Re: Please revert "ACPICA: AML interpreter: add region addresses in global list during initialization"

['Greg KH' <greg@kroah.com>]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 09:56:27AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Erik, Greg,
> 
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:27:37 +0000, Schmauss, Erik wrote:
> > Here's an additional data point from the discussion on bz201721.
> > The user started using fancontrol during the period where resource conflict
> > checking was unintentionally removed. If the reporter tries using fancontrol
> > on 4.18.13, they report that fancontrol does not work. So it was basically
> > always the case that he needed to use acpi_resource_conflicts=lax for a short
> > period of time.
> > 
> > I understand that this "breaks" this machine but we shouldn't be reverting
> > resource conflict checking for all other drivers just because of fancontrol. By
> > removing this check, we are suppressing warnings and changing the loading behavior
> > of other drivers as well.
> 
> I agree. The incorrect (or at the very least incomplete and confusing)
> claims in bug #201721 made me think it was a regression from older
> versions. As it turns out that this isn't the case, my request to
> revert 4abb951b73ff0a8a979113ef185651aa3c8da19b from stable kernel
> series was incorrect. I apologize for the noise and ask Greg to undo
> the revert.

Ok, now added back, thanks.

greg k-h