Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:21:01 -0700 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi_smbus_read_2: AE_ERROR 0x10 on a Mac Pro running -STABLE Message-ID: <18076.13725.911691.832366@almost.alerce.com> In-Reply-To: <469BFFF2.1090504@root.org> References: <18074.33681.27885.568308@almost.alerce.com> <469AA815.9060906@root.org> <18074.44281.478078.454771@almost.alerce.com> <469BFFF2.1090504@root.org>
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Nate Lawson writes: > George Hartzell wrote: > > Nate Lawson writes: > > > George Hartzell wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have an 8-way Mac Pro running -STABLE csup'ed a few weeks ago. It's > > > > generally working great, but > > > > > > > > acpi_smbus_read_2: AE_ERROR 0x10 > > > > > > > > pops up on the console several times per minute. It doesn't seem to > > > > hurt anything, but it fills up the dmesg buffer and just doesn't seem > > > > right. > > > > > > > > Does it ring any bells? What add'l info can I provide that might help > > > > shut it up? > > > > > > It's the acpi_smbat device (smart battery). For some reason, your > > > system is reporting an error when it reads the battery status every 10 > > > seconds or so. > > > > > > I don't know much about the SMbus status codes. You could start by > > > posting your dmesg (AE_ERROR messages trimmed for size). > > > > I've put dmesg -v, dmesg, sysctl hw.acpi, and acpidump -dt output at: > > > > http://shrimp.alerce.com/misc/delicious-dmesg-verbose.txt > > http://shrimp.alerce.com/misc/macpro.asl > > http://shrimp.alerce.com/misc/delicious-dmesg.txt > > http://shrimp.alerce.com/misc/sysctl.hw.acpi > > > > The top of the dmesg -v output seems to have scrolled out of the > > buffer. > > Well, your ASL advertises an acpi_smbat device: > > Device (SMB0) > { > Name (_HID, "ACPI0001") > Name (_EC, 0x2010) > } > > Not sure what we can do except you can add this to loader.conf: > debug.acpi.disabled="smbat" I added the line that you suggested to /boot/loader.conf and it has quieted things down wonderfully. Thanks! g.
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