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Message-ID: <p73odntg9ga.fsf@bingen.suse.de> Date: 16 Feb 2007 20:59:33 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com> Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org Subject: Re: Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI? Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com> writes: > > So, could ACPI and the k8temp driver be at odds? Yes, there is no locking between ACPI and Linux drivers for register access. e.g. if there is a indexed register both try to access (and temperature sensors tend to use these things) they can race and get corrupted data. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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