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

Justin P. Mattock
2009-10-13T03:12:11Z

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday 12 October 2009, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>
>> 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-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org> 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-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>>>>> 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.
>>
>
> I updated the bug entry with the patch information.
>
> Thanks,
> Rafael
>
>
o.k. after somehow blowing my system up, I'm up and
running. Anyways I applied that patch and yes it works.

Justin P. Mattock