PNPACPI message at boot ?

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 03/10/2008 11:51:51 AM, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> I have just started to receive the following message at boot up
> immediately after kernel ( 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 ) expansion:
> 
> "PNPACPI exceeds the maximum number of memory resources: 12"
> 
> I googled to
> http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Howto_configure_the_Linux_kernel/drivers/
> pnp/pnpacpi
> 
> and got the following advice:
> 
> "Option: PNPACPI 
>               * Kernel Versions: 2.6.15.6 ...
>               * (on/off) Plug and Play ACPI support (EXPERIMENTAL)
>               * depends on PNP && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
>               * default y 
>                         Linux uses the PNPACPI to autodetect built-in
>                         mainboard resources (e.g. parallel port
>                         resources). **: Some features (e.g. real
>                         hotplug) are not currently implemented. **: 
> If
>                         you would like the kernel to detect and
> allocate
>                         resources to your mainboard devices (on some
>                         systems they are disabled by the BIOS) say Y
>                         here. Also the PNPACPI can help prevent
> resource
>                         conflicts between mainboard devices and other
>                         bus devices.
> 
> 
> Linux Kernel Configuration"
> 
> What is this telling me to do?  It (and others like it) don't make
> sense
> to me.

This relates to the configuration of the kernel source prior to 
building. In other words, its built into the binary that you are 
running. To change the limit you need to get into kernel building.