linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] lpc_ich: fix gpio base and control offsets

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:25:39 +0100
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:	Aaron Sierra <asierra@...-inc.com>,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Agócs Pál <agocs.pal.86@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] lpc_ich: fix gpio base and control offsets

On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 13:43 +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:
> > Would testing on 3.7.5 be helpful?
> 
> Sure it's as good an indicator of the quality of the patch as any.
> 
> If it works on that kernel, it makes probablility lower that it breaks
> your machine later on atleast.

0) insmod-ing an updated lpc_ich.ko generated quite a bit of noise in
dmesg:
    <6>[19913.247530] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M-E TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
    <6>[19913.249310] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
    <4>[19913.249332] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000001028-0x000000000000102f SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.PMIO 1 (20120913/utaddress-251)
    <6>[19913.249338] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
    <4>[19913.249342] ACPI Warning: 0x00000000000011b0-0x00000000000011bf SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.LPIO 1 (20120913/utaddress-251)
    <6>[19913.249347] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
    <4>[19913.249349] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000001180-0x00000000000011af SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.LPIO 1 (20120913/utaddress-251)
    <6>[19913.249353] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
    <4>[19913.249355] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich

I have no idea whatsoever what that could mean.

1) Should I try booting with the updated module too?


Paul Bolle

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