[ltp] Quick bit of info and a request for help

[Richard Neill]

Just an idea - is there any way we can safely test the detection code so 
as to help out? Is it possible to get a small program which just does the
	"is it a thinkpad or not"

part without including any of the code that does,
	
	"provided that it's not a thinkpad, then do dangerous_stuff"?


Richard



Bill Mair wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Latest versions of lm_sensors (>=2.6.5) now contains code to identify 
> IBM machines (not just ThinkPads but any IBM H/W).
> 
> If it identifies the machine machine vendor, via BIOS calls AFAIK, as 
> being IBM, then it will not run. I have talked (mailed) with one of the 
> developers and he says that the detection code has not been thoroughly 
> tested (big surprise, I don't want to test it either), so he still 
> recommends the ThinkPad users leave it alone (unless that they are sure 
> that they don't have the chip "24RF08" on their H/W).
> 
> So, the waring still stands. DON'T try lm-sensors !