Comment 36 for bug 66900

I have recently upgraded to Feisty (linux-image-2.6.20-9-generic) and the frequency of these messages is greatly reduced, although they are not eliminated completely. I intend to take a look at the Linux Firmware Kit suggested by Cristian above, but something has clearly changed in the kernel that has at least reduced the severity of the problem.

I note that when I boot, I see the message "MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC" before the usplash screen. See attached dmesg output.