From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 03:21:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D6616A402 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:21:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hartzell@alerce.com) Received: from merlin.alerce.com (merlin.alerce.com [64.62.142.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89BC913C4B4 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:21:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hartzell@alerce.com) Received: from merlin.alerce.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.alerce.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C07B733C5D; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:21:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postfix.alerce.com (w092.z064001164.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.164.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "satchel.alerce.com", Issuer "alerce.com" (verified OK)) by merlin.alerce.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F18533C5B; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:21:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by postfix.alerce.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0470BFE58E; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:21:01 -0700 (PDT) From: George Hartzell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18076.13725.911691.832366@almost.alerce.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:21:01 -0700 To: Nate Lawson 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> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.1 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi_smbus_read_2: AE_ERROR 0x10 on a Mac Pro running -STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: hartzell@alerce.com List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:21:00 -0000 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.