R: [ltp] I need Linux on my ThinkPad 600E but...

[Vivek]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Pino Giaquinto wrote:

> Thank you very much to Vivek and all others !
> I wish to know wich applications use I2C.
> Are there problems if I not compile the kernel to remove I2C ???

AFAIK it's quite unlikely - iirc there are some specific hardware bits and
pieces [programmable controllers and the like] which use I2C, but I don't
think there are any thinkpads with them built in [other than the lm chip,
which we're obviously not going to try and use here :)].

I know I've never compiled I2C support in, except once on a rackmounted box
with an lm sensor in it.

You can find out more at http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/:

2.2 What is the SMBus? And the I2C bus?

    The SMBus is the "System Management Bus".  More specifically, it is a
    2-wire, low-speed serial communication bus used for basic health
    monitoring and hardware management. It is a specific implementation of
    the more general I2C (pronunciation: I-squared-C) bus. In fact, both I2C
    devices and SMBus devices may be connected to the same (I2C) bus.

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