Re: [2.6.28-rc2] EeePC ACPI errors & exceptions

[Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>]

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I demand that Zhao Yakui may or may not have written...

> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 15:52 -0700, Darren Salt wrote:
>> EeePC 901, BIOS revision 1603, current Debian lenny; running on AC.
>> I've noticed the following errors & exceptions, apparently coinciding with
>> the startup of xfce4-sensors-plugin:

>> ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off interrupt mode.
>> ACPI Exception (evregion-0419): AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] [20080926]
>> ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BST2] (Node f7030d38), AE_TIME
>> ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.CBST] (Node f70336f8), AE_TIME
>> ACPI Error (psparse-0524): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.BAT0._BST] (Node f7031c48), AE_TIME
>> ACPI Exception (battery-0360): AE_TIME, Evaluating _BST [20080926]

> Will you please try the attached patch on the 2.6.28-rc2 and see whether
> the issue still exists?

> After the test, please attach the output of dmesg.

I later noticed that ACPI functions (lid, hot keys etc.) were effectively
disabled by that bug – acpi_listen reported nothing at all.

With the patch, those ACPI errors are gone and the ACPI functions work again.
I see no other significant differences, but output is attached regardless
along with an ACPI dump. (rt2860sta is also present.)

(This leaves only the I/O resource conflict; but, unlike this, that's also
present in 2.6.27, doesn't seem to cause any harm, and looks like it's
specific to BIOS rev. 1603 and possibly others > 1301.)

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