Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:21:35 -0700 From: "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@intel.com> To: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>, "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org" <freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ACPI Warning: Converted Buffer to expected String Message-ID: <4911F71203A09E4D9981D27F9D8308583B31B180@orsmsx503.amr.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <200910131815.53053.jkim@FreeBSD.org> References: <20091011142256.GA3770@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <200910131133.16487.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <4AD4F611.6080504@freebsd.org> <200910131815.53053.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
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Probably should be dropped down to a warning. This is usually caused by the BIOS modifying the package length on the fly.= No ASL compiler would do this. >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >acpi@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jung-uk Kim >Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:16 PM >To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org >Cc: Lawrence Stewart; freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: ACPI Warning: Converted Buffer to expected String > >On Tuesday 13 October 2009 05:50 pm, Lawrence Stewart wrote: >> Jung-uk Kim wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> > by new ACPICA. However, if you see "ACPI Error", that's >> > something to worry about, e.g., cannot convert predefined types. >> >> So I should be worried about this line from my Toshiba R600 >> laptop's dmesg? >> >> ACPI Error: Package List length (0xC) larger than NumElements count >> (0x4), truncated > >Strictly speaking, it is an error because ACPI specification says so >(hence the error message). However, no exception is returned because >of Windows compatibility according to the comments in the source. > >If everything is working fine, just ignore it. :-) > >Jung-uk Kim >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-acpi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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