From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263719AbTHWRhc (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:37:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263842AbTHWRgT (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:36:19 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:39585 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264953AbTHWReY (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:34:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 18:34:23 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [ACPI] Invalid PBLK length for athlon XP-M on Asus laptop Message-ID: <20030823173423.GQ18834@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20030823125812.GC913@renditai.milesteg.arr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030823125812.GC913@renditai.milesteg.arr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 02:58:12PM +0200, Daniele Venzano wrote: > Since this is a laptop it seemed a bit strange to me 8), so I checked > dmesg with acpi debugging turned on (full dmesg is attached), and I > found these: > > [.....] > ACPI: Fan [FAN0] (on) > acpi_processor-1626 [30] acpi_processor_get_inf: Invalid PBLK length [5] This is a bug in your ACPI bios, you need a vendor update. We tried fixing this but it broke a number of laptops, so we had to revert it. > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. > acpi_processor_perf-0104 [28] acpi_processor_get_per: Unsupported address space [127] (control_register) > cpufreq: No CPUs supporting ACPI performance management found. That means that you need a non-acpi driver for perf throttling. Did you try enabling some of the other cpufreq drivers? -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk