Comment 12 for bug 324894

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Solitaire (bill-s0l) wrote :

I've just started getting a similar error:
Suspend to ram and resuming from ram are fine.
I just get the error when i restart my machine (triple boot between Win7rc, 9:10 A-6 and 9:04)

Log excerpt below:

[ 119.816054] Corrupted low memory at c000fe2c (fe2c phys) = 00000010
...
[ 120.011822] Corrupted low memory at c000fff8 (fff8 phys) = 8005003b
[ 120.013788] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 120.013790] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:719 check_for_bios_corruption+0xc8/0xd0()
[ 120.013792] Memory corruption detected in low memory
[ 120.015809] Modules linked in: joydev lp parport snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi psmouse snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device serio_raw pcspkr intel_agp video iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support ieee80211_crypt_tkip agpgart output snd soundcore wl(P) ieee80211_crypt snd_page_alloc e1000e nbd vesafb fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
[ 120.015836] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: P 2.6.28-15-generic #52-Ubuntu
[ 120.015838] Call Trace:
[ 120.015843] [<c0139ba0>] warn_slowpath+0x60/0x80
[ 120.015846] [<c0105318>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30
[ 120.015849] [<c013a80a>] ? vprintk+0x16a/0x370
[ 120.015853] [<c015b0a3>] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x33/0xc0
[ 120.015858] [<c04fe166>] ? printk+0x18/0x1a
[ 120.015861] [<c01079c8>] check_for_bios_corruption+0xc8/0xd0
[ 120.015864] [<c01079d8>] periodic_check_for_corruption+0x8/0x30
[ 120.015868] [<c0143bf0>] run_timer_softirq+0x130/0x200
[ 120.015870] [<c01079d0>] ? periodic_check_for_corruption+0x0/0x30
[ 120.015874] [<c01079d0>] ? periodic_check_for_corruption+0x0/0x30
[ 120.015877] [<c013f297>] __do_softirq+0x97/0x170
[ 120.015880] [<c0106f30>] ? timer_interrupt+0x30/0x80
[ 120.015882] [<c013f3cd>] do_softirq+0x5d/0x60
[ 120.015885] [<c013f545>] irq_exit+0x55/0x90
[ 120.015888] [<c0106853>] do_IRQ+0x83/0xa0
[ 120.015890] [<c01051f3>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
[ 120.015894] [<c031a15d>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x153/0x18e
[ 120.015898] [<c040c5bf>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x6f/0xd0
[ 120.015901] [<c010285d>] cpu_idle+0x6d/0xd0
[ 120.015904] [<c04ee7ae>] rest_init+0x4e/0x60
[ 120.015906] ---[ end trace d5585bfddf9627c3 ]---

uname -a
Linux Europa 2.6.28-15-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:49:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

sudo dmidecode -t bios

# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
 Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
 Version: 68MVU Ver. F.02
 Release Date: 08/20/2008
 Address: 0xE0000
 Runtime Size: 128 kB
 ROM Size: 1024 kB
 Characteristics:
  PCI is supported
  PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
  PNP is supported
  BIOS is upgradeable
  BIOS shadowing is allowed
  Boot from CD is supported
  Selectable boot is supported
  EDD is supported
  3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
  Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
  8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
  Printer services are supported (int 17h)
  ACPI is supported
  USB legacy is supported
  LS-120 boot is supported
  Smart battery is supported
  BIOS boot specification is supported
  Function key-initiated network boot is supported
  Targeted content distribution is supported
 BIOS Revision: 15.2
 Firmware Revision: 18.0