On Thursday 31 May 2007 00:17, Andrew Morton wrote: > initcall 0xffffffff8066281b: rtc_init+0x0/0x1aa() returned 0. > initcall 0xffffffff8066281b ran for 0 msecs: rtc_init+0x0/0x1aa() > Calling initcall 0xffffffff806629c5: hpet_init+0x0/0x69() > hpet_resources: 0xfed00000 is busy > ACPI Error (utglobal-0126): Unknown exception code: 0xFFFFFFF0 [20070126] > > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff80384004>] acpi_format_exception+0x38/0x43 > [<ffffffff80380ac9>] acpi_ut_status_exit+0x43/0x85 > [<ffffffff803ad958>] hpet_resources+0x0/0x138 This stack track is actually triggered in acpi_walk_resources(), by return_ACPI_STATUS(status); because the return type here static acpi_status hpet_resources(struct acpi_resource *res, void *data) is not consistent with the return value here: return -EBUSY; > [<ffffffff8037e341>] acpi_walk_resources+0x13c/0x14e > [<ffffffff803ad907>] hpet_acpi_add+0x40/0x91 > [<ffffffff80387a27>] acpi_device_probe+0x51/0x109 > [<ffffffff803bca00>] driver_probe_device+0xdd/0x164 > [<ffffffff803bcbc7>] __driver_attach+0x89/0xc9 > [<ffffffff803bcb3e>] __driver_attach+0x0/0xc9 > [<ffffffff803bbaaa>] bus_for_each_dev+0x49/0x7a > [<ffffffff803bc76b>] driver_attach+0x1c/0x1e > [<ffffffff803bc0b2>] bus_add_driver+0x7f/0x184 > [<ffffffff803bcf94>] driver_register+0x73/0x77 > [<ffffffff80387bbd>] acpi_bus_register_driver+0x3e/0x40 > [<ffffffff80662a00>] hpet_init+0x3b/0x69 > [<ffffffff8064f8fb>] kernel_init+0x171/0x2e1 > [<ffffffff804ed953>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x14/0x30 > [<ffffffff8020a618>] child_rip+0xa/0x12 > [<ffffffff8064f78a>] kernel_init+0x0/0x2e1 > [<ffffffff8020a60e>] child_rip+0x0/0x12 > initcall 0xffffffff806629c5: hpet_init+0x0/0x69() returned 0. > > This is with a git pull from this morning. The machine is one > of those Intel Noncna boxen. I'm not sure how it identifies itself. Nocona > I put a copy of /proc/acpi/dsdt at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/dsdt > if that's any help. > > Full dmesg at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/dmesg-x.txt Okay, this BIOS actually has a real HPET table: ACPI: HPET 7FFD7460, 0038 (r1 A M I OEMHPET 5000427 MSFT 97) and the hpet is actually found: Calling initcall 0xffffffff80652488: late_hpet_init+0x0/0xd1() hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0 hpet0: 3 64-bit timers, 14318180 Hz initcall 0xffffffff80652488: late_hpet_init+0x0/0xd1() returned 0. initcall 0xffffffff80652488 ran for 0 msecs: late_hpet_init+0x0/0xd1() ... Perhaps Venki can comment on if the resource conflict is expected to be fatal or not. -Len - 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