Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755795AbYKCNhb (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:37:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755192AbYKCNhW (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:37:22 -0500 Received: from vms173007pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.7]:49769 "EHLO vms173007pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755221AbYKCNhV (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:37:21 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 3598 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:37:21 EST Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:37:10 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Subject: dmesg excerpt, 2.6.28-rc3 To: LKML Message-id: <200811030737.10744.gene.heskett@gmail.com> Organization: Organization? very little MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3123 Lines: 68 Greetings all; I have been seeing an ACPI message saying it expected something it didn't get while booting, but that message never makes it to any log. I turned on some verbosity with the rc3 config, and now see this early in dmesg: [ 0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 0.000000] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:404 generic_get_mtrr+0x11c/0x130() [ 0.000000] mtrr: your BIOS has set up an incorrect mask, fixing it up. [ 0.000000] Modules linked in: [ 0.000000] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28-rc3 #1 [ 0.000000] Call Trace: [ 0.000000] [] warn_slowpath+0x76/0x90 [ 0.000000] [] vsnprintf+0x2e7/0x680 [ 0.000000] [] printk+0x1b/0x20 [ 0.000000] [] pat_init+0x7c/0xa0 [ 0.000000] [] post_set+0x1c/0x50 [ 0.000000] [] release_console_sem+0x18d/0x1c0 [ 0.000000] [] generic_get_mtrr+0x11c/0x130 [ 0.000000] [] mtrr_trim_uncached_memory+0x7a/0x330 [ 0.000000] [] printk+0x1b/0x20 [ 0.000000] [] e820_end_pfn+0xc5/0xf0 [ 0.000000] [] setup_arch+0x420/0xb60 [ 0.000000] [] reserve_early_overlap_ok+0x4b/0x60 [ 0.000000] [] start_kernel+0x58/0x2e0 [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- This is the latest, non-beta bios (1502, as of about a month ago anyway) for this ASUS M2N-SLI deluxe mother board, with a slow 4 core phenom in the socket. Is anyone fam enough with the ASUS bios to suggest a fix? This may have something to do with an extremely slow boot time, with a good 30 seconds wasted between the last bios message spit out, the time when grub should be loading. Each message from grub, until it finally presents the boot choice menu, takes 7 to 15 seconds, and once its presented the menu, then booting resumes at a normal speed. I should make a movie so folks see what I'm talking about I guess. Ahh, I found the ACPI message too! [ 0.625198] fan PNP0C0B:00: registered as cooling_device0 [ 0.625202] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on) [ 0.625608] processor ACPI0007:00: registered as cooling_device1 [ 0.625654] processor ACPI0007:01: registered as cooling_device2 [ 0.625703] processor ACPI0007:02: registered as cooling_device3 [ 0.625754] processor ACPI0007:03: registered as cooling_device4 [ 0.626200] ACPI Warning (nspredef-0858): \_TZ_.THRM._PSL: Return Package type mismatch at index 0 - found [NULL Object Descriptor], expected Reference [20080926] [ 0.626206] ACPI: Expecting a [Reference] package element, found type 0 What if anything can I do about these? Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro, Georgia. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/