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Re: Question regarding an ACPI BIOS Error (bug)



On 28/03/2020 09:35, rba777@protonmail.ch wrote:
> Hi all, I've been redirected to this list while using reportbug. I
> would gladly accept some help regarding the determination of the
> Debian package responsible for those traces during boot:

That would be the kernel itself. The number in square brackets at the
start of the line is the time (in seconds) since the kernel started. At
less than a second after startup, you're unlikely to have any user-space
components loaded yet and, besides, the kernel is what is responsible
for talking to ACPI.


>
> [    0.410073] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
> [    0.410073] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)
> [    0.410073] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)
> [    0.410073] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Dell-Video)
> [    0.410073] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio)
> [    0.410073] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-HPI-Hybrid-Graphics)

These aren't errors; these ones are just informative.


> [    0.457794] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object
> [\_GPE._E4A], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-323)
> [    0.457802] ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name
> lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
> [    0.457805] ACPI: Skipping parse of AML opcode: OpcodeName
> unavailable (0x0014)
> [    0.457807] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object
> [\_GPE._E47], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20190816/dswload2-323)
> [    0.457811] ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name
> lookup/catalog (20190816/psobject-220)
> [    0.457813] ACPI: Skipping parse of AML opcode: OpcodeName
> unavailable (0x0014)

These are errors. However, as the message says, these are BIOS errors.
ACPI machine language (AML) is basically a program inside your BIOS
which the OS can use to list and control devices. Sometimes these AML
programs have bugs in them; sometimes they are a little too focussed on
what Windows likes (rather than what is proper). The generally accepted
solution to these is: if there is a noticeable issue with your computer
(some device doesn't work or behaves improperly), then consider a BIOS
upgrade. Otherwise, if there is no apparent effect, then you can ignore
these errors.


> [    0.458226] ACPI: 10 ACPI AML tables successfully acquired and loaded
> [    0.459880] ACPI: EC: EC started
> [    0.459881] ACPI: EC: interrupt blocked
> [    0.461706] ACPI: \: Used as first EC
> [    0.461708] ACPI: \: GPE=0x27, EC_CMD/EC_SC=0x66, EC_DATA=0x62
> [    0.461708] ACPI: EC: Boot ECDT EC used to handle transactions
>
> Using apt and apt-file, I found numerous packages related to ACPI and
> there are also a few kernel modules dedicated to ACPI (in the last
> case I would say the package is linux-image-5.4.0-4-amd64 version
> 5.4.19-1 since I'm running a Debian testing) so I'm not sure of the
> package name I should use to report this issue.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Raphaël BAZAUD
>


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