Included the Intel ACPI spec representative. I have heard that Windows is somehow restricting the ports and memory locations that are accessible via AML; I don't know any of the details. Also, there are fears of an "AML virus" attacking the machine. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel@xxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:19 PM > To: Moore, Robert > Cc: Jean Delvare; Matthew Garrett; Chuck Ebbert; Rudolf Marek; linux- > acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel; lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with > ACPI? > > Hi! > > > Port (and memory) addresses can be dynamically generated by the AML code > > and thus, there is no way that the ACPI subsystem can statically predict > > any addresses that will be accessed by the AML. > > Can you take this as a wishlist item? > > It would be nice if next version of acpi specs supported table > > 'AML / SMM BIOS will access these ports' > > ...so we can get it correct with acpi4 or something..? > > Pavel > > -- > (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek > (cesky, pictures) > http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
