This is the typical message you get if you plug in a CPU which is newer than your BIOS. It's annoying seeing this message for each core. Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c index 1f894ba..00aae68 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int find_psb_table(struct powernow_k8_data *data) * BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide, which is available on * www.amd.com */ - printk(KERN_ERR PFX "BIOS error - no PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "No PSB or ACPI _PSS objects\n"); return -ENODEV; } @@ -1241,11 +1241,11 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol) * an UP version, and is deprecated by AMD. */ if (num_online_cpus() != 1) { - printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Your BIOS does not provide" - " ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux " - "understands. Please report this to the Linux " - "ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS " - "vendor.\n"); + WARN_ONCE(1, KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "Your BIOS does not " + "provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that " + "Linux understands. Please report this to " + "the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to " + "your BIOS vendor.\n"); goto err_out; } if (pol->cpu != 0) { -- 1.6.0.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html