Re: I2C SMBUS SPD ECC DIMM access vs. ACPI BIOS

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On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 1:32 PM James Dutton <james.dutton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On trying to "modprobe i2c-piix4" I get:
>
> [  209.488778] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range
> 0x0000000000000B00-0x0000000000000B08 conflicts with OpRegion
> 0x0000000000000B00-0x0000000000000B0F (\GSA1.SMBI)
> (20210604/utaddress-204)
> [  209.488791] ACPI: OSL: Resource conflict; ACPI support missing from driver?
>
> The purpose of this attempt is to use I2C SMBUS to read a temp sensor
> on the ECC DIMM.
> This same approach works on a different AMD AM4 motherboard, but this
> is a Gigabyte AMD X399 Threadripper motherboard.
> Now I understand that this warning is a safety warning, because if the
> BIOS ACPI and Linux userspace tried to access the EEPROM SPD on the
> DIMM at the same time, hardware damage might result.
> So, my question is, who should I ask to get enough documentation or
> hints, so that I could modify the source code to make this work
> safely.

Basically, the BIOS vendor should know, but it may be hard to get that
information from them.

That said, it should be possible to inspect the ACPI tables on the
system and find out what this particular operation region is used for.

> DMI: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X399 AORUS PRO/X399 AORUS PRO-CF,
> BIOS F2 12/11/2019
> LSPCI:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Root Complex
> 00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models
> 00h-0fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
> 00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 00:01.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge
> 00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 00:04.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 00:07.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 00:07.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B
> 00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B
> 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 59)
> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3
> 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4
> 00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5
> 00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6
> 00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7
> 00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0
> 00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1
> 00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2
> 00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3
> 00:19.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4
> 00:19.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5
> 00:19.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6
> 00:19.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7
> 01:00.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] X399 Series
> Chipset USB 3.1 xHCI Controller (rev 02)
> 01:00.1 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] X399
> Series Chipset SATA Controller (rev 02)
> 01:00.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] X399 Series
> Chipset PCIe Bridge (rev 02)
> 02:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 300 Series
> Chipset PCIe Port (rev 02)
> 02:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 300 Series
> Chipset PCIe Port (rev 02)
> 02:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 300 Series
> Chipset PCIe Port (rev 02)
> 02:03.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 300 Series
> Chipset PCIe Port (rev 02)
> 02:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 300 Series
> Chipset PCIe Port (rev 02)
> 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network
> Connection (rev 03)
> 08:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices,
> Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Raven/Raven2 PCIe Dummy Function
> 08:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
> Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Platform Security Processor
> 08:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) USB 3.0 Host Controller
> 09:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices,
> Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Renoir PCIe Dummy Function
> 09:00.2 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA
> Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 51)
> 09:00.3 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller
> 40:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Root Complex
> 40:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models
> 00h-0fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
> 40:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 40:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge
> 40:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 40:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 40:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge
> 40:04.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 40:07.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 40:07.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B
> 40:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
> 40:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B
> 41:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
> NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
> 42:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1470 (rev c3)
> 43:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1471
> 44:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI] Vega 10 XL/XT [Radeon RX Vega 56/64] (rev c3)
> 44:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Vega 10
> HDMI Audio [Radeon Vega 56/64]
> 45:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices,
> Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Raven/Raven2 PCIe Dummy Function
> 45:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
> Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Platform Security Processor
> 45:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h
> (Models 00h-0fh) USB 3.0 Host Controller
> 46:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices,
> Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Renoir PCIe Dummy Function
> 46:00.2 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA
> Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 51)



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