since pr->id is unsigned, shouldn't something like the patch below be applied? Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c index e36422a..75c0f76 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device) return 0; } - BUG_ON((pr->id >= nr_cpu_ids) || (pr->id < 0)); + BUG_ON((pr->id >= nr_cpu_ids) || ((unsigned long)pr->id < 0)); /* * Buggy BIOS check -- 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