On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>ACPI Warning (dsobject-0502): Package List length (6) larger than >>NumElements count (4), truncated > > This simply means that in one of the ACPI tables, a Package object was found that was declared to have 6 items. However, when parsing the package, the interpreter only found 4 items. > > It's a BIOS issue, but probably not serious unless there really is supposed to be 6 items. I see this with stock 2.6.31 [1] on Intel S5400SF hardware. I'll send you the acpidump offline. Thanks, Daniel --- [1] $ dmesg ACPI: RSDP 00000000000f03f0 00024 (v02 INTEL ) ACPI: XSDT 000000007fb39120 0008C (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000000 INTL 01000013) ACPI: DMAR 000000007fb37000 00112 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000001 INTL 01000013) ACPI: FACP 000000007fb35000 000F4 (v03 INTEL S5400SF 00000000 INTL 01000013) ACPI: DSDT 000000007fb2e000 05664 (v02 INTEL S5400SF 00000008 INTL 01000013) ACPI: FACS 000000007fabf000 00040 ACPI: APIC 000000007fb34000 000C8 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000000 INTL 01000013) ACPI: SPCR 000000007fb2d000 00050 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000000 INTL 01000013) ACPI: HPET 000000007fb2c000 00038 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000001 INTL 01000013) ACPI: MCFG 000000007fb2b000 0003C (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000001 INTL 01000013) ACPI: SSDT 000000007fb2a000 00A14 (v02 INTEL EIST 00004000 INTL 01000013) ACPI: SSDT 000000007fb29000 00193 (v02 INTEL IPMI 00004000 INTL 01000013) ACPI: SSDT 000000007fb28000 002D4 (v02 INTEL CST 00004000 INTL 01000013) ACPI: HEST 000000007fb27000 000A8 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000001 INTL 00000001) ACPI: BERT 000000007fb26000 00030 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000001 INTL 00000001) ACPI: ERST 000000007fb25000 00230 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000001 INTL 00000001) ACPI: EINJ 000000007fb24000 00130 (v01 INTEL S5400SF 00000001 INTL 00000001) <snip> ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 ACPI Warning: Package List length (6) larger than NumElements count (2), truncated 20090521 dsobject-502 >>-----Original Message----- >>From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- >>owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel J Blueman >>Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:32 AM >>To: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linux Kernel >>Subject: [2.6.29-rc5 ACPI] truncated dsobject list... >> >>With 2.6.29-rc5 on an Intel S5000PAL server (BIOS >>S5000.86B.10.60.0091.100920081631), we see ACPI object list truncation >>[1]. Does it make sense to increase the default element allocation? >> >>Many thanks, >> Daniel >> >>--- [1] >> >>ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT >>ACPI Warning (dsobject-0502): Package List length (6) larger than >>NumElements count (4), truncated >>[20081204] -- Daniel J Blueman -- 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
