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ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_PR_ .CPU1._PDC] (Node dfffe660), AE_BAD_HEADER

Bug #98726 reported by new2linux
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.15

I have only been on linux for a year. I went from a Celeron D 2.66ghz on a Foxconn motherboard to a E4300 on a ASRock 775-dual VSTA. Stock bios. No overclocking. I noticed this error within my dmesg and not sure if I have a bad cpu or if it's a bug? Can anyone comment on this. Here is the output from dmesg | grep ACPI, /proc/cpuinfo and lspci.

************************dmesg | grep ACPI********************
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000005ffb0000 - 000000005ffc0000 (ACPI data)
[17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000005ffc0000 - 000000005fff0000 (ACPI NVS)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 ACPIAM ) @ 0x000f7df0
[17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 A M I OEMRSDT 0x12000611 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x5ffb0000
[17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v002 A M I OEMFACP 0x12000611 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x5ffb0200
[17179569.184000] ACPI: MADT (v001 A M I OEMAPIC 0x12000611 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x5ffb0390
[17179569.184000] ACPI: MCFG (v001 A M I OEMMCFG 0x12000611 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x5ffb0410
[17179569.184000] ACPI: OEMB (v001 A M I AMI_OEM 0x12000611 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x5ffc0040
[17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 75D8U 75D8U000 0x00000000 INTL 0x02002026) @ 0x00000000
[17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808
[17179569.184000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x82] disabled)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x83] disabled)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x03] address[0xfecc0000] gsi_base[24])
[17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 low level)
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
[17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
[17179569.184000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
[17179572.200000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found!
[17179572.456000] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[17179572.456000] ACPI: Subsystem revision 20051216
[17179572.460000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[17179572.460000] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[17179572.460000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[17179572.464000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[17179572.484000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.NBPG._PRT]
[17179572.492000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P7._PRT]
[17179572.492000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI1] (0000:80)
[17179572.492000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI1._PRT]
[17179572.492000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
[17179572.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
[17179572.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
[17179572.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
[17179572.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179572.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179572.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[17179572.496000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
[17179572.496000] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[17179572.500000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[17179572.500000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[17179572.500000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[17179572.740000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 27 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
[17179572.740000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 27 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
[17179573.156000] ACPI wakeup devices:
[17179573.156000] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
[17179573.236000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_PR_.CPU1._PDC] (Node dfffe660), AE_BAD_HEADER
[17179573.236000] ACPI-0517: *** Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_PR_.CPU2._PDC] (Node dfffeea0), AE_BAD_HEADER
[17179573.644000] ACPI: bus type scsi registered
[17179573.644000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
[17179577.576000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
[17179577.628000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
[17179577.736000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.1[B] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 217
[17179577.840000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.2[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
[17179577.944000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.3[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 225
[17179578.048000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.4[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
[17179588.064000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:12.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 225
[17179588.112000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 233
[17179590.384000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:80:01.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
[17179590.384000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 50
[17179885.416000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[17179885.416000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]

***********************/proc/cpuinfo:**********************
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1711.273
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 255
cpu cores : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3424.88

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1711.273
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 1
siblings : 1
core id : 255
cpu cores : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3421.82

************************lspci*****************************
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
0000:00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
0000:00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
0000:00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
0000:00:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments FireWire Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c)
0000:00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCIE Bridge
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200 (rev a1)
0000:80:01.0 0403: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This bug has had no activity for a considerable period. This is a check to see if there is still interest in investigating this bug report.
Is this still an issue with later releases?

Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
status: New → Incomplete
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unixnewbie (darfsten) wrote :
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I have this issue with Feisty Fawn.
Kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic
My outputs are below:
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments FireWire Controller (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c)
00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)
80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)

cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1710.956
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3423.99
clflush size : 64

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1710.956
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc m...

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thanks for the information.
To expand on the bug report, does the system suffer any functional/operational problems related to ACPI?
The logs show that no Differentiated System Description Table was found.
Can you attach the file produced from the following command?:
sudo biosdecode > biosdecode.txt
Thanks.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
status: New → Incomplete
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unixnewbie (darfsten) wrote :

not that I am aware of but then again I don't know exactly what ACPI does.
I use mythtv and I get this error all the time in my kern.log.
Mar 22 21:30:20 UBUNTU kernel: [747271.849283] ivtv0: All encoder MPEG stream buffers are full. Dropping data.
Mar 22 21:30:21 UBUNTU kernel: [747271.849288] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
I have even changed the mpeg buffers from the default to 16MB but I still get these errors. I haven't tried a new PCI slot for the PVR-350. My recordings are ok for the most part but it does drop some frames once in awhile.

I have attached the file you requested after performing that command.

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

No, MythTV messages are unrelated.

OK. Re-read your Feisty dmesg. The following line indicates a likely BIOS bug:
"ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... file /DSDT.aml not found, using machine DSDT"
This is not uncommon. In your situation it appears to be related to just gathering some CPU related information.

1/ You could check whether your hardware manufacturer has a BIOS upgrade available.
2/ You could try a later Ubuntu release (if this has become a known bios bug a workaround may be included in a later release).

There are other methods involving creating custom DSDT.aml but these are not trivial. Search Google on the above error message and you will find them. See here for some background: http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml )

It appears your system is fully functional. In the absence of an identifiable operational problem it's difficult to suggest a path forward. It maybe best to do nothing unless a lack of functionality or disfunction is discovered.

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Correction to my previous comment regarding: "file /DSDT.aml not found".
Don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that!
This is normal. It simply means you haven't provided a custom DSDT ie. you are using DSDT in BIOS.
However, having said that, the error message you report does result from a poorly constructed DSDT in BIOS. Again, this is not uncommon.
All other previous comments still stand.

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

The 18 month support period for Feisty Fawn 7.04 has reached it's end of life - http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.04-end-of-life . As a result, we are closing the linux-source-2.6.20 kernel task. However, the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release is set to come out at the end of the month. It contains a newer 2.6.27 kernel. It would be good to confirm if this is still an issue with Intrepid - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please add the linux kernel task to this bug report. This can by done by going to:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/98726/+distrotask

Then change the Source Package Name to be "linux" instead of "linux-source-2.6.20" and click Continue. Thanks.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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