Re: PNPACPI message at boot ?

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On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 14:51 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I have just started to receive the following message at boot up
> immediately after kernel ( 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 ) expansion:
> 
> "PNPACPI exceeds the maximum number of memory resources: 12"
> 
> I googled to
> http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Howto_configure_the_Linux_kernel/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi
> 
> and got the following advice:
> 
> "Option: PNPACPI 
>               * Kernel Versions: 2.6.15.6 ...
>               * (on/off) Plug and Play ACPI support (EXPERIMENTAL)
>               * depends on PNP && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
>               * default y 
>                         Linux uses the PNPACPI to autodetect built-in
>                         mainboard resources (e.g. parallel port
>                         resources). **: Some features (e.g. real
>                         hotplug) are not currently implemented. **: If
>                         you would like the kernel to detect and allocate
>                         resources to your mainboard devices (on some
>                         systems they are disabled by the BIOS) say Y
>                         here. Also the PNPACPI can help prevent resource
>                         conflicts between mainboard devices and other
>                         bus devices.
> 
> 
> Linux Kernel Configuration"
> 
> What is this telling me to do?  It (and others like it) don't make sense
> to me.
> 
> -- 
> Regards Bill

Hi Bill

Do nothing, as I understand may been seen as an informative message.

About the advice, If you compile your own kernel you can set the values
to avoid the message (by making the kernel able to have more than 12
something?). :-)

I have read that you, and I and others can ignore that message.

Henning

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