linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Detect hwmon and i2c bus drivers interfering with ACPI Operation Region resources

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Message-Id: <200710282050.34166.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Date:	Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:50:33 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	trenn@...e.de, linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Detect hwmon and i2c bus drivers interfering with ACPI Operation Region resources

On Saturday 27 October 2007 9:09:47 am Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:06:22AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > But we really *should* reserve things used by opregions, shouldn't
> > we?  After all, the whole point of resource reservation is to prevent
> > conflicts.
>
> Only if you're happy to lose functionality like IDE, sadly.

That's a simplistic answer to a complex problem.  I don't think
we should just ignore the whole problem, cross our fingers, and
hope that firmware stays out of our way.

Bjorn
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