From 7e90560c50f754d65884e251e94c1efa2a4b5784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Tettamanti Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:01:27 +0200 Subject: ACPI: acpi_enforce_resource=strict by default Enforce strict resource checking - disallowing access by native drivers to IO ports and memory regions claimed by ACPI firmware. The patch is mainly aimed to block native hwmon drivers from touching monitoring chips that ACPI thinks it own. If this causes a regression, boot with "acpi_enforce_resources=lax" which was the previous default. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12376 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12541 Signed-off-by: Luca Tettamanti Acked-by: Pavel Machek Acked-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 54f21a5c262b..7068d0bc47c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -258,6 +258,22 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value and always returns good values. + acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI] + { strict | lax | no } + Check for resource conflicts between native drivers + and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory + only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be + used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and + can interfere with legacy drivers. + strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI + is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved + resources will fail to bind to device using them. + lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed; + legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources + will bind successfully but a warning message is logged. + no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved, + no further checks are performed. + agp= [AGP] { off | try_unsupported } off: disable AGP support -- cgit v1.2.3