system/i8kutils: Added (utilities for Dell Inspiron and Latitude laptops)

Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>

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+This is a collection of utilities to control Dell Inspiron and
+Latitude laptops. It includes programs to turn the fan on and off,
+to read fan status, CPU temperature, BIOS version and to handle the
+volume buttons and Fn-keys. The package includes also a small Tk
+applet, designed to be swallowed in the GNOME panel, which monitors
+the CPU temperature and controls automatically the fans accordingly
+to user defined thresholds. 
+
+Make sure the i8k module is loaded before using i8kutils.
+
+- i8kutils tarball includes a diagnostic utility named smm, claimed
+to be dangerous by the developer (see comments at the top of smm
+source file, smm.c). Compilation of smm is therefore disabled by
+default; set the variable SMM=yes to enable it, e.g.
+	# SMM=yes ./i8kutils.SlackBuild
+
+Mind also that compilation of smm should fail on Slackware64, but 
+the SlackBuild will try anyway.  smm can damage your data and your 
+hardware, so be careful and use it only if you know what you're doing.