linux-kernel - Re: [ACPI] GPE storm detected on FS Amilo Pro

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Message-Id: <200901221322.41970.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:22:41 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jacek Luczak <difrost.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	astarikovskiy@...e.de, len.brown@...el.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ACPI] GPE storm detected on FS Amilo Pro

On Thursday 22 January 2009, Jacek Luczak wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> > So everything appears to be OK except that your hardware has a problem,
> > which is correctly worked around and the message just tells you what happens.
> 
> Most probably yes, but I'm using that kernel really shortly so there might be
> some issues that I didn't noticed. This of course doesn't mean that here we have
>  bug, I was just bit confused with that message.
> 
> >> NOTE: In git kernel I've noticed that after boot and obtaining IP from DHCP I've
> >> got such message:
> >>
> >> Jan 21 14:44:32 difrost kernel: sky2 eth0: enabling interface
> >> Jan 21 14:44:33 difrost kernel: sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex,
> >> flow control rx
> >> Jan 21 14:45:36 difrost kernel: ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off
> >> interrupt mode.
> >>
> >> This is not fully reproducible, didn't shown on [4].
> > 
> > This may be related to the issue behind the GPM storm message.
> 
> Is it sth serious? I'm really lost here.

No, I don't think it's serious.  As long as everything works, there's not need
to worry. :-)

Thanks,
Rafael
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