From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nate Lawson Subject: Re: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_TIME in 2.6.1/20040116 Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:40:16 -0800 (PST) Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040203143906.B33512@root.org> References: <20040203172413.GA1299@joehill.bostoncoop.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040203172413.GA1299-H/G4Yv+sbq78nmnftgJBZjK0Oss5Xsdo@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Adam Kessel Cc: acpi-devel-TtF/mJH4Jtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Adam Kessel wrote: > I'm using 2.6.1 with the latest ACPI patch (20040116). When I switch from > AC to battery or vice-versa, I get the following: > > ACPI-0347: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_TIME > ACPI-1120: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA0.EC0_.SMWR] (Node d7f24f80), AE_TIME > ACPI-1120: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA0.BAT1.CHBP] (Node d7f238e0), AE_TIME > ACPI-1120: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA0.EC0_.SMSL] (Node d7f24f40), AE_TIME > ACPI-1120: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA0.EC0_._Q09] (Node d7f24ea0), AE_TIME > > After that, ACPI no longer gives accurate information about the battery > status (e.g., it will say "discharging" and a fixed amount of battery > life left regardless of how much it has charged since the switch). We moved to a 100 ms timeout on EC requests for FreeBSD because some devices just couldn't respond quicker. But I think there's a larger issue somewhere here where interrupts are being lost. -Nate ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn