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Subject: Re: [acpi-jp 2197] Re: ACPI-0293 (and 0166) errors
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On Fri, 9 May 2003, Mark Santcroos wrote:
> On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:48:14PM +0200, Rasmus Skaarup wrote:
> > I'm getting a lot of ACPI-errors afer my latest cvsup. I updated sources a
> > few hours ago, and the last time was the 23rd of April.
> >
> > The error looks like this.
> >
> >     ACPI-0293: *** Warning: Buffer created with zero length in AML
> >         -0166: *** Error: UtAllocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes
> >
> > acpi0: <DELL   CPi R  > on motherboard
>
> So another Dell laptop that has it.
>
> Can you send the output of acpidump please?

I've been monitoring the Linux ACPI list as well and others are getting
these warnings (even with 0424).  It looks like it is a problem in acpica.

-Nate