--- linux-2.6.7/drivers/acpi/processor.c	2004-06-20 14:49:10.066168648 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.7.hack/drivers/acpi/processor.c	2004-06-19 21:26:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -2214,7 +2230,8 @@
 
 	if (!object.processor.pblk_address)
 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "No PBLK (NULL address)\n"));
-	else if (object.processor.pblk_length != 6)
+	else if ((object.processor.pblk_length != 6 ) && 
+		(object.processor.pblk_length != 7 ))
 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "Invalid PBLK length [%d]\n",
 			object.processor.pblk_length));
 	else {
@@ -2233,7 +2250,7 @@
 		 *
 		 * (In particular, allocating the IO range for Cardbus)
 		 */
-		request_region(pr->throttling.address, 6, "ACPI CPU throttle");
+		request_region(pr->throttling.address, object.processor.pblk_length, "ACPI CPU throttle");
 		request_region(acpi_fadt.xpm_tmr_blk.address, 4, "ACPI timer");
 	}