> attempts to serialize access to the hardware by defining a global spinlock > it87_io_lock in a file it87_lock.c. This lock has to be acquired by each > of the it87 drivers before it can access the hardware. We have defined I think this needs a NAK The resource handler can do this for you and would ensure proper behaviour. See IORESOURCE_MUXED Providing the it87 drivers request the resources (which they need to do anyway!) and use IORESOURCE_MUXED, it should all work ? Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html