Re: [PATCH] PnP BIOS -- bugfix; update devlist on setpnp

[Gunther Mayer]

"Steven A. DuChene" wrote:
> 
> OK, I tried this with the Intel STL2 motherboard I also have and I got
> a similar error when trying to load the correct i2c bus module when the
> PnPBIOS stuff is compiled into the kernel.
> 
> modprobe i2c-piix4
> /lib/modules/2.4.10-ac12pnp/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-piix4.o: init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ >parameters

i2c-piix4 has to be taught to ignore PNP0c0x reservations.

PNP0C02 means "mainboard resource" and obviously i2c-piix4
would like to use it, so it should make use of it's knowledge.

As "mainboard resouce" is very generic we must reserve it
to protect against mapping other addresses over it.