[ltp] Mandrake 8.2 on a Thinkpad R30

[Victor Wagner]

On 2002.04.27 at 07:32:53 +0200, ZeiMoT wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Keith Frechette wrote:
> > 1. Yes - the ThinkPad R30 is susceptible to the serial EEPROM wipe-out if
> > lm_sensors is used. If possible, elect to not install lm_sensors.
> 
> What exactly is it that lm_sensors does that can/will damage the EEPROM?
> I believe it has to write something to the EEPROM in order to damage it,

You have write to some IO/port which happens to connected to EEPROM
rather than sensor chip, as lm-sensors expect.

> right? Isn't it possible the to include a memoryprotection into the kernel

EEPROM is not in the processor address space, so it looks rather like
I/O device than like memory region.

> If the EEPROM can be damaged by lm_sensors, then it can be damaged by a
> trojan or similar in Windows, right ?
 
Of course. But nobody whould write trojan orientend just to particular
model of Thinkpad.
 
 

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