Hey This is the error message I got. I hope that help. [ 2338.411723] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver [ 4594.391901] f71882fg: Found f71808a chip at 0xe80, revision 33 [ 4594.392414] ACPI: resource f71882fg [io 0x0e80-0x0e87] conflicts with ACPI region HMIO [io 0xe80-0xf7f] [ 4594.392423] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver Thanks. Best Wishes, Dong-Bang Tsai  èæé Ph.D. Student in Applied Physics at Stanford University åääååæçççæååç ----------------------------------- Web : http://www.dbtsai.com Phone : +1-650-383-8392 (USA)       +886-910-008-392 (Taiwan) On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 01:54:56 -0700, D.B. Tsai wrote: >> Hi >> >> Since Fintek F71808E seems to be quick closed to F71808A, I copy > > How can you tell? Similar numbers are no guarantee of compatibility. > >> everything related to 71808E into F71808A in the f71882fg.c. The code >> can be compiled, but when I try to modprobe, I got the error message >> "FATAL: Error inserting f71882fg >> (/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-server/kernel/drivers/hwmon/f71882fg.ko): >> Device or resource busy >> " >> >> Anything I should notice? > > Read the kernel logs (dmesg | tail). Most likely ACPI requested the I/O > ports in question for its own use. > > http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ/Chapter3#Mysensorshavestoppedworkinginkernel2.6.31 > > -- > Jean Delvare > > _______________________________________________ > lm-sensors mailing list > lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors > _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors