RE: bisected: Re: 4.3.0-rc3-00042: ACPI Warning: AcpiEnable failed

From: Zheng, Lv
Date: Wed Oct 14 2015 - 01:49:00 EST


Hi,

> From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:19 AM
>
> On Monday, October 12, 2015 07:48:12 AM Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > Hi, Rafael
>
> Hi,
>
> > The bug has been fixed.
> > The root cause is the previous commit doesn't cover a hidden logic:
> > acpi_enable() should rely on the existence of FADT while currently it relies on the number of loaded tables.
> > The fix that removes the hidden logic is an ACPICA commit.
> > Shall we wait until it is merged via an ACPICA release cycle or make it a bit faster by merging Linuxized version first?
>
> Please send the Linuxized version of it ASAP, we need it for 4.3.

I'll send the fix to this thread.

Thanks and best regards
-Lv

>
> Thanks,
> Rafael
>
>
> > > From: mroos@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mroos@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Meelis Roos
> > > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 2:14 PM
> > >
> > > > > > 4.2.0 worked fine, 4.3.0-rc3-00042-g3225031 was the next one tested
> > > > > > after that and with this kernel, ACPI enabling fails. This is Pentium
> > > > > > III, 1 GHz, Intel 815 chipset, DMI tells something about "Packard Bell
> > > > > > NEC" as the mainboard type.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Full dmesg and config are below. What additional information can I
> > > > > > provide besides bisecting (will take time)?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bisecting done, here is the culprit:
> > > > >
> > > > > 8ec3f459073e67e5c6d78507dec693064b3040a2 is the first bad commit
> > > > > commit 8ec3f459073e67e5c6d78507dec693064b3040a2
> > > > > Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Date: Tue Aug 25 10:29:01 2015 +0800
> > > > >
> > > > > ACPICA: Tables: Fix global table list issues by removing fixed table indexes
> > > > >
> > > > > ACPICA commit c0b38b4c3982c2336ee92a2a14716107248bd941
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot for bisecting this!
> > > >
> > > > It will help if you file a bug entry at bugzilla.kernel.org agaist ACPI for
> > > > this issue (please mark it as a regression) and attach the output of acpidump
> > > > from the affected system to it.
> > >
> > > Done, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105351
> > >
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> > > Meelis Roos (mroos@xxxxxxxx)
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