Re: Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI?

Chuck Ebbert
2007-02-16T19:33:53Z

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> writes:
>> So, could ACPI and the k8temp driver be at odds?
>
> Yes, there is no locking between ACPI and Linux drivers for register access.
> e.g. if there is a indexed register both try to access (and temperature
> sensors tend to use these things) they can race and get corrupted data.

I blacklisted the k8temp driver and everything looks OK now.