[ 0.884475] GHES: HEST is not enabled!

[Cristian Aravena Romero]

dmesg:

[ 0.884475] GHES: HEST is not enabled!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: linux-image-3.7.0-7-generic 3.7.0-7.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: caravena 2172 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: caravena 2172 F...m pulseaudio
Date: Sun Dec 16 20:35:03 2012
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bbb4e1f8-ea0d-49c5-816e-06c632db022b
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-27 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20121126)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-NS130FE
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.7.0-7-generic root=UUID=90fb6cfe-0685-4182-b560-06a11e93d6d1 ro vmalloc=256MB quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.7.0-7-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.7.0-7-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.98
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R0200Y3
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0200Y3:bd08/27/2009:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-NS130FE:pvrC6U0B23E:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-NS130FE
dmi.product.version: C6U0B23E
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Is that error message new to Raring, or did you also see it in previous releases?

[Cristian Aravena Romero (caravena)]

No message in Quantal and Precise

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Are you seeing any adverse things happening on your system, or just the error message?

[Cristian Aravena Romero (caravena)]

Just the error message.

[matti salminen (salmiset)]

Joseph, the error is also present in Quantal.

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

from: drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c (this is git head rather than any specific version):

        if (hest_disable) {
                pr_info(GHES_PFX "HEST is not enabled!\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }

then drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c:

bool hest_disable;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hest_disable);

static int __init setup_hest_disable(char *str)
{
        hest_disable = 1;
        return 0;
}

and it's documented as a flag in ./Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt :
        hest_disable [ACPI]
                        Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
                        corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
                        logic will be disabled.

I can't actually see anything that sets hest_disable to anything other than 1.

[Tuomas Heino (iheino+ub)]

Error message also present in Precise.

P.S. noticed the message only when attempting to find out whether bad page offlining support exists for Ivy Bridge; inconclusive on that so far.

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