Re: ACPI bombing, ACPI Exception (acpi_bus-0071): AE_NOT_FOUND

[Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:44:06 -0700
"Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com> wrote:

> 
> >> Hey guys,
> >> 
> >> I am running a 2.6.18-rc1-git7 kernel on my IBM Thinkpad x60s, with
> >> CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK=y
> >> 
> >> Whenever the computer is inserted into the dock, ACPI seems to bomb:
> >> http://rafb.net/paste/results/GW5E8747.html
> >> 
> >> I was wondering if anyone could help me solve this problem, 
> >I believe it
> >> is keeping me from using my cdrom drive on the dock since it does not
> >> show up in /dev.  I have also contacted Kristen Accardi 
> >about it, who I
> >> believe wrote the dock code... but I wasn't sure if this is a further
> >> problem in ACPI somewhere.
> >> 
> >> Here is my full config:
> >> http://rafb.net/paste/results/o2gSVu90.html
> >> 
> >> Thanks!
> >> George
> 
> >Hello everyone,
> >I am working on getting an x60 to duplicate the cdrom issue 
> >this week.  However, I was wondering if there was anything we 
> >could do about these AE_NOT_FOUND messages.  A lot of people 
> >believe that they are errors, but in fact they are normal for 
> >hotplugging.  Would it be ok if I just get rid of that error 
> >message?  It generates unneccessary consternation.
> 
> In 2.6.17, this was a DEBUG message.
> I'll return it to being a DEBUG message for 2.6.18.
> 
> BTW. I can't follow the URLs above, hopefully you can.
> stashing logs in a bugzilla entry is generally a better method,
> because "bugzilla never forgets".
> 
> thanks,
> -Len

I can't follow them either, but I had looked at them earlier in the week when George contacted me privately. Of course, I stupidly didn't save them then. George, can you make sure you have all this information stored in a bugzilla entry, and the bugzilla can be assigned to me.

Thanks,
Kristen