[ltp] LM_sensors -- still threatening?

Dean L. Hedin linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Tue, 03 Sep 2002 11:59:45 -0400


Good to hear.   I was wondering if there are any sensors on my
Thinkpad 600e to "sensor-detect"?   CPU temp maybe?

Keep up the good work.  I enjoy lm-sensors on my desktop with
the gkrellm toolbar.

On Tuesday 03 September 2002 01:29 pm, phil@netroedge.com wrote:
>
> So far, we've only been able to corrupt the chip from the
> 'sensors-detect' script.  It seems to send the right commands in just
> the right order to exploit this weakness.  Regular modules and use
> (including with using the eeprom driver to drive it) seem to be safe
> thus far, although we are still testing.
>
> We are continuing to do testing and are writing a work around for
> sensors-detect which avoids the corruption with this particular chip.

> Phil



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