thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware

[Marc Deslauriers]

Got this on a Thinkpad T30.

I am currently running bios 2.09 and 2.10 is available, so I'll update this bug once I try the newer firmware.

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-19-generic 2.6.32-19.28
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: I82801CAICH3 [Intel 82801CA-ICH3], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801CA-ICH3]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: mdeslaur 1245 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801CAICH3'/'Intel 82801CA-ICH3 with AD1881A at irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1881A'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445348'
   Controls : 31
   Simple ctrls : 21
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 1IHT20WW-1.07'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 1IHT20WW-1.07'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 14
   Mono: Playback 14 [100%] [on]
Date: Fri Apr 2 12:30:33 2010
Failure: oops
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2fecf88b-c7f8-404f-82bf-48a86156059d
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100224.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: IBM 236684U
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
 Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
 Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=8029144a-0d61-4325-bf78-7b01237a41f2 ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.33
SourcePackage: linux
Title: thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
dmi.bios.date: 08/08/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1IET70WW (2.09 )
dmi.board.name: 236684U
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1IET70WW(2.09):bd08/08/2005:svnIBM:pn236684U:pvrNotAvailable:rvnIBM:rn236684U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 236684U
dmi.product.version: Not Available
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Updating my BIOS to 2.10 solved this.