Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753906AbZJLDvH (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:51:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753859AbZJLDvH (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:51:07 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:8265 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753844AbZJLDvF (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:51:05 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,544,1249282800"; d="scan'208";a="735385121" Subject: Re: [Bug #14379] ACPI Warning for _SB_.BAT0._BIF: Converted Buffer to expected String From: Lin Ming To: Justin Mattock Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:35:56 +0800 Message-Id: <1255318556.11664.11.camel@minggr.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.1 (2.24.1-2.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2070 Lines: 58 On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 11:14 +0800, Justin Mattock wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of recent regressions. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > from 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379 > > Subject : ACPI Warning for _SB_.BAT0._BIF: Converted Buffer to expected String > > Submitter : Justin Mattock > > Date : 2009-10-08 21:46 (4 days old) > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125504031328941&w=4 > > > > > > > > pulled rc4 today and the warning is still present. > here is the results of git bisect: Patch at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379#c1 fixes the warning. Actually, the _BIF warning was fixed at commit e899b6485c332aa2d7510739507ab5e5d7b28e59. See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11822#c14 I made a mistake at the cleanup of predefined method table so the warning shows up again. Lin Ming > > d9adc2e031bd22d5d9607a53a8d3b30e0b675f39 is the first bad commit > commit d9adc2e031bd22d5d9607a53a8d3b30e0b675f39 > Author: Lin Ming > Date: Mon Jul 27 11:31:10 2009 +0800 > > ACPICA: reformat predefined method table, no functional change > > Reformatted the methods that return package objects. > > Signed-off-by: Lin Ming > Signed-off-by: Len Brown > > :040000 040000 17c30a6e75ce2fafc677b32bdcf3fbecae8458ab > f43e38a2a4034bcc73ef14943e61187f11b08731 M drivers > > I will go and attach the git log to the bug report. > -- 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/