Re: [lm-sensors] 2.6.24-rc4 hwmon it87 probe fails

[Mike Houston <mikeserv@bmts.com>]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:00:30 -0700
Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> wrote:

> What do you think of something like the following patch?  If we do
> this, I don't think we'd need to force pnpacpi=off or change the
> way PNP reserves resources.
> 
> I'll be on vacation until about January 2, so I won't be able to
> do much with this until then.
> 
> 
> 
> [patch] it87: request only Environment Controller ports

I'm not qualified to give an opinion on what's proper for the
kernel, so all I can say is that I've applied it (to fresh 2.6.24-rc6
source without Shaohua's pnpacpi patch) and it works nicely for me.

>From /proc/ioports:

0290-029f : pnp 00:01
  0290-0294 : pnp 00:01
  0295-0296 : it87
    0295-0296 : it87

>From dmesg:

system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x29f has been reserved
...
system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x294 has been reserved

My sensors work.

Thanks for this patch,

Mike Houston