Kernel Reports ACPI Errors on Lenovo W510 / T510

[Bryn Hughes]

Tested with kernel 2.6.31, 2.6.32 and 2.6.33...

On boot this message is logged to dmesg:

[ 1.968796] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1.968808] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c:392 hpet_next_event+0x7a/0x90()
[ 1.968814] Hardware name: 4318CTO
[ 1.968817] Modules linked in:
[ 1.968824] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-13-generic #18-Ubuntu
[ 1.968830] Call Trace:
[ 1.968841] [<ffffffff81064fdb>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0
[ 1.968849] [<ffffffff81065034>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x20
[ 1.968857] [<ffffffff810375da>] hpet_next_event+0x7a/0x90
[ 1.968865] [<ffffffff81037620>] hpet_legacy_next_event+0x10/0x20
[ 1.968876] [<ffffffff81091124>] clockevents_program_event+0x54/0xa0
[ 1.968884] [<ffffffff810926e8>] tick_dev_program_event+0x48/0xd0
[ 1.968893] [<ffffffff8109205e>] tick_broadcast_oneshot_control+0x11e/0x120
[ 1.968902] [<ffffffff810918d0>] tick_notify+0x130/0x1a0
[ 1.968911] [<ffffffff81563787>] notifier_call_chain+0x47/0x90
[ 1.968919] [<ffffffff810885e6>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20
[ 1.968927] [<ffffffff81090f47>] clockevents_notify+0x37/0x160
[ 1.968932] ACPI Warning for \_PR_.CPU0._PSD: [<ffffffff81309011>] lapic_timer_state_broadcast+0x46/0x48
[ 1.968945] [<ffffffff81309579>] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x180/0x2b7
[ 1.968951] [<ffffffff81563756>] ? notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x90
[ 1.968955] Return Package type mismatch at index 4 - found [NULL Object Descriptor], expected Integer (20090903/nspredef-1012)
[ 1.968968] [<ffffffff8144dce7>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xa7/0x140
[ 1.968975] [<ffffffff81011ea3>] cpu_idle+0xb3/0x110
[ 1.968980] ACPI: Invalid _PSD data
[ 1.968986] [<ffffffff8155ab45>] start_secondary+0xa8/0xaa
[ 1.968998] ---[ end trace 5c2645609957869a ]---

System cannot suspend either.

ProblemType: Bug
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: bhughes 1987 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf2620000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant ID 5069'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15069,17aa218b,00100301'
   Controls : 6
   Simple ctrls : 4
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xcdefc000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia ID a'
   Components : 'HDA:10de000a,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls : 0
   Simple ctrls : 0
Card1.Amixer.values:

Date: Tue Feb 16 17:52:58 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3174c6eb-62e1-4894-9adb-d4ad608f4790
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
MachineType: LENOVO 4318CTO
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-source (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-13-generic root=/dev/mapper/systest-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
Regression: No
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.29
Reproducible: Yes
SourcePackage: linux-meta
TestedUpstream: Yes
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 01/20/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6NET46WW (1.09 )
dmi.board.name: 4318CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6NET46WW(1.09):bd01/20/2010:svnLENOVO:pn4318CTO:pvrThinkPadW510:rvnLENOVO:rn4318CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4318CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W510
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Tom Gelinas (tomgelinas)]

I do not have identical dmesg contents on my T510, but it is similar.
My mild debugging is outlined here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/519375

IASL reports errors when recompiling DSDT, it appears that the DSDT was compiled using a Microsoft compiler, which does not strictly enforce syntax. I'm still investigating this.

http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1036051
^^this thread links to some explanations and guides.

[Bryn Hughes (linux-nashira)]

I tried decompiling/recompiling my dsdt and likewise got one error and several warnings. I build a new kernel with a "fixed" dsdt.hex but it didn't really seem to make any difference.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

[This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you inappropriately.]

This bug was reported against the linux-meta package when it likely should have been reported against the linux package instead. We are automatically transitioning this to the linux kernel package so that the appropriate teams are notified and made aware of this issue.

If this bug really is a bug in the linux-meta package you can move it back to linux-meta and tag it kj-linux-meta, or contact us on the #ubuntu-kernel channel on the FreeNode IRC server. Thanks.