" i2c device. -- Jean Delvare -- 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/