linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for August 14 (sysfs/acpi errors)

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Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:11:22 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for August 14 (sysfs/acpi errors)


>> It looks more like the high level code that sets up these parameters
>> broke somehow and starts registering these twice and now ACPI is the
>> first one to hit it (maybe because it starts with 'a' :-). 
> Perhaps we could try "acpi=off" and see if it still happens.

I doubt that would help because module_param()s are always registered
even with acpi=off. They are not really processed by ACPI, but by
kernel/params.c

-Andi

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