On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:51:54PM -0500, Mike Houston wrote: > I finally got around to testing Linux 2.6.24 (2.6.24-rc4) and found > that the it87 driver fails to probe and consequently, my sensors no > longer work. This was fine with Linux 2.6.23.8 (the last kernel I was > using) > > The necessary modules load, but: > > it87: Found IT8718F chip at 0x290, revision 2 > it87: in3 is VCC (+5V) > it87 it87.656: Failed to request region 0x290-0x297 > it87: probe of it87.656 failed with error -16 > > Coretemp still works. > > It appears it has something to do with the ioport range being > reserved for some reason: > > system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x29f has been reserved > > At least I don't see that happening on previous kernels. > > In any case, the changes to it87.c itself don't appear to have caused > this. (CC'd hwmon maintainer anyways, my apologies if that was > inappropriate) > > dmesg: > http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/dmesg-2.6.24-rc4.txt > > config: > http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/config-2.6.24-rc4.txt Thanks for your report. Please also provide: - dmesg from 2.6.23.8 - The output of "cat /proc/ioports" for both kernels > Thanks for any help or suggestions, > > Mike Houston cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
