[ACPI] Re: git-acpi.patch failures (AE_NULL_OBJECT)

[Andrew M. <ak...@os...>]

"Brown, Len" <len...@in...> wrote:
>
> > For a while now (days, at least) I've been getting a stream of ACPI
> > method execution failures due to the tree which I pull from
> > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/to-akpm.git
> 
> > This doesn't happen with current -linus.
> 
> > It's a fairly vanilla x86 PC which Intel is loaning me.
> 
> >[\_SB_.PCI0.USB_._S3D] (Node cff9c1a0), AE_NULL_OBJECT
> >    ACPI-0171: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> 
> Is the issue limited to these AE_NULL_OBJECT failure warnings,
> or did something functional break?

I'm not aware of any functional breakage, but I don't really use acpi on
this box, beyond `halt -p' and wake-on-LAN.

> Looks like the warnings are all related to _S3D -- which we use to
> determine the appropriate D-state upon suspend-to-ram.

OK..  But current -linus doesn't generate those warnings.

> Hmmm, I'm not seeing these -- maybe BIOS dependent.
> Can you check that you've got the latest BIOS for the box?

I wouldn't know where to get it from!  It's some no-name box which Sunil
sent me.

> If you do, can you stick the output from acpidmp or acpidump
> in a bugzilla?

hm, where do I find acpidmp or acpidump?