Fixed: ichwd failure to attach

[Doug Barton]

On 10/14/2011 10:35, Xin LI wrote:
> On 10/14/11 04:35, John Baldwin wrote:
>> On Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:26:26 pm Doug Barton wrote:
>>> On 10/12/2011 08:20, Michael Butler wrote:
>>>> SVN r226302 solves the ichwd failure to attach issue ..
>>>
>>> Still failing for me:
>>>
>>> ichwd0: <Intel ICH10DO watchdog timer> on isa0
>>> ichwd0: unable to reserve GCS registers
>>> device_attach: ichwd0 attach returned 6
> 
>> Yes, it can only fix it if the BIOS decides to list it as a system resource in 
>> ACPI.  However, using 'debug.acpi.disabled=hostres' should still be working as
>> a workaround for lying BIOSes yes?

As I reported previously, that didn't work for me. I'll try it again
next time I reboot JIC. FYI, I also have a Dell system, Optiplex 960.

> I do have debug.acpi.disabled=hostres but it doesn't seem help in my
> case (Dell Latitude D630):
> 
> ichwd0: <Intel ICH8M watchdog timer> on isa0
> ichwd0: unable to reserve GCS registers
> device_attach: ichwd0 attach returned 6
> ichwd0: <Intel ICH8M watchdog timer> at port 0x1030-0x1037,0x1060-0x107f
> on isa0
> ichwd0: unable to reserve GCS registers
> device_attach: ichwd0 attach returned 6
> 
> Is there something I should look at or additional information needed?
> 
> Cheers,
> 

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