Update 24RF08 datasheet URL and a few other things.

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@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Atmel or otherwise.
We have made several changes in release 2.6.5 to minimize the
chance of corruption:
1) Sensors-detect now accesses ACPI and DMI information in the BIOS to
identify the system manufacturer. If the system manufacturer is IBM,
sensors-detect will print a message and exit.
1) Sensors-detect now accesses VPD information in the BIOS to identify IBM
system. If the system manufacturer is IBM, sensors-detect will print a
message and exit.
2) The sequence of probes in sensors-detect has been changed so that
24RF08 eeproms are not corrupted. This *should* prevent corruption
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ chance of corruption:
eeproms in non-IBM systems.
We do not have any reports of this corruption mechanism in releases
2.6.4 or earlier but have verified that it can happen.
There is no issue unless the eeprom
module is loaded with checksum=1, which is not the default.
There is no issue unless the eeprom module is loaded with checksum=1,
which is not the default.
The ddcmon driver was changed in the same way, just in case.
Even with these changes, we still DO NOT RECOMMEND INSTALLING
lm_sensors 2.6.5 or later on IBM Thinkpads, because:
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ Joe in Australia's Thinkpad Password Recovery Site
http://www.ja.olm.net/unlock
Atmel 24RF08 Datasheet
http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/prod227.htm
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=2370
(*) 'Write Quick 0' is not an actual write and should never generate