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Message-Id: <1197253887.27516.2.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:31:27 +0800
From:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Elvis Pranskevichus <el@...ns.net>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Mike Houston <mikeserv@...s.com>, mhoffman@...htlink.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Adam Belay <ambx1@....rr.com>,
	Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@...el.com>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>, lenb@...nel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] 2.6.24-rc4 hwmon it87 probe fails


On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 23:04 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 04:12:25PM -0500, Elvis Pranskevichus wrote:
> > Jean Delvare wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Mike,
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:22:34 -0500, Mike Houston wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 01:05:54 +0100
> > >> Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:51:54PM -0500, Mike Houston wrote:
> > >> > > I finally got around to testing Linux 2.6.24 (2.6.24-rc4) and
> > >> > > found that the it87 driver fails to probe and consequently, my
> > >> > > sensors no longer work. This was fine with Linux 2.6.23.8 (the
> > >> > > last kernel I was using)
> > >> > > 
> > >> > > The necessary modules load, but:
> > >> > > 
> > >> > > it87: Found IT8718F chip at 0x290, revision 2
> > >> > > it87: in3 is VCC (+5V)
> > >> > > it87 it87.656: Failed to request region 0x290-0x297
> > >> > > it87: probe of it87.656 failed with error -16
> > >> > > 
> > >> > > Coretemp still works.
> > >> > > 
> > >> > > It appears it has something to do with the ioport range being
> > >> > > reserved for some reason:
> > >> > > 
> > >> > > system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x29f has been reserved
> > >> 
> > >> > 
> > >> > Thanks for your report.
> > >> > 
> > >> > Please also provide:
> > >> > - dmesg from 2.6.23.8
> > >> > - The output of "cat /proc/ioports" for both kernels
> > >> 
> > >> Thanks Adrian, here is the information you have requested, for
> > >> both kernels (I have 2.6.23.9 now though where it87 still works)
> > >> 
> > >> Linux 2.6.23.9:
> > >> http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/proc_ioports-2.6.23.9.txt
> > >> http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/dmesg-2.6.23.9.txt
> > >> http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/config-2.6.23.9.txt
> > >> 
> > >> Linux 2.6.24-rc4:
> > >> http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/proc_ioports-2.6.24-rc4.txt
> > >> http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/dmesg-2.6.24-rc4.txt
> > > 
> > > This one shows:
> > > 
> > > system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x29f has been reserved
> > > (...)
> > > system 00:01: ioport range 0x290-0x294 has been reserved
> > > 
> > > This is clearly not correct as both areas overlap. The second
> > > reservation is responsible for the it87 breakage, because it conflicts
> > > with what the it87 driver later attempts to request (0x290-0x297). The
> > > first is wrong as well (the IT87xxF environment controller I/O area is
> > > 8 port wide, not 16) but shouldn't be a problem in practice.
> > > 
> > > These port reservations weren't happening in 2.6.23.9 according to your
> > > dmesg output for that kernel. I don't know what changed in this area
> > > since 2.6.23.9, maybe Bjorn or Adam (Cc'd) can tell.
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have exactly the same problem here on a Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 motherboard
> > based box:
> > 
> > it87: Found IT8718F chip at 0x290, revision 1
> > it87: in3 is VCC (+5V)
> > it87 it87.656: Failed to request region 0x290-0x297
> > it87: probe of it87.656 failed with error -16
> > 
> > git bisecting revealed the offending commit:
> > 
> > a7839e960675b54: PNP: increase the maximum number of resources
> > 
> > Happened between rc3 and rc4.
> 
> Thanks for doing the work of bisecting!
> 
> > > Either way, the overlapping areas smell like a BIOS bug, meaning that
> > > you should look for an updated BIOS for your system first.
> > > 
> > >> http://www.mikeserv.com/temp/config-2.6.24-rc4.txt
> > > 
> > 
> > This indeed looks like a broken ACPI BIOS since the aforementioned commit
> > touches only the PNP ACPI driver. I'm not sure how to work around this,
> > though. Ideas?
> 
> People responsible for this commit + ACPI maintainer added to Cc.
This should exist in previous kernel (before we remove acpi motherboard
driver) too. Basically it's a broken BIOS. Could below patch work around
it?

Thanks,
Shaohua

Index: linux/drivers/pnp/system.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/pnp/system.c	2007-12-10 10:17:46.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/drivers/pnp/system.c	2007-12-10 10:24:42.000000000 +0800
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static const struct pnp_device_id pnp_de
 	{"", 0}
 };
 
-static void reserve_range(struct pnp_dev *dev, resource_size_t start,
+static struct resource* reserve_range(struct pnp_dev *dev, resource_size_t start,
 			  resource_size_t end, int port)
 {
 	char *regionid;
@@ -31,16 +31,14 @@ static void reserve_range(struct pnp_dev
 
 	regionid = kmalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!regionid)
-		return;
+		return NULL;
 
 	snprintf(regionid, 16, "pnp %s", pnpid);
 	if (port)
 		res = request_region(start, end - start + 1, regionid);
 	else
 		res = request_mem_region(start, end - start + 1, regionid);
-	if (res)
-		res->flags &= ~IORESOURCE_BUSY;
-	else
+	if (!res)
 		kfree(regionid);
 
 	/*
@@ -52,12 +50,17 @@ static void reserve_range(struct pnp_dev
 		port ? "ioport" : "iomem",
 		(unsigned long long) start, (unsigned long long) end,
 		res ? "has been" : "could not be");
+	return res;
 }
 
 static void reserve_resources_of_dev(struct pnp_dev *dev)
 {
 	int i;
+	struct resource **res;
 
+	res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource *) * PNP_MAX_PORT, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!res)
+		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < PNP_MAX_PORT; i++) {
 		if (!pnp_port_valid(dev, i))
 			continue;
@@ -76,17 +79,28 @@ static void reserve_resources_of_dev(str
 		if (pnp_port_end(dev, i) < pnp_port_start(dev, i))
 			continue;	/* invalid */
 
-		reserve_range(dev, pnp_port_start(dev, i),
+		res[i] = reserve_range(dev, pnp_port_start(dev, i),
 			      pnp_port_end(dev, i), 1);
 	}
+	for (i = 0; i < PNP_MAX_PORT; i++)
+		if (res[i])
+			res[i]->flags &= ~IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	kfree(res);
 
+	res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource *) * PNP_MAX_MEM, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!res)
+		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < PNP_MAX_MEM; i++) {
 		if (!pnp_mem_valid(dev, i))
 			continue;
 
-		reserve_range(dev, pnp_mem_start(dev, i),
+		res[i] = reserve_range(dev, pnp_mem_start(dev, i),
 			      pnp_mem_end(dev, i), 0);
 	}
+	for (i = 0; i < PNP_MAX_MEM; i++)
+		if (res[i])
+			res[i]->flags &= ~IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	kfree(res);
 }
 
 static int system_pnp_probe(struct pnp_dev *dev,
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