linux-kernel - Re: Invalid PBLK length for athlon XP-M on Asus laptop

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Date:	Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:00:51 +0200
From:	grfgguvf@...il.com
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, willy@...ian.org
Subject: Re: Invalid PBLK length for athlon XP-M on Asus laptop

In-Reply-To: <20030823173423.GQ18834@...celfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
References: <20030823173423.GQ18834@...celfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>,
<20030823125812.GC913@...ditai.milesteg.arr>
Newsgroups: linux.kernel

On Aug 23 2003, 7:42 pm, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ian.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 02:58:12PM +0200, Daniele Venzano wrote:
> > 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.

And years later... I just got this "Invalid PBLK length [5]" error
message as well, first time ever, when first booting 2.6.18. I never
got it with 2.6.17 or any earlier kernel. My BIOS or any settings
didn't change.

Now this is a desktop so ACPI is not very important to me but is this
possibly a regression?

> --
> "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.
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-- Grifeg
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