On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:31:27 +0800 Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This should exist in previous kernel (before we remove acpi > motherboard driver) too. Basically it's a broken BIOS. Could below > patch work around it? > > Thanks, > Shaohua > > Index: linux/drivers/pnp/system.c > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/drivers/pnp/system.c 2007-12-10 > 10:17:46.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/drivers/pnp/system.c Thanks Shaohua, I tested this as well and it appears to have worked around the issue for me. Now, in dmesg, I get: system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x29f has been reserved (...) system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x294 could not be reserved In /proc/ioports I see: 0290-029f : pnp 00:01 0290-0297 : it87 0290-0297 : it87 The it87 sensor now works without disabling acpipnp Mike Houston - 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