ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE

Bug #270017 reported by ZhuHaipeng
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Bug Description

ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE

My computer is Microstar EX600, and I installed ubuntu8.10 and same problem.

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nestoklon (nestoklon) wrote :

Similar kernel message at xubuntu 8.10 Alpha5. BenQ JoyBook S32B.

Though, I am not sure that it is a bug. Before I saw no message, but sleep/hibernate behave strange.

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Terry (terry-kryogenic) wrote :

I get this too, I have a Gateway but I do not get any strange symptoms as a result, only that I have wireless performance issues. I have no idea if it's related or not.

Seems to be an ongoing issue, particularly with a number of Acer notebooks, at least according to several kernel mailing lists.

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Erik Andrén (erik-andren) wrote :

I can confirm this on a Clevo M720R laptop.

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Zoltan Hoppar (hopparz-gmail) wrote : Re: [Bug 270017] Re: ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE

I can confirm too on a Fujitsu Siemens Amillo Pro 3405.

(PS: Same error coming out on the latest updated Fedora 9 too. - with
2.6.26.3-26...)

2008/9/27 Erik Andrén <email address hidden>

> I can confirm this on a Clevo M720R laptop.
>
> --
> ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270017
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billytalent (billytalent) wrote :

Get the same message on an HP dv5000

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Matt LaPaglia (mlapaglia) wrote :

same message on a Compal Hel80

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Graziano (graziano-giuliani-gmail) wrote :

Got this on my Santech (Compal) notebook with 8.10:
...
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.000000] ACPI: If "acpi_apic_instance=2" works better, notify <email address hidden>
...
[ 0.449745] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
[ 0.544768] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x1c, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
[ 0.544768] ACPI: EC: driver started in poll mode
[ 2.053366] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 2.065586] ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE
...

None of this came out using 8.04.

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Graziano (graziano-giuliani-gmail) wrote :

Have found on this faq: http://www.acpi.info/acpi_faq.htm some insight on acpi,gpe, and ec.
Something related to "smart battery"?
On my notebook with 8.10 something weird is happening on battery charge monitoring in gnome power manager, which is unable to track reliably battery charge. With 8.04, a nice popup came out when my battery was really low, in 8.10 I have to keep an eye on the "battery low" led of the hardware to avoid crash due to end of charge.
I have also put a threshold mark of "5%" to clean shutdown, but this too is not working.
Seems to me a regression against 2.6.24 kernel on acpi managment or a more strict check on acpi compliance of our buggy bioses....

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Dovel (dov01) wrote :

I'm on a Dell Iinspiron 1501 also using 8.10. Same error message and the same issues with the battery monitoring as Graziano. Battery charge monitor is unreliable. The battery seems to discharge more quickly in Intrepid, but not sure that would be related with this bug. I've also had major issues with Hibernate and Suspend functions. Again, not sure if this is related.

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Dovel (dov01) wrote :

There is some work being done on this issue at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10724 .

Changed in acpi:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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John Boiles (johnaboiles) wrote :

I can confirm this on hp pavilion zt3000 laptop

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Dovel (dov01) wrote :

I can say that this is fixed in the latest kernel upgrade to 2.6.27-7. Did the upgrade today and no probs since. Gnome power manager seems to know what the battery is doing as well.

dov

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Timo Tretter (timo-tretter) wrote :

I've got the problem the other way arround. I need the ACPI polling mode, because my notebook (MSI-PR200/System 76 Daru2) send wrong battery status interrupts.
The 2.6.27-7 does not enable the polling mode, 2.6.27-6 does.

2.6.27-7
dmesg | grep GPE
[ 0.784588] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x17, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
dmesg | grep poll
<no output>

2.6.27-6
dmesg | grep GPE
[ 0.760081] ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE
[ 0.804581] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x17, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62

dmesg | grep poll
[ 0.804581] ACPI: EC: driver started in poll mode

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billytalent (billytalent) wrote :

Fixed! in the latest kernel just like Dovel mentioned.

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Timo Tretter (timo-tretter) wrote :

This is not fixed for me because the "fix" cause the old problem. On my laptop the EC driver needs to be started in poll mode to show the correct values for battery and ac adapter. The 2.6.27-7 kernel starts the driver in interrupt mode.

maybe take a look here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/147560
and here:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9823
this fixed my problem until kernel 2.6.27-6

mad (xmad1)
description: updated
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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote :

the 'acpi' package is a trivial client, not the thing the kernel stuff that actually fights the bios.

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JrBenito (jrbenito) wrote :

Starts to happen here with Ubuntu 9.04 kernel 2.6.28-12-generic

HP Pavilion dv2225nr (Turion X2, 4GB ram)

Together I verified these:
[ 117.000037] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -248426306 ns)
[ 2000.203126] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
[ 2830.410877] ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode
[ 2830.912028] ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off interrupt mode.
[ 7291.909673] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 22500 nsec

I never saw these messages before and clock issues are related with some freeze (with caps lock light blinking) I guess.

Thanks.
Benito.

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kernel-janitor (kernel-janitor) wrote :

Hi ZhuHaipeng,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 270017

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

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tags: added: needs-kernel-logs
tags: added: needs-upstream-testing
tags: added: kj-triage
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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matejcik (matejcik) wrote :

i haven't seen this one in a very long time, and in karmic's latest kernel, the caused bug (inability to read battery state) doesn't seem to happen.

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

Having not heard back from the original bug reporter, I'm going to close this based on the previous comment. Thanks.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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Mike Basinger (mike.basinger) wrote : apport-collect data

Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

Changed in acpi:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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Joseph Moya (jofusmoya) wrote :

I got this message while booting PC Login. Could anyone help me resolve and bypass this? Thanks!

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Jagat (jagatsingh) wrote :

I get this message in Ubuntu 13.10 daily release

Oct 11 20:14:54 nanak-P570WM kernel: [ 945.458761] ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected(9 GPEs), transactions will use polling mode
Oct 11 20:17:01 nanak-P570WM CRON[4228]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)

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