2001-03-08 13:22:40

by Stephen Torri

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Subject: ACPI:system description tables not found.

I am using kernel-2.4.2-ac12 (will try ac14). The motherboard is a
Supermicro P6DBU. (I will need to check the board when I get home to
confirm). I get the messages below when the system starts:

acpi: system description tables not found

The manufacturer says that there is support for acpi. So I willing to beat
it around a bit to get the tables found. Any ideas where to start?

Stephen

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2001-03-08 13:46:10

by Stephen Torri

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Subject: Re: ACPI:system description tables not found.

Motherboard is a P6DBE. IDE drives. Just found the site and confirmed it.

Stephen

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Stephen Torri wrote:

> I am using kernel-2.4.2-ac12 (will try ac14). The motherboard is a
> Supermicro P6DBU. (I will need to check the board when I get home to
> confirm). I get the messages below when the system starts:
>
> acpi: system description tables not found
>
> The manufacturer says that there is support for acpi. So I willing to beat
> it around a bit to get the tables found. Any ideas where to start?
>
> Stephen
>
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2001-03-08 17:26:05

by David Christensen

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Subject: RE: ACPI:system description tables not found.

Stephen,

Is there a BIOS setup option for enabling ACPI? Make sure it is enabled.
Also attach a copy of the E820 output from dmesg.

David Christensen

> I am using kernel-2.4.2-ac12 (will try ac14). The motherboard is a
> Supermicro P6DBU. (I will need to check the board when I get home to
> confirm). I get the messages below when the system starts:
>
> acpi: system description tables not found
>
> The manufacturer says that there is support for acpi. So I willing to beat
> it around a bit to get the tables found. Any ideas where to start?
>
> Stephen
>

2001-03-08 17:27:55

by Andrew Grover

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Subject: RE: ACPI:system description tables not found.

> From: Stephen Torri [mailto:[email protected]]

> I am using kernel-2.4.2-ac12 (will try ac14). The motherboard is a
> Supermicro P6DBU. (I will need to check the board when I get home to
> confirm). I get the messages below when the system starts:
>
> acpi: system description tables not found
>
> The manufacturer says that there is support for acpi. So I
> willing to beat
> it around a bit to get the tables found. Any ideas where to start?

download the pmtools package from
http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm . (It's at the
bottom.) The acpidmp utility is what you're interested in (you can ignore
compile errors from the others.) Does this utility find tables, or not?

Thanks -- Regards -- Andy

2001-03-10 09:50:29

by Stephen Torri

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Subject: RE: ACPI:system description tables not found.

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Grover, Andrew wrote:

> download the pmtools package from
> http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm . (It's at the
> bottom.) The acpidmp utility is what you're interested in (you can ignore
> compile errors from the others.) Does this utility find tables, or not?
>
> Thanks -- Regards -- Andy

I got the utility and compiled it under 2.4.2-ac12. No problem wit that.

Acpidump reports:

acpidump: cannot find an RSDP (Is ACPI enabled?).

Yes ACPI is enabled in the system bios. Motherboard is P6DBU (Supermicro)
with Dual P3 @ 450MHz.

Stephen

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2001-03-10 09:50:29

by Stephen Torri

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Subject: RE: ACPI:system description tables not found.

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, David Christensen wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> Is there a BIOS setup option for enabling ACPI? Make sure it is enabled.

The BIOS setup option for ACPI is enabled.

> Also attach a copy of the E820 output from dmesg.

Linux version 2.4.2 ([email protected]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 23:47:16 GMT 2001

BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 @ 0000000000000000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000400 @ 000000000009fc00 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000020000 @ 00000000000e0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000017f00000 @ 0000000000100000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000001000 @ 00000000fec00000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000001000 @ 00000000fee00000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000040000 @ 00000000fffc0000 (reserved)
Scan SMP from c0000000 for 1024 bytes.
Scan SMP from c009fc00 for 1024 bytes.
Scan SMP from c00f0000 for 65536 bytes.
found SMP MP-table at 000fb4f0
hm, page 000fb000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000fc000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f2000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f3000 reserved twice.
On node 0 totalpages: 98304
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 94208 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.

Stephen
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2001-03-14 17:25:57

by David Christensen

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Subject: RE: ACPI:system description tables not found.

Stephen,

Your BIOS isn't reporting any ACPI capability. If it were you would have at
least two more entries in the e820 output that say ACPI NVS and ACPI
Reclaim. Have you been able to install a MS OS and have it recognize ACPI?
Are there any other BIOS settings that might be related (what about a PnP OS
setting or something under Power Management)? You might also check for any
BIOS updates available from the motherboard manufacturer.

Dave

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From: Stephen Torri [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:09 PM
To: David Christensen
Cc: Linux Kernel
Subject: RE: ACPI:system description tables not found.


On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, David Christensen wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> Is there a BIOS setup option for enabling ACPI? Make sure it is enabled.

The BIOS setup option for ACPI is enabled.

> Also attach a copy of the E820 output from dmesg.

Linux version 2.4.2 ([email protected]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 23:47:16 GMT 2001

BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 @ 0000000000000000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000400 @ 000000000009fc00 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000020000 @ 00000000000e0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000017f00000 @ 0000000000100000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000001000 @ 00000000fec00000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000001000 @ 00000000fee00000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000040000 @ 00000000fffc0000 (reserved)
Scan SMP from c0000000 for 1024 bytes.
Scan SMP from c009fc00 for 1024 bytes.
Scan SMP from c00f0000 for 65536 bytes.
found SMP MP-table at 000fb4f0
hm, page 000fb000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000fc000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f2000 reserved twice.
hm, page 000f3000 reserved twice.
On node 0 totalpages: 98304
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 94208 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.

Stephen
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