From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Moore, Robert" Subject: RE: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI? Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:56:45 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20070309071855.GA5148@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:41490 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992494AbXCIU46 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:56:58 -0500 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message In-Reply-To: <20070309071855.GA5148@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: Jean Delvare , Matthew Garrett , Chuck Ebbert , Rudolf Marek , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, "Therien, Guy" , "Walz, Michael" Included the Intel ACPI spec representative. I have heard that Windows is somehow restricting the ports and memory locations that are accessible via AML; I don't know any of the details. Also, there are fears of an "AML virus" attacking the machine. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel@ucw.cz] > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:19 PM > To: Moore, Robert > Cc: Jean Delvare; Matthew Garrett; Chuck Ebbert; Rudolf Marek; linux- > acpi@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel; lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org > Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with > ACPI? > > Hi! > > > Port (and memory) addresses can be dynamically generated by the AML code > > and thus, there is no way that the ACPI subsystem can statically predict > > any addresses that will be accessed by the AML. > > Can you take this as a wishlist item? > > It would be nice if next version of acpi specs supported table > > 'AML / SMM BIOS will access these ports' > > ...so we can get it correct with acpi4 or something..? > > Pavel > > -- > (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek > (cesky, pictures) > http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2992494AbXCIU5B (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:57:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S2992550AbXCIU5B (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:57:01 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:41490 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992494AbXCIU46 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:56:58 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,268,1170662400"; d="scan'208"; a="55847603:sNHT101710917" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI? Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:56:45 -0800 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20070309071855.GA5148@ucw.cz> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI? Thread-Index: AcdiHcqa2kGP+/YNRK2SOQxCSRQzgQAb2B1g From: "Moore, Robert" To: "Pavel Machek" Cc: "Jean Delvare" , "Matthew Garrett" , "Chuck Ebbert" , "Rudolf Marek" , , "linux-kernel" , , "Therien, Guy" , "Walz, Michael" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Mar 2007 20:56:46.0438 (UTC) FILETIME=[731A9060:01C7628D] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Included the Intel ACPI spec representative. I have heard that Windows is somehow restricting the ports and memory locations that are accessible via AML; I don't know any of the details. Also, there are fears of an "AML virus" attacking the machine. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel@ucw.cz] > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:19 PM > To: Moore, Robert > Cc: Jean Delvare; Matthew Garrett; Chuck Ebbert; Rudolf Marek; linux- > acpi@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel; lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org > Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with > ACPI? > > Hi! > > > Port (and memory) addresses can be dynamically generated by the AML code > > and thus, there is no way that the ACPI subsystem can statically predict > > any addresses that will be accessed by the AML. > > Can you take this as a wishlist item? > > It would be nice if next version of acpi specs supported table > > 'AML / SMM BIOS will access these ports' > > ...so we can get it correct with acpi4 or something..? > > Pavel > > -- > (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek > (cesky, pictures) > http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: robert.moore@intel.com (Moore, Robert) Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:56:45 +0000 Subject: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with ACPI? Message-Id: List-Id: References: <20070309071855.GA5148@ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20070309071855.GA5148@ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Pavel Machek Cc: Jean Delvare , Matthew Garrett , Chuck Ebbert , Rudolf Marek , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, "Therien, Guy" , "Walz, Michael" Included the Intel ACPI spec representative. I have heard that Windows is somehow restricting the ports and memory locations that are accessible via AML; I don't know any of the details. Also, there are fears of an "AML virus" attacking the machine. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel at ucw.cz] > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:19 PM > To: Moore, Robert > Cc: Jean Delvare; Matthew Garrett; Chuck Ebbert; Rudolf Marek; linux- > acpi at vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel; lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org > Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Could the k8temp driver be interfering with > ACPI? > > Hi! > > > Port (and memory) addresses can be dynamically generated by the AML code > > and thus, there is no way that the ACPI subsystem can statically predict > > any addresses that will be accessed by the AML. > > Can you take this as a wishlist item? > > It would be nice if next version of acpi specs supported table > > 'AML / SMM BIOS will access these ports' > > ...so we can get it correct with acpi4 or something..? > > Pavel > > -- > (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek > (cesky, pictures) > http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html