From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751707AbWGAUdA (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:33:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751924AbWGAUc7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:32:59 -0400 Received: from mail.charite.de ([160.45.207.131]:15832 "EHLO mail.charite.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751539AbWGAUc6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:32:58 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 22:32:56 +0200 From: Ralf Hildebrandt To: "Brown, Len" Cc: Ralf Hildebrandt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" Subject: Re: 2.6.17-mm5 - ACPI Exception (acpi_processor-0272): AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Invalid _PSS data [20060623] Message-ID: <20060701203256.GD13558@charite.de> Mail-Followup-To: "Brown, Len" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Brown, Len : > 1. message was always there, but was disabled before. > > Please build a previous kernel that doesn't show > this message (say 2.6.17) with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y > and report if you see the same message. > > Note that the patch that enabled these messages > had been in mm before for several months > and just dropped out for a bit before -mm4, > so you might see this in earlier -mm's too. 2.6.17.3: Jul 1 22:23:40 knarzkiste kernel: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.60.2) Jul 1 22:23:40 knarzkiste kernel: acpi_utils-0066 [04] extract_package : Invalid 'package' argument Jul 1 22:23:40 knarzkiste kernel: acpi_processor-0277 [03] processor_get_performa: Invalid _PSS data Jul 1 22:23:40 knarzkiste kernel: powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0x0 (800 MHz), vid 0x12 (1100 mV) Jul 1 22:23:40 knarzkiste kernel: powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0x8 (1600 MHz), vid 0x4 (1450 mV) Jul 1 22:23:40 knarzkiste kernel: cpu_init done, current fid 0x8, vid 0x2 Jul 1 22:23:40 knarzkiste kernel: powernow-k8: ph2 null fid transition 0x8 So you were right. > 2. Some other regression > > Lets hope not. > > In any case, it would be good to get to the root cause. > Please open a bugzilla here: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=ACPI > and attach the output from acpidump found in the > latest pmtools here: > http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils/ Done > After the above, you might also check for an updated BIOS. Updates are a bit hard, without windows :( -- _________________________________________________ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin _________________________________________________ Ralf Hildebrandt i.A. Geschäftsbereich Informationsmanagement Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570155 | Fax +49 30 450 570962 Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de http://www.charite.de