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Bug#568126: lm-sensors: Resource conflicts policy in kernel has changed



tag 568126 -moreinfo +patch
thanks

Le Sunday 2 January 2011 15:57:30 Julien Cristau, vous avez écrit :
> tag 568126 moreinfo
> severity 568126 minor
> kthxbye
> 
> On Thu, Aug  5, 2010 at 11:59:59 -0400, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > We won't diverge from the kernel default settings, so I'm reassigning to
> > release-notes. Please provide a proposed text to ease the work of the
> > people preparing the release notes.
> 
> I don't really understand what we're supposed to be documenting here, so
> if you want it in the release notes it'd be really helpful to provide
> proposed text and references as Moritz asked.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien

Although I'm not convinced that this bug would warrant a release-notes entry (as 
it doesn't necessarily affect many people), let's propose a text (linux-only of 
course):

--------->%---------------------
5.1.5. Change in kernel policy regarding resource conflicts

The default setting for the acpi_enforce_resources parameter in the new Linux 
kernel version has changed to be "strict" by default. This can lead some legacy 
sensor drivers to be denied access the sensors hardware. This can be 
workarounded by setting this parameter to "lax", e.g. by appending 
"acpi_enforce_resources=lax" to the kernel boot line.
---------%<---------------------

Hrm; I'm no native english speaker nor kernel specialist; I hope my text helps.

Cheers, 

OdyX
-- 
Didier Raboud, proud Debian Developer.
CH-1020 Renens
didier@raboud.com

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