oh goody, i thought this one rang a bell... I'll apply 6217 on top of 9916 (which was already in the test tree, but not on the acpica branch) the error goes away with both applied. thanks, -Len On Wednesday 23 April 2008, Moore, Robert wrote: > Alexey, > > I remember there was some discussion on this, but I'm still not sure why > the patch for 6217 (Ignore GPE if valid and not enabled) makes the other > problem (too early enabling of GPEs) apparent. Please explain. > > Thanks, > Bob > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Alexey Starikovskiy [mailto:astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx] > >Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:29 PM > >To: Len Brown > >Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Moore, Robert; Zhang, Rui > >Subject: Re: [PATCH 70/73] ACPICA: Fix to disable unknown spurious GPEs > > > >Len Brown wrote: > >> On Saturday 12 April 2008, Len Brown wrote: > >>> From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> Implemented another change to eliminate/suppress spurious or > >>> stray GPEs. The AcpiEvDisableGpe function will now disable GPEs > >>> that are neither enabled nor disabled -- meaning that the GPE is > >>> unknown to the system. This will prevent future interrupts from > >>> that GPE. (Zhang Rui) BZ 6217 > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> > >>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx> > >>> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> > >>> --- > >>> drivers/acpi/events/evgpe.c | 9 ++++++++- > >>> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > >>> > >>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/events/evgpe.c > b/drivers/acpi/events/evgpe.c > >>> index 897baed..6940f5d 100644 > >>> --- a/drivers/acpi/events/evgpe.c > >>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/events/evgpe.c > >>> @@ -250,7 +250,14 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_disable_gpe(struct > >acpi_gpe_event_info *gpe_event_info) > >>> > >>> ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ev_disable_gpe); > >>> > >>> - if (!(gpe_event_info->flags & ACPI_GPE_ENABLE_MASK)) { > >>> + /* > >>> + * Ignore this if the GPE is valid and not enabled. > >>> + * > >>> + * Flags is only zero if GPE is neither enabled or disabled -- > it may > >>> + * be a spurious or stray GPE -- disable it in the default case > >below. > >>> + */ > >>> + if (gpe_event_info->flags && > >>> + (!(gpe_event_info->flags & ACPI_GPE_ENABLE_MASK))) { > >>> return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK); > >>> } > >>> > >> > >> > >> When applied to 2.6.25, the patch above causes ACPI Error messages > below > >on my T61. > >> Certainly this is a case of the EC getting an interrupt (GPE x02) > before > >it has initialized. > >> > >> Perhaps it breaks the call of acpi_install_gpe_handler() to > >acpi_ev_disable_gpe()? > >Congratulations, now you too hit this one, patch is already there... > >It is wroong to enable GPE before handler for it is installed... > >http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9916 > > > >> > >> -Len > >> > >> > >> PCI: Using MMCONFIG at f0000000 - f3ffffff > >> PCI: Using configuration type 1 > >> evgpeblk-0956 [00] ev_create_gpe_block : GPE 00 to 1F [_GPE] 4 > regs on > >int 0x9 > >> +ACPI Error (evregion-0316): No handler for Region [ECOR] > >(ffff81007d35dda0) [EmbeddedControl] [20070126] > >> +ACPI Error (exfldio-0289): Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler > >[20070126] > >> +ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed > >[\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.AC__._PSR] (Node ffff81007d364ab0), AE_NOT_EXIST > >> +ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed > >[\_SB_.PCI0.LPC_.EC__.HKEY.CKC4] (Node ffff81007d364f48), AE_NOT_EXIST > >> +ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed > [\_GPE._L02] > >(Node ffff81007d376420), AE_NOT_EXIST > >> +ACPI Exception (evgpe-0584): AE_NOT_EXIST, while evaluating GPE > method > >[_L02] [20070126] > >> evgpeblk-1052 [00] ev_initialize_gpe_bloc: Found 9 Wake, Enabled 3 > >Runtime GPEs in this block > >> ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC > >> -ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode > >> -Completing Region/Field/Buffer/Package > >initialization:........................................................ > .... > >............................................................ > >> > >....................................................................... > .... > >....................................................................... > .... > >................ > >> -Initialized 29/33 Regions 138/138 Fields 64/64 Buffers 55/72 > Packages > >(1888 nodes) > >> +Completing Region/Field/Buffer/Package > >initialization:........................................................ > .... > >............................................................ > >> > >....................................................................... > .... > >....................................................................... > .... > >................. > >> +Initialized 30/33 Regions 138/138 Fields 64/64 Buffers 55/72 > Packages > >(1888 nodes) > >> Initializing Device/Processor/Thermal objects by executing _INI > >methods:.<5>ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query honored via DMI > >> +ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode > >> ....... > >> Executed 8 _INI methods requiring 2 _STA executions (examined 88 > >objects) > >> ACPI: Interpreter enabled > > -- 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