linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: add "auto" to acpi_enforce

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Date:	Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:40:11 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: add "auto" to acpi_enforce_resources

On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:59:11 -0400 (EDT), Len Brown wrote:
> From 7e90560c50f754d65884e251e94c1efa2a4b5784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:01:27 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] ACPI: acpi_enforce_resource=strict by default
> X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore
> 
> Enforce strict resource checking - disallowing access by native
> drivers to IO ports and memory regions claimed by ACPI firmware.
> 
> The patch is mainly aimed to block native hwmon drivers from touching
> monitoring chips that ACPI thinks it own.
> 
> If this causes a regression, boot with "acpi_enforce_resources=lax"
> which was the previous default.
> 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12376
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12541
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> ---
> 
> as applied.

Thanks Len! I'll look into pushing Luca's atk0110 driver upstream later
today (but it's a busy day at work...)

-- 
Jean Delvare
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