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There have been many, many changes between version 1 and version 2 of this
package. Some of the more important ones:
* Fully modular setup. This makes it much easier to support new hardware,
and consumes less kernel memory.
* Full support for I2C busses. This includes the VIA chipset I2C bus. If it
is supported by Simon Vogl, it is supported by us.
* Many things which were done in kernel space are now done in user space.
The most obvious result is the absence of /proc/sensors. Use instead the
supplied 'sensors' program.
* No more limits on the number of chips.
* All detected chips get their own directory under /proc/sys/dev/sensors
* /proc/bus contains a list of all I2C/SMBus adapters found.
* All applications which want to use sensor data can now access it through
the new libsensors.
* A configuration file which is read by the above mentioned library, which
can (through libsensors) be used by any application, and which describes
how all sensor readings are to be interpreted.
* All code has been completely rewritten.
* Many new drivers
By now (version 2.3.0) so many things have changed that we do not even try
to keep the above list up-to-date. Just don't use version 1 anymore.
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