Problem with lm-sensors - Revision history

Whoopie: Revert vandalism caused by this number

2007-01-28T11:18:26Z

Revert vandalism caused by this number

1169942176 at 00:11, 28 January 2007

2007-01-28T00:11:01Z

Hmh: Some small fixes, refer to ibm-acpi instead of ACPI, link back to the AT24RF08 page

2007-01-18T01:58:13Z

Some small fixes, refer to ibm-acpi instead of ACPI, link back to the AT24RF08 page

Tonko: /* Status */

2005-12-01T13:57:57Z

‎Status

Tonko: Reverted edit of 195.148.48.63, changed back to last version by 217.231.106.144

2005-09-21T01:29:07Z

Reverted edit of 195.148.48.63, changed back to last version by 217.231.106.144

195.148.48.63: /* Affected Models */

2005-09-20T18:44:23Z

‎Affected Models

217.231.106.144 at 10:44, 10 May 2005

2005-05-10T10:44:48Z

217.231.106.144 at 10:42, 10 May 2005

2005-05-10T10:42:40Z

217.230.184.76: /* Problem description */ added remark about nonsenseness of trying

2005-01-19T11:27:16Z

‎Problem description: added remark about nonsenseness of trying

212.144.121.1 at 22:00, 26 September 2004

2004-09-26T22:00:06Z

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	{{WARN\|In any case, '''avoid lm_sensors and related software!'''}}		{{WARN\|In any case, '''avoid lm_sensors and related software!'''}}
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 ==Problem description==
-lm_sensors prior to 2.6.5 caused the corruption of the Thinkpads eeprom, leading to the Thinkpad not being bootable anymore.
+lm_sensors prior to 2.6.5 caused the corruption of the Thinkpad's [[AT24RF08]] EEPROM, leading to the Thinkpad not being bootable anymore.
 The common error on the affected models was:
   POST ERROR 188 - EEPROM CRC ERROR
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 Also affected is glms (GNOME LM-Sensors).
-{{NOTE|lm_sensors doesn't work with ThinkPads at all - even if this problem wouldn't occur. So just don't care about lm_sensors and use ACPI if possible.}}
+{{NOTE|lm_sensors doesn't work with ThinkPads at all - even if this problem wouldn't occur. So just don't care about lm_sensors and use [[ibm-acpi]] if possible.}}
 ==Affected Models==
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 ==Status==
-It is known that the corruption was caused during the execution of sensors-detect and it is also known that its the specific Atmel [[AT24RF08|24RF08]] eeprom, that is affected.
+It is known that the corruption was caused during the execution of sensors-detect and it is also known that it is the specific Atmel [[AT24RF08|24RF08]] eeprom that is affected.
 Hence the developers of lm_sensors included a Thinkpad detection routine into the software starting from 2.6.5 and published [http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2/README.thinkpad this readme]. If you try to run sensors-detect on a Thinkpad it just quits with an error message, protecting your Thinkpads eeprom.
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 However, even though even the inner workings that cause the eeprom to get corrupted seem to be known, it seems impossible to avoid it and make lm_sensors work at the same time.
-Currently it is unclear, if newer Thinkpad models are affected or not.
+Currently it is unclear if newer Thinkpad models are affected or not.
 ==Solutions==
-On more recent models, try to use ACPI to gather information about processor temperature and the like. It is the future anyway.
+Use [[ibm-acpi]] to gather information about processor temperature and the like.  All the interesting Thinkpad I2C buses are not accessible to the host CPU, anyway.  The embedded controller takes care of them.
 {{WARN|In any case, '''avoid lm_sensors and related software!'''}}

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 ==Status==
-It is known that the corruption was caused during the execution of sensors-detect and it is also known that its the specific Atmel 24RF08 eeprom, that is affected.
+It is known that the corruption was caused during the execution of sensors-detect and it is also known that its the specific Atmel [[AT24RF08|24RF08]] eeprom, that is affected.
 Hence the developers of lm_sensors included a Thinkpad detection routine into the software starting from 2.6.5 and published [http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2/README.thinkpad this readme]. If you try to run sensors-detect on a Thinkpad it just quits with an error message, protecting your Thinkpads eeprom.

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 *Thinkpad {{240}}
 *Thinkpad {{X20}}
 *probably more

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 ==Problem description==
-'''NOTE''' that lm_sensors doesn't work with ThinkPads at all - even if this problem wouldn't occur. So just don't care about lm_sensors and use ACPI if possible.
+{{NOTE|lm_sensors doesn't work with ThinkPads at all - even if this problem wouldn't occur. So just don't care about lm_sensors and use ACPI if possible.}}
 lm_sensors prior to 2.6.5 caused the corruption of the Thinkpads eeprom, leading to the Thinkpad not being bootable anymore.
 The common error on the affected models was:
   POST ERROR 188 - EEPROM CRC ERROR
-or for the Thinkpad 240:
+or for the Thinkpad {{240}}:
 : Invalid RFID Serialization Area
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 ==Affected Models==
-*Thinkpad 570E
+*Thinkpad {{570E}}
-*Thinkpad 600E, 600X
+*Thinkpad {{600E}}, {{600X}}
-*Thinkpad 770X, 770Z
+*Thinkpad {{770X}}, {{770Z}}
-*Thinkpad 240
+*Thinkpad {{240}}
-*Thinkpad X20
+*Thinkpad {{X20}}
 *probably more
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 On older models '''avoid lm_sensors and related software!'''

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	==Problem description==		==Problem description==
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		+	'''NOTE''' that lm_sensors doesn't work with ThinkPads at all - even if this problem wouldn't occur. So just don't care about lm_sensors and use ACPI if possible.

	lm_sensors prior to 2.6.5 caused the corruption of the Thinkpads eeprom, leading to the Thinkpad not being bootable anymore.		lm_sensors prior to 2.6.5 caused the corruption of the Thinkpads eeprom, leading to the Thinkpad not being bootable anymore.

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−	[[Category:240]] [[Category:240X]] [[Category:570]] [[Category:570E]] [[Category:600]] [[Category:~~600X~~]] [[Category:~~600Z~~]] [[Category:770X]] [[Category:770Z]] [[Category:X20]]	+	[[Category:240]] [[Category:240X]] [[Category:570]] [[Category:570E]] [[Category:600]] [[Category:600E]] [[Category:600X]] [[Category:770X]] [[Category:770Z]] [[Category:X20]]