[mythtv-users] OT: nForce2_smbus problem

[David Watkins]

On 4 November 2011 16:26, Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/10/31 Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com>:
>> Hello list, this is not related to MythTV, but I have 2 HTPC with
>> Nvidia ION boards and I am getting this on machine boot:
>>
>> Waiting for /dev to be fully populated...[   5.484940] ACPI: I/O
>> resource nForce2_smbus [0x4e00-0x4e3f] conflicts with ACPI region SM00
>> [0x4e00-0x4e3f] [    5.485024] nForce2_smbus 000:00:03:2: Error
>> probing SMB2.
>>
>> It looks like the board I2C bus has a problem, is this important? Must
>> I change some configuration (drivers, BIOS...)?
>>
>> Best regards.
>>
>> --
>> Josu Lazkano
>>
>
> Hello, I solved this way:
>
> 1. Edit /etc/default/grub:
>
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_enforce_resources=lax"
>
> 2. Update grub2:
>
> update-grub2
>
> Hope this help someone.

I see the same error on my Ion board,

Is there actually a problem associated with it though?  My
interpretation of the solution was that it suppresses the error
message rather than fix anything - or am I wrong?

D