On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 06:31:11PM -0700, Adko Branil wrote: >> To add some more info - i just noticed in dmesg of the latest kernel-2.5.2 some suspicious lines: >> >> * [ 44.251706] microcode: AMD CPU family 0xf not supported >> * [ 44.255721] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00) >> * [ 44.255736] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found. >> * [ 44.255736] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Try again with latest BIOS. >> >> Coult it be related to the crashes , and should i update my bios ? > > No. > > Try to enable the Cool'n'Quiet option in your BIOS - this message should > disappear then. > > Btw, there's a patch to make this more understandable: > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134262430326493 I haven't been in my BIOS in years, but powernow-k8 quit working sometime after 3.2 when the ACPI bits were reworked. So whatever broke it, it's 100% software. Not something I use a lot so I haven't done an exact regression on it, but: Feb 19 18:23:32 fileserver kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.2.0 (harik@fileserver) (gcc version 4.5.3 (Debian 4.5.3-3) ) #1 SMP Mon Jan 23 21:57:27 EST 2012 Feb 19 18:23:32 fileserver kernel: [ 1.268123] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00) Feb 19 18:23:32 fileserver kernel: [ 1.268206] powernow-k8: fid 0x10 (2400 MHz), vid 0xc Feb 19 18:23:32 fileserver kernel: [ 1.268242] powernow-k8: fid 0xe (2200 MHz), vid 0xe Feb 19 18:23:32 fileserver kernel: [ 1.268277] powernow-k8: fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0x10 Feb 19 18:23:32 fileserver kernel: [ 1.268313] powernow-k8: fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0x10 Feb 19 18:23:32 fileserver kernel: [ 1.268348] powernow-k8: fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12 vs Jul 31 00:33:09 fileserver kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.4.0-dan-00002-ga84219d (harik@fileserver) (gcc version 4.6.2 (Debian 4.6.2-12) ) #2 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 21 09:36:23 EDT 2012 Jul 31 00:33:09 fileserver kernel: [ 0.972056] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00) Jul 31 00:33:09 fileserver kernel: [ 0.972118] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found. Jul 31 00:33:09 fileserver kernel: [ 0.972120] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Try again with latest BIOS. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
