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

[James PEARSON]

Hello all,

I am a new ThinkPad user and I miss not having "gkrellm" up and running.

I am hesitating, however, to install it on my ThinkPad as my search
efforts on the Web I have goggled up the following (abit "dated")
comments:
..."WARNING: IBM ThinkPad users should not install lm_sensors!
The eeprom of some IBM ThinkPad has been corrupted after
installing lm_sensors.

This problem has been reported on the following machines:
 ThinkPad 770X
 ThinkPad 600E
 ThinkPad 770Z
 ThinkPad 600X
 ThinkPad 240
(TP240 message is "0188: Invalid RFID Serialization Area")
 ThinkPad X20
 ThinkPad 570E"

SOURCE: http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/

So here aremy questions are:

So are any of you using "gkrellm" and " lm_sensors" on their Thinkpads?
If so what models?

Am I playing fire if I use  "gkrellm" and " lm_sensors"?

For info...
I have an T40(23738CG) with the latest BIOS update. I use SuSE 9.1
(anxiously waiting for SuSE 9.2)

TIA
James