Re: [Bug #14379] ACPI Warning for _SB_.BAT0._BIF: Converted Buffer to expected String

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Monday 12 October 2009, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
> Lin Ming wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 11:14 +0800, Justin Mattock wrote:
> >    
> >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki<rjw@xxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >>      
> >>> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> >>> of recent regressions.
> >>>
> >>> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> >>> from 2.6.31.  Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> >>> (either way).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bug-Entry       : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379
> >>> Subject         : ACPI Warning for _SB_.BAT0._BIF: Converted Buffer to expected String
> >>> Submitter       : Justin Mattock<justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Date            : 2009-10-08 21:46 (4 days old)
> >>> References      : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125504031328941&w=4
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> pulled rc4 today and the warning is still present.
> >> here is the results of git bisect:
> >>      
> >
> > Patch at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379#c1 fixes the
> > warning.
> >
> > Actually, the _BIF warning was fixed at commit
> > e899b6485c332aa2d7510739507ab5e5d7b28e59.
> > See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11822#c14
> >
> > I made a mistake at the cleanup of predefined method table so the
> > warning shows up again.
> >
> > Lin Ming
> >
> >    
> Cool, I can give that a try.
> then I guess just leave this open(bugreport) until this patch
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14379#c1
> gets pushed into the main tree then close the bugreport.

I updated the bug entry with the patch information.

Thanks,
Rafael
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