thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware

[fdreyer]

After apt-get dist-upgrade (2010.04.04, 0300 PM) the "new" (thought I already have the same on my machine) reported problems. Don't know why.

ProblemType: KernelOops
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-19-generic 2.6.32-19.28
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: felix 1749 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 18
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 14
   Mono: Playback 14 [100%] [off]
Date: Sun Apr 4 15:45:09 2010
Failure: oops
Frequency: I don't know.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=eaf7efc0-3149-4585-8c24-9f52ab93b0d8
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0ea0:2126 Ours Technology, Inc. 7-in-1 Card Reader
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: IBM 28914G1
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
 Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
 Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=4221434a-14ce-47c7-8692-440d0937c70f ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.33
RfKill:
 0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: yes
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Title: thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
dmi.bios.date: 11/10/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1QET66WW (2.04 )
dmi.board.name: 28914G1
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CCE99C7245
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1QET66WW(2.04):bd11/10/2003:svnIBM:pn28914G1:pvrThinkPadX31:rvnIBM:rn28914G1:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 28914G1
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X31
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM