i2c for Alpha

[Jeff Sacksteder]

> I suspect that you tried to update lm_sensors to 2.8.0 but did not
> update i2c to 2.8.0 preliminarily. Do that and it should work OK. You

I built i2c outside the kernel using a package for my distribution.

> might want to take a look at our installation guide at
> http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/devel/i2c/ since installing i2c
> 2.8.0 is somewhat tricky.

Is it still the case with 2.8.1, that you have to have the kernel patch 
applied to build?