Datasheet: Publicly available at the Intel website
* ServerWorks OSB4, CSB5, CSB6 and HT-1000 southbridges
Datasheet: Only available via NDA from ServerWorks
- * ATI IXP southbridges IXP200, IXP300, IXP400
+ * ATI IXP200, IXP300, IXP400 and SB600 southbridges
Datasheet: Not publicly available
* Standard Microsystems (SMSC) SLC90E66 (Victory66) southbridge
Datasheet: Publicly available at the SMSC website http://www.smsc.com
The PIIX/PIIX3 does not implement an SMBus or I2C bus, so you can't use
this driver on those mainboards.
-The ServerWorks Southbridges, the Intel 440MX, and the Victory766 are
+The ServerWorks Southbridges, the Intel 440MX, and the Victory66 are
identical to the PIIX4 in I2C/SMBus support.
If you own Force CPCI735 motherboard or other OSB4 based systems you may need
Please note that you don't need to do that in all cases, just when the SMBus is
not working properly.
+
+
+Hardware-specific issues
+------------------------
+
+This driver will refuse to load on IBM systems with an Intel PIIX4 SMBus.
+Some of these machines have an RFID EEPROM (24RF08) connected to the SMBus,
+which can easily get corrupted due to a state machine bug. These are mostly
+Thinkpad laptops, but desktop systems may also be affected. We have no list
+of all affected systems, so the only safe solution was to prevent access to
+the SMBus on all IBM systems (detected using DMI data.)
+
+For additional information, read:
+http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/README.thinkpad