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

[Justin P. Mattock]

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 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
>
>    
o.k. after somehow blowing my system up, I'm up and
running. Anyways I applied that patch and yes it works.

Justin P. Mattock

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