Re: [Bug #14379] ACPI Warning for _SB_.BAT0._BIF: Converted Buffer to expected String

Justin P. Mattock
2009-10-12T03:58:50Z

Lin Ming wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 11:14 +0800, Justin Mattock wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki<rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
>>
>>> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
>>> of recent regressions.
>>>
>>> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
>>> from 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
>>> (either way).
>>>
>>>
>>> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379
>>> Subject : ACPI Warning for _SB_.BAT0._BIF: Converted Buffer to expected String
>>> Submitter : Justin Mattock<justinmattock@gmail.com>
>>> Date : 2009-10-08 21:46 (4 days old)
>>> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125504031328941&w=4
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> pulled rc4 today and the warning is still present.
>> here is the results of git bisect:
>>
>
> Patch at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379#c1 fixes the
> warning.
>
> Actually, the _BIF warning was fixed at commit
> e899b6485c332aa2d7510739507ab5e5d7b28e59.
> See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11822#c14
>
> I made a mistake at the cleanup of predefined method table so the
> warning shows up again.
>
> Lin Ming
>
>
Cool, I can give that a try.
then I guess just leave this open(bugreport) until this patch
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379#c1
gets pushed into the main tree then close the bugreport.

Justin P. Mattock