lm_sensors on ThinkPads

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Nice, thanks for testing.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 04:28:24PM -0400, Pam Huntley wrote:
> Hi Phil, Mike,
> 
> I tested the new lm_sensors package 2.6.5 on the ThinkPad T30.  I used Red Hat Beta (null) with kernel version 2.4.18.  Everything built and installed ok.  When I ran sensors_detect I got the following output:
> 
> <snip>
> root at tester lm_sensors-2.6.5]# prog/detect/sensors-detect
>  This program will help you to determine which I2C/SMBus modules you need to
>  load to use lm_sensors most effectively.
>  You need to have done a `make install', issued a `depmod -a' and made sure
>  `/etc/conf.modules' (or `/etc/modules.conf') contains the appropriate
>  module path before you can use some functions of this utility. Read
>  doc/modules for more information.
>  Also, you need to be `root', or at least have access to the /dev/i2c[-/]* files
>  for some things. You can use prog/mkdev/mkdev.sh to create these /dev files
>  if you do not have them already.
>  If you have patched your kernel and have some drivers built-in you can
>  safely answer NO if asked to load some modules. In this case, things may
>  seem a bit confusing, but they will still work.
> 
> dmi: read: Success
>  IF THIS IS AN IBM THINKPAD, PRESS CTRL-C NOW!
>  IBM Thinkpads have a severely broken i2c/SMBus implementation, just scanning
>  the bus will break your Thinkpad forever!
>  If this is a non-Thinkpad IBM, we still suggest you press CTRL+C. We have
>  had users reporting system breakage on other IBM systems as well.
> 
>  We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
>  You do not need any special privileges for this.
>  Do you want to probe now? (YES/no):
> </snip>
> 
> 
> Obviously I hit ctrl-c at that point.
> Please let me know if this is the appropriate output, or if I should have continued to see if it actually refused to run. 
> 
> Once I know this is the output I'm looking for, I can also test it on the older ThinkPads as well.
> 
> Thanks!
> Pam
> 
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