kernel: ACPI: I/O resource <some_device> [<memory_range>] conflicts with ACPI region SMB_ [<memory_range>]

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • We get the following error message in the /var/log/messages on our virtual RHEL6 server, which runs on a VMware ESX server:
kernel: ACPI: I/O resource piix4_smbus [0x1040-0x1047] conflicts with ACPI region SMB_ [0x1040-0x104b]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
  • VMware guest

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