diff --git a/README.thinkpad b/README.thinkpad index 37693088..ebb294f5 100644 --- a/README.thinkpad +++ b/README.thinkpad @@ -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