From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Houston Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] 2.6.24-rc4 hwmon it87 probe fails Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 23:02:11 -0500 Message-ID: <20071209230211.1c2077cf.mikeserv@bmts.com> References: <20071204215154.7f26285e.mikeserv@bmts.com> <20071209000554.GF20441@stusta.de> <20071208212234.e00b74cd.mikeserv@bmts.com> <20071209105028.06ed52a6@hyperion.delvare> <20071209220430.GK20441@stusta.de> <1197253887.27516.2.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1197253887.27516.2.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Shaohua Li Cc: Adrian Bunk , Elvis Pranskevichus , Jean Delvare , Mike Houston , mhoffman@lightlink.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, Bjorn Helgaas , Adam Belay , Zhao Yakui , Thomas Renninger , lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:31:27 +0800 Shaohua Li wrote: > This should exist in previous kernel (before we remove acpi > motherboard driver) too. Basically it's a broken BIOS. Could below > patch work around it? > > Thanks, > Shaohua > > Index: linux/drivers/pnp/system.c > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/drivers/pnp/system.c 2007-12-10 > 10:17:46.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/drivers/pnp/system.c Thanks Shaohua, I tested this as well and it appears to have worked around the issue for me. Now, in dmesg, I get: system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x29f has been reserved (...) system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x294 could not be reserved In /proc/ioports I see: 0290-029f : pnp 00:01 0290-0297 : it87 0290-0297 : it87 The it87 sensor now works without disabling acpipnp Mike Houston