[ltp] Is it OK for Thinkpad users to install lm_sensors?

[Eben King]

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Philip Edelbrock wrote:

> FYI- Here's a doc from lm-sensors which explains the issue and what has  
> been done about it:
> 
> http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2// 
> README.thinkpad
> 
> In a nutshell, if your Thinkpad doesn't have the particular RFID chip  
> with the buggy I2C state machine (Atmel 24RF08) then you are fine.  If  
> your Thinkpad does, then don' t run sensors-detect.  (Newer kernels  
> have Lm_sensors drivers that blacklist IBM's just to be safe, but why  
> chance it?)

How does one determine whether a particular machine has the Atmel 24RF08?

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