I've tracked this down, it's a bug and I believe I have it fixed. It's related to "serialized" control methods which are rather rare in comparison to non-serialized methods. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alistair John Strachan > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:35 AM > To: Linus Torvalds > Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Brown, Len > Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc1 > > On Thursday 06 July 2006 05:26, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Ok, > > the merge window for 2.6.18 is closed, and -rc1 is out there (git trees > > updated, the tar-ball and patches are still uploading over my pitiful > DSL > > line - and as usual it may take a short while before mirroring takes > > place and distributes things across the globe). > > > > The changes are too big for the mailing list, even just the shortlog. As > > usual, lots of stuff happened. Most architectures got updated, ACPI > > updates, networking, SCSI and sound, IDE, infiniband, input, DVB etc etc > > etc. > > ACPI problem here. Doesn't seem to actively break anything, but the > messages > look bad (HP NC6000 notebook). Haven't tried suspending. The error popped > up roughly 90 minutes after booting. Laptop has been on AC power > throughout. > > ACPI Error (exmutex-0248): Cannot release Mutex [C0E8], not acquired > [20060623] > ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed > [\_SB_.C044.C057.C0E7.C12F] (Node c1aeca40), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED > ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.C12F] > (Node c1aeecfc), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED > ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.C137._BST] > (Node c1aeec84), AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED > ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0206): AE_AML_MUTEX_NOT_ACQUIRED, Evaluating > _BST [20060623] > > -- > Cheers, > Alistair. > > Third year Computer Science undergraduate. > 1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html