From 8c2cf94413acefeebf45f86f8da1bba3cc30b57a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 17:01:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Insist on the fact that 2.4 kernels have an outdated i2c     
    subsystem.

git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@2519 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
---
 INSTALL    | 3 ++-
 QUICKSTART | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a875c851..9694acf0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ See QUICKSTART for the simple version.
 
 The driver modules in this package are ONLY for 2.4 kernels 2.4.9 or later !!!
 
-This package REQUIRES i2c-2.8.1 or later!!!
+This package REQUIRES i2c-2.8.1 or later! The i2c subsystem found in the
+Linux 2.4 kernel trees, even the latest ones, is outdated and won't work.
 
 FOR 2.5/2.6 KERNELS, do not attempt to compile this package.
     Use the drivers already in the 2.5/2.6 kernel tree.
diff --git a/QUICKSTART b/QUICKSTART
index b7dcff1b..5001287e 100644
--- a/QUICKSTART
+++ b/QUICKSTART
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Other methods are described in INSTALL.
     you MUST remove them (as root) with `rmmod'.
 
   * Download, build, and install the latest i2c package,
-    (i2c-2.8.1 or later).
+    (i2c-2.8.1 or later). The i2c subsystem found in the Linux 2.4
+    kernel trees, even the latest ones, is outdated and won't work.
     Quickstart for i2c: make; make install; depmod -a
 
   * Go back to the lm_sensors directory. Do `make'.