I have successfully built i2c and lm_sensors on my alpha. Sensors-detect reports successfully identified the following- i2c-velleman.o: i2c Velleman K8000 adapter module version 2.6.5 (20020915) i2c-velleman.o: found device at 0x378. i2c-dev.o: i2c /dev entries driver module version 2.6.5 (20020915) i2c-dev.o: Registered 'Velleman K8000' as minor 0 No devices appear to be attached to the bus, though. Is there any other information I should make note of before trying to build 2.8 for this device?