Re: [PATCH] lpc_ich: Fix a 3.5 kernel regression for iTCO_wdtdriver

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Wed Aug 22 2012 - 17:55:49 EST


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 09:55:12PM +0200, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:

> Any idea why the acpi_check_resource_conflict() check gives a conflict?

Because the resource range is declared in ACPI and we assume that that
means the firmware wants to scribble on it. We'd need the output of
acpidump to work out whether that's safe or not.

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