[Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E525] Critical /High failures in fwts report

[Po-Hsu Lin]

CID: 201107-8258 Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E525

Multiple Critical / High failures found in fwts report:

 klog: HIGH Kernel message: [ 0.240390] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
 klog: HIGH Kernel message: [ 0.286778] pnp 00:05: [Firmware Bug]: [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffffffffffff disabled] covers only part of AMD MMCONFIG area [mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff]; adding more reservations

FAILED [CRITICAL] AETtype: Test 101, Detected error 'Type' when evaluating
'\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.EC0_.BAT0._PCL'.
FAILED [CRITICAL] AETtype: Test 101, Detected error 'Type' when evaluating
'\_SB_.ADP1._PCL'.
FAILED [CRITICAL] AEAMLBufferLimit: Test 133, Detected error 'Buffer limit' when
evaluating '\_SB_.PCI0.VGA_.LCD_._BCM'.

Please find attachment for the fwts_result.log

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic 3.8.0-29.42~precise1 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.0-29-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.5
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 23717 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 23717 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0b44000 irq 47'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 7
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card0.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic_1'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0b40000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20590'
   Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aa21ea,00100000'
   Controls : 22
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Tue Oct 22 22:43:19 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f746ff69-0a94-4753-8729-e754d0d71a4c
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 120024U
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic root=UUID=5da29fe5-c880-4e79-9e8d-4420e3b1afe4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-29-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-29-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.6
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux-lts-raring
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/14/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8IET33WW(1.06)
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 120024U
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:bvr8IET33WW(1.06):bd07/14/2011:svnLENOVO:pn120024U:pvrThinkPadE525:rvnLENOVO:rn120024U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 120024U
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad E525
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Ivan Hu (ivan.hu)]

The error,
 klog: HIGH Kernel message: [ 0.240390] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
 due to the kernel cannot find the ACPI _BQC method provided by firmware.

and the kernel log info,
 klog: HIGH Kernel message: [ 0.286778] pnp 00:05: [Firmware Bug]: [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffffffffffff disabled] covers only part of AMD MMCONFIG area [mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff]; adding more reservations
is due to the firmware device Device (MEM), report incorrect/unnecessary resource.

These are both from the improper firmware and need to fixed by firmware.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Po-Hsu Lin, as per http://download.lenovo.com/express/ddfm.html an update to your BIOS is available (1.14). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Thank you for your understanding.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

I will close this bug since we're currently not working on this system. Will open a new one if we get back on it.
Thanks!