Comment 246 for bug 422536

This constant reassignment is fun to watch. If I had the time I'd dive into
the code. Good luck to whomever finally takes this task on... or marks it as
completed.

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Sense Hofstede <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: theangel777 (theangel12) => (unassigned)
>
> --
> EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by the BIOS. Module will
> NOT be loaded.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422536
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> Status in KDE frontend for sudo: Invalid
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Invalid
> Status in “kerneloops” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “kerneloops” source package in Karmic: Fix Committed
> Status in “linux” source package in Karmic: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> The edac_amd64 module attempts to load on many systems. If the system
> doesn't have ECC
> memory, or it is disabled in the BIOS, then the module prints
>
> EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by the BIOS. Module will
> NOT be loaded.
> Either Enable ECC in the BIOS, or use the 'ecc_enable_override'
> parameter.
> Might be a BIOS bug, if BIOS says ECC is enabled
> Use of the override can cause unknown side effects.
>
> before failing to load. This won't cause issues for most people that see
> the message.
>
> kerneloops picks this up as kernel problem as the "WARNING:" looks a lot
> like what
> you get when using WARN().
>
> There are several aspects to this issue:
>
> * linux
> - something attempts to load the module when perhaps it doesn't need to
> (unclear at this point)
> - the module looks like it is using WARN() when it isn't, and is
> arguably more SHOUTY than
> it needs to be.
> * kerneloops
> - picks up this as WARN() when it isn't.
> - Was accidentally left enabled for the stable release, people
> shouldn't be getting asked to report
> this at this point.
> - Isn't very good at dealing with repeat issues, causing more reports
> to be sent than are needed.
>
> and possibly others as well.
>
> ProblemType: KernelOops
> Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be
> restarted.
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: yoman82 3464 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: yoman82 3464 F...m pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf9ff0000 irq 16'
> Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
> Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,18491e01,00100001'
> Controls : 37
> Simple ctrls : 21
> Date: Tue Sep 1 07:48:00 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Failure: oops
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=69c64130-cc6f-4a5b-952b-3ba4c893ba48
> MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-8-generic 2.6.31-8.28
> PccardctlIdent:
>
> PccardctlStatus:
>
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=19f3bdd6-1b33-48e0-8081-d00e178d9f7d ro splash
> vga=792
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-8.28-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-8-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.16
> RfKill:
> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> SourcePackage: linux
> Tags: kernel-oops
> Title: 6.073813] EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by
> the BIOS. Module will NOT be loaded.
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-8-generic x86_64
> WifiSyslog:
>
> WpaSupplicantLog:
>
> dmi.bios.date: 04/24/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: P1.00
> dmi.board.name: M3A780GXH/128M
> dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd04/24/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnM3A780GXH/128M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
> dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>
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