Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754007Ab0A0Mnb (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:43:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753796Ab0A0Mna (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:43:30 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f188.google.com ([209.85.210.188]:62285 "EHLO mail-yx0-f188.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753369Ab0A0Mn2 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:43:28 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CsACuT/KBNWRVqjVieu5pS/pUfisYO492FgnfkThF1nwLVZEOY4gL7nD7HLbrCYrhx FQadFJm667BfFwySfu9B981uqztM7zXdDBcPWZu8aZEFnOjdX1+crs7j8NuIDNuemGS+ M69/G41c4iFKB9V1UsrMacX6KV8v1FcSREBCU= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1264579476.7187.56.camel@minggr.sh.intel.com> References: <4B5FE33A.7000201@gmail.com> <1264579476.7187.56.camel@minggr.sh.intel.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:43:27 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc5-git2 -- ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero (20091214/dsopcode-529) From: Miles Lane To: Lin Ming Cc: ACPI Devel Maling List , LKML , Len Brown , "rui.zhang" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3391 Lines: 79 On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Lin Ming wrote: > >> From: Miles Lane >> Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:54 PM >> Subject: 2.6.33-rc5-git2 -- ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of >> length zero (20091214/dsopcode-529) >> To: ACPI Devel Maling List , LKML >> , Len Brown >> >> >> I am not sure how much of this is due to a single cause. ?Please let >> me know if you'd like me to send separate reports. >> >> ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x1b, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62 >> ACPI Warning: Incorrect checksum in table [ATKG] - FA, should be 05 >> (20091214/tbutils-314) >> >> ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >> ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero (20091214/dsopcode-529) >> ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed >> [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013f81a9e0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE >> ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed >> [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT1._GTF] (Node ffff88013f81ab20), >> AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE >> ata2.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) >> ata2.00: ATAPI: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ892AS, 1.00, max UDMA/100, ATAPI AN >> ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero (20091214/dsopcode-529) >> ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed >> [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013f81a9e0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE >> ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed >> [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT1._GTF] (Node ffff88013f81ab20), >> AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE >> ata2.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) >> ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100 >> scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM ? ? ? ? ? ?MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ892AS ?1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 >> > > >From the DSDT, > > ?2522 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Method (RATA, 1, NotSerialized) > ?2523 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? { > ?2524 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CreateByteField (Arg0, Zero, CMDN) > ?2525 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Multiply (CMDN, 0x38, Local0) > ?2526 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CreateField (Arg0, 0x08, Local0, RETB) > ?2527 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Store (RETB, Debug) > ?2528 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Return (RETB) > ?2529 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? } > > ?2546 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Name (ATP1, Buffer (0x32) {}) > ?2547 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Device (PRT1) > ?2548 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? { > ?2549 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Name (_ADR, 0x0001FFFF) > ?2550 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Method (_SDD, 1, NotSerialized) > ?2551 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? { > ?2552 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Store (AGTF (Zero, Arg0), ATP1) > ?2553 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? } > ?2554 > ?2555 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Method (_GTF, 0, NotSerialized) > ?2556 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? { > ?2557 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Return (RATA (ATP1)) > ?2558 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? } > ?2559 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? } > > It seems that ATP1 is not set correctly in PRT1._SDD. > Then ATP1 is passed into RATA and CMDN is created with value zero. > That causes the error message. This is the current BIOS for the ASUS UL50VT. Is this something that gets fixed by a BIOS update? Do you have a way to pass this information on to ASUS? Is there something the kernel code can do to work around the problem, or is that already happening? Thanks, Miles -- 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/