[plug] i2c???

[William Kenworthy]

i2c (or SMBus) is a bus used to control things like fans, temp sensors
and some cards like tv cards (esp tuners and the like).  It is a slow, 2
wire affair that is ideal for the purpose.  i2c is a package used to
interface apps like the tv card to the bus.  The kernel has a few basic
modules, but the original package is usually thought to be better.  Get
it via the lm_sensors website (search freshmeat).

I thought mandrake had the kernel modules, so you might be able to just
modprobe them and get away with that.  They are usually prefaced with
"i2c-"

e.g. "modprobe -kv i2c-probe"

BillK

On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 21:04, Mungo TheB wrote:
> > > XFree log says i2c loaded
> 
> what packages can be loaded seperatly if so?
> what IS i2c?
> 
> mungo
> 
> 
> >From: William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
> >Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> >To: Plug List <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> >Subject: Re: [plug] i2c???
> >Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 19:57:50 +0800
> >
> >looks like i2c is not installed, or the kernel hasnt been built with
> >it.  The kernel version always seems to lag, so you are better off
> >loading the separate i2c package.
> >
> >BillK
> >
> >On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 17:48, Mungo TheB wrote:
> > > playing with tv inputs and outputs
> > > XFree log says i2c loaded
> > > anyone want to point me in the right direction of how to solve this?
> > >
> > > saa7108e.o: unresolved symbol i2c_probe
> >
> >
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