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Date:      Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:20:55 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl>
Subject:   Re: Odd PCI and ACPI messages on 'INSYDE RSDT_000' laptop
Message-ID:  <200607311120.55563.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060730223358.GN48334@hoeg.nl>
References:  <20060730223358.GN48334@hoeg.nl>

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On Sunday 30 July 2006 18:33, Ed Schouten wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Last week I got a laptop from a few friends of mine with a broken
> screen. I removed the screen from the device and connected a regular CRT
> to it to install FreeBSD 6.1 on it for serving as a jukebox (silent,
> doesn't consume too much power).
> 
> I first tried FreeSBIE 1.1, which just deadlocked during the bootsplash.
> After that I downloaded a FreeBSD 6.1 CD. When I boot FreeBSD 6.1
> without the ACPI kernel module, it panics (fatal trap 12) right after
> probing uhci0. When I boot with ACPI, it boots like it should. Because
> the laptop doesn't have a serial connector, I didn't copy the kernel
> backtrace. If it is really needed, I'll boot the CD once again and type
> over the screen contents.
> 
> Anyway, I installed FreeBSD 6.1 on it, with the ACPI module loaded, but
> I still get some really strange messages in my dmesg I thought would be
> useful to mention:
> 
> | ...
> | cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
> | acpi_perf0: <ACPI CPU Frequency Control> on cpu0
> | acpi_perf0: failed in PERF_STATUS attach
> | device_attach: acpi_perf0 attach returned 6
> | ...
> | acpi_perf0: <ACPI CPU Frequency Control> on cpu0
> | acpi_perf0: failed in PERF_STATUS attach
> | device_attach: acpi_perf0 attach returned 6
> | ...
> 
> And these:
> 
> | ...
> | pci_link0: BIOS IRQ 11 for 0.2.INTA is invalid
> | pci_link1: BIOS IRQ 5 for 0.31.INTB is invalid
> | ...
> | pci_link4: BIOS IRQ 11 for 1.0.INTA is invalid
> | pci_link5: BIOS IRQ 11 for 1.1.INTA is invalid
> | ...
> 
> The device Just Works at the moment, so I can live with it, but I
> was wondering if these messages do any harm. I've attached the entire
> dmesg of the device for those who are interested.

If your machine works, then don't worry about the pci_link messages.

-- 
John Baldwin



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