From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> ACPI Exception (acpi_processor-0677): AE_NOT_FOUND, Processor Device is not present [20060707] According to the ACPI spec 6.3.7, "If a device object (including the processor object) does not have an _STA object, then OSPM assumes that all of the above bits are set, (in other words, the device is present, enabled, shown in the UI and funtioning)". is_processor_present shoud return 1 if the processor device object exists while it doesn't have an _STA object. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8570 Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/processor_core.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c index e48ee4f..c53113e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c @@ -812,11 +812,18 @@ static int is_processor_present(acpi_handle handle) status = acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_STA", NULL, &sta); - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !(sta & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_PRESENT)) { - ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status, "Processor Device is not present")); - return 0; - } - return 1; + /* + * if a processor object does not have an _STA object, + * OSPM assumes that the processor is present. + */ + if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) + return 1; + + if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status) && (sta & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_PRESENT)) + return 1; + + ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status, "Processor Device is not present")); + return 0; } static -- 1.5.4.23.gef5b9 - 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