On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/30/2012 09:55 AM, Jean Delvare wrote: >> Most likely they would "work", because they simply do not check the >> ACPI conflict in the first place. So they run but not reliably, exactly >> the same as running Linux with acpi_enforce_resources=lax. > > On a slightly related note, I've always been a bit bemused by the this > message: > > If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it > instead of the native driver > > What is an "ACPI driver"? It means a driver that uses the interface exposed by ACPI. > Is there any hardware for which ACPI actually provides the same level of > information that "legacy" access does? Every system I've dealt with > over the last few years provides a single temperature reading via ACPI > (generally CPU surface temperature) -- no other temperatures, no fans, > no voltages. A single TZ is common, yes. Asus motherboards provide the so called ATK0110 interface for reading temps, fans and voltages. L _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
