Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:31:44 -0500 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI? |
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Andi Kleen wrote: > Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> writes: >> So, could ACPI and the k8temp driver be at odds? > > Yes, there is no locking between ACPI and Linux drivers for register access. > e.g. if there is a indexed register both try to access (and temperature > sensors tend to use these things) they can race and get corrupted data.
I blacklisted the k8temp driver and everything looks OK now.
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