From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 13 22:21:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741281065670; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:21:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert.moore@intel.com) Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3196E8FC0A; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Oct 2009 15:05:58 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,553,1249282800"; d="scan'208";a="457177756" Received: from orsmsx604.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.22.226.87]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Oct 2009 15:27:19 -0700 Received: from orsmsx503.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.22.226.47]) by orsmsx604.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.250.113.17]) with mapi; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:21:35 -0700 From: "Moore, Robert" To: Jung-uk Kim , "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org" Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:21:35 -0700 Thread-Topic: ACPI Warning: Converted Buffer to expected String Thread-Index: AcpMUuduf35f3KlTS0mYY13PceygFwAAGP8w Message-ID: <4911F71203A09E4D9981D27F9D8308583B31B180@orsmsx503.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <20091011142256.GA3770@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <200910131133.16487.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <4AD4F611.6080504@freebsd.org> <200910131815.53053.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200910131815.53053.jkim@FreeBSD.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: Lawrence Stewart , "freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: ACPI Warning: Converted Buffer to expected String X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:21:37 -0000 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"