linux-kernel - Re: [lm-sensors] 2.6.24-rc4 hwmon it87 probe fails

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Message-Id: <200712200045.16899.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:45:14 +0000
From:	Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
Cc:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	Mike Houston <mikeserv@...s.com>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Elvis Pranskevichus <el@...ns.net>, mhoffman@...htlink.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	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 Thursday 20 December 2007 00:20:21 Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> I suspect the manufacturers would say "Oh, the sensors?  The BIOS
> isn't broken, you're just supposed to use WMI or some (undocumented)
> ACPI device to get at those."

It's quite possible - can we have DSDTs for the boards in question so we can 
quickly check if this is a possibility? (Basically, to see if they have 
PNP0C14 devices - if they don't, then I'm afraid it's nothing to do with 
WMI).

-Carlos
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