Re: MSI S420 (based on MS-141214 barebone)

[Dimitri Van Landuyt <dimitri.vanlanduyt@gmail.com>]

Dear ACPI list,

further finding with my notebook:

A lot works out of the box with Ubuntu edgy: suspend, wireless, card 
reader, ..., BUT:
- There is still the hpet issue, which - I think - screws up my thermal 
readings (is that possible).
- The reason I'm thinking this is that every ACPI related thing works 
well enough, except for fan control and temperature reading. Since my 
fan is on all the time, this reduces my battery life drastically.
- Since these issues were happening with similar models (MSI S271 also 
has this Ati chipset), and BIOS fixes resolved these issues, I am 
planning to ask MSI for a BIOS upgrade.
- What I would love is someone who wants to look into this, so I can 
present a reasonable case at MSI and make them release a fix for my 
problems.
- Or, when the problem is the ACPI linux stuff, I want to look into how 
fixing this. Again, help is appreciated!



dimitri@placeholder:~$ dmesg | grep ACPI
[17179569.184000]  BIOS-e820: 000000006ffd0000 - 000000006ffde000 (ACPI 
data)
[17179569.184000]  BIOS-e820: 000000006ffde000 - 0000000070000000 (ACPI NVS)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 MSI 
  ) @ 0x000f7ae0
[17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 MSI    1024     0x07072006 MSFT 
0x00000097) @ 0x6ffd0000
[17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v002 MSI    1024     0x07072006 MSFT 
0x00000097) @ 0x6ffd0200
[17179569.184000] ACPI: MADT (v001 MSI    OEMAPIC  0x07072006 MSFT 
0x00000097) @ 0x6ffd0390
[17179569.184000] ACPI: MCFG (v001 MSI    OEMMCFG  0x07072006 MSFT 
0x00000097) @ 0x6ffd03f0
[17179569.184000] ACPI: OEMB (v001 MSI    MSI_OEM  0x07072006 MSFT 
0x00000097) @ 0x6ffde040
[17179569.184000] ACPI: HPET (v001 MSI    OEMHPET  0x07072006 MSFT 
0x00000097) @ 0x6ffd4230
[17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001    MSI    1412X 0x07072006 INTL 
0x02002026) @ 0x00000000
[17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
[17179569.184000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
[17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 21 low 
level)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
[17179569.184000] ACPI: HPET id: 0x0 base: 0xfed00000
[17179569.184000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[17179573.608000] ACPI: Core revision 20060707
[17179573.608000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found!
[17179574.140000] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[17179574.156000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[17179574.156000] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[17179574.156000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[17179574.156000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[17179574.164000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT]
[17179574.164000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCE6._PRT]
[17179574.164000] ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC] (gpe 6) interrupt mode.
[17179574.168000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P9._PRT]
[17179574.168000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 
14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179574.168000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 
14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179574.168000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 
14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179574.168000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 
14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179574.172000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 
14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179574.172000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 9) *0, disabled.
[17179574.172000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 
14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179574.172000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 
14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179574.172000] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[17179574.172000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[17179574.172000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[17179574.172000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[17179574.188000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17179574.636000] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
[17179575.740000] ACPI: duty_cycle spans bit 4
[17179575.740000] ACPI (exconfig-0455): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ 
AMI] OemTableId [  CPU1PM] [20060707]
[17179575.740000] ACPI (exconfig-0455): Dynamic SSDT Load - OemId [ 
AMI] OemTableId [  CPU2PM] [20060707]
[17179575.744000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (75 C)
[17179576.024000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.1[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 201
[17179578.440000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.2[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17179578.568000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17179578.756000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17179578.952000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:04.4[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17179589.696000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:03.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 209
[17179589.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17179589.948000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 201
[17179589.948000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:04.2[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17179590.976000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:09.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 201
[17179596.956000] ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line)
[17179597.004000] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
[17179597.020000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[17179597.020000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[17179597.020000] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
[17179597.020000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[17179597.268000] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes  rom: no 
post: no)
[17179600.968000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:05.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 217
[17182085.196000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:03.0 disabled
[17182085.276000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:09.0 disabled
[17182089.604000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:04.2 disabled
[17182089.620000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:04.0 disabled
[17182090.088000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:05.0 disabled
[17182090.104000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:14.2 disabled
[17182090.104000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:13.2 disabled
[17182090.120000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:13.1 disabled
[17182090.120000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:13.0 disabled
[17185894.120000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17185894.120000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17185894.136000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:13.2[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17185894.136000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.1[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 201
[17185894.136000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 201
[17185894.240000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:05.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 217
[17185894.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17185894.312000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:04.2[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17185894.352000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:04.4[A] -> GSI 19 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 177
[17185897.772000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:03.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 209
[17185897.804000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:09.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 201
[17185898.396000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[17185898.396000] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[17185898.396000] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
[17185898.396000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[17185898.444000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (75 C)
[17185898.496000] ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line)
[17185898.528000] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)

Thanks in advance!


Dimitri Van Landuyt wrote:
> Dear acpi list,
> 
> I bought me a brand new laptop, MSI S420 based on the MS-141214 
> barebone): http://www.msicomputer.com/NB/product_spec.asp?model=MS-141214.
> 
> Of course, and too bad, not everything is supported in terms of acpi and 
>  I am eager to look into this problem. I will enumerate on my issues 
> and  observations here, hoping some willing ear would lend a helping hand.
> 
> I am running ubuntu edgy beta now which runs the 2.6.17-10 kernel and I 
> have seen the same issues in ubuntu dapper which has a 2.6.15 kernel.
> 
> 1. When booting the machine in a default configuration, it hangs (kernel 
> does not respond to any sysrq key combinations) after the following lines:
> 
> using HPET for base-timer
> using HPET for gettimeofday
> Detected 2000.186 MHz processor
> Using hpet for high-res timesource.
> 
> Playing with some kernel parameters, I notice the following behaviour: 
> no effects with pci=noacpi, acpi=force,noapic, nohpet, ...
> What does work is: acpi=off but then I have no acpi at all, another 
> option I discovered is hpet=disable, which enables some of the acpi 
> functionalities.
> 
> 2. with the hpet=disable parameter, I can see battery state, but 
> remainng time is calculated incorrectly (always giving the same amount 
> of minutes), plugging in and out the adapter is recognized however. 
> Reading temperature does not work as he always gives the constant heat 
> of 75 degrees. Cpu frequency scaling does not work.
> 
> 3. output of dmesg | grep ACPI and dmesg are in attachment.
> 
> 4. While booting the kernel, but apparently before putting things in the 
> kernel log, some messages appear (three), among which something about a 
> BIOS bug. They flash away too fast for me to write them down, so a way 
> of capturing these is appreciated.
> 
> 5. Would fixing the DSDT (of which I read some stuff here and there) be 
> helpful in my case? Is it dangerous? Is there someone to walk me through 
> it?
> 
> 6. My BIOS is v1.01 and is definitely the current version as it is a 
> very new laptop in general.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> 
> Dimitri Van Landuyt
> 
> 
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