Re: pnpacpi : exceeded the max number of IO resources

Shaohua Li
2007-12-04T00:55:50Z

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 18:02 +0100, Rene Herman wrote:
> On 30-11-07 23:22, Rene Herman wrote:
>
> > On 30-11-07 14:14, Chris Holvenstot wrote:
> >
> >> For what it is worth I too have seen this problem this morning and it
> >> DOES appear to be new (in contrast to a previous comment)
> >>
> >> The message: pnpacpi: exceeded the max number of mem resources: 12
> >>
> >> is displayed each time the system is booted with the 2.6.24-rc3-git5
> >> kernel but is NOT displayed when booting 2.6.24-rc3-git4
> >>
> >> I have made no changes in my config file between these two kernels other
> >> than to accept any new defaults when running make oldconfig.
> >>
> >> If you had already narrowed it down to a change between git4 and git5 I
> >> apologize for wasting your time. Have to run to work now.
> >
> > Thanks, and re-added the proper CCs. Sigh...
> >
> > Well, yes, the warning is actually new as well. Previously your kernel
> > just silently ignored 8 more mem resources than it does now it seems.
> >
> > Given that people are hitting these limits, it might make sense to just
> > do away with the warning for 2.6.24 again while waiting for the dynamic
> > code?
>
> Ping. Should these warnings be reverted for 2.6.24?
Revert the warning doesn't make any sense. I'd suggest changing the IO
resources number bigger till Thomas's patch in.

Shaohua