[ltp] Mandrake 8.2 on a Thinkpad R30

[Robert Munro]

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,
>right? Isn't it possible the to include a memoryprotection into the kernel
>so that that memory area isn't writable at all from the linux kernel,
>modules and misc software perspective.
>
>If the EEPROM can be damaged by lm_sensors, then it can be damaged by a
>trojan or similar in Windows, right ?
>

Rumor has it that lm_sensors fries Thinkpad EEPROMs simply by
attempting to read them.  Even IBM hasn't figured this one out yet,
possibly because they don't like burning up mainboards in research.

One might port lm-sensors to MS code but it has not been reported.

Robert Munro


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