From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755128AbZHVNsO (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:48:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753766AbZHVNsN (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:48:13 -0400 Received: from vms173011pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.11]:45396 "EHLO vms173011pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752979AbZHVNsN (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:48:13 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Organization: Organization? Not detectable To: Stefan Richter Subject: Re: Regression: Linux 2.6.31-rc7 lost sensors on asus mobo Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:48:03 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (Linux/2.6.31-rc5; KDE/4.2.4; i686; ; ) Cc: Robert Hancock , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <4A8F8C49.2030406@gmail.com> <4A8FCE50.9070801@s5r6.in-berlin.de> In-reply-to: <4A8FCE50.9070801@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Message-id: <200908220948.03426.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 22 August 2009, Stefan Richter wrote: >Robert Hancock wrote: >> On 08/21/2009 09:09 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> From messages when I attempt to access the it87: >>> Aug 21 22:59:37 coyote kernel: [ 572.507928] it87: Found IT8716F chip >>> at 0x290, revision 1 Aug 21 22:59:37 coyote kernel: [ 572.507937] it87: >>> in3 is VCC (+5V) Aug 21 22:59:37 coyote kernel: [ 572.507939] it87: in7 >>> is VCCH (+5V Stand-By) Aug 21 22:59:37 coyote kernel: [ 572.508232] >>> ACPI: I/O resource it87 [0x295-0x296] conflicts with ACPI region IP__ >>> [0x295-0x296] Aug 21 22:59:37 coyote kernel: [ 572.508234] ACPI: Device >>> needs an ACPI driver > >... > >> The ACPI AML on your machine indicates that the BIOS may attempt to >> access the it87 hardware, and the kernel now by default blocks it87 from >> requesting those ports as it may conflict with what the BIOS is trying >> to do. On some machines, the ACPI BIOS accesses hardware monitoring >> chips itself to manage ACPI thermal zones, etc. and the conflicting >> access can cause incorrect temperature readings and other bad behavior. >> >> You can try acpi_enforce_resources=lax on the kernel command line to >> restore the previous behavior. Or for some Asus boards, you can try the >> asus_atk0110 ACPI driver instead of it87. > >PS: There have been previous reports, e.g. those logged as >http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13967 I have applied that fix from the bz entry to my grub.conf but have not rebooted as yet. However if this asus_atk0110.ko module is supposed to do the same job, then obviously I do not have some other, required option set in my .config's for rc6 and rc7. Directly choosing it doesn't seem to be available in a make xconfig. What am I missing? Thanks, Stefan. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. It's the Magic that counts. -- Larry Wall on Perl's apparent ugliness