Bug 6818

Summary:	Handle is NULL and Pathname is relative [20060127] - Compaq Presario serie V2000 and BIOS F.26
Product:	ACPI	Reporter:	Cristian Aravena Romero (caravena)
Component:	ACPICA-Core	Assignee:	acpi_bios
Status:	CLOSED CODE_FIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	acpi-bugzilla
Priority:	P2
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.17	Subsystem:
Regression:	---	Bisected commit-id:
Attachments:	Full dmesg

Description Cristian Aravena Romero 2006-07-11 07:03:17 UTC

Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.15-25 (kernel of Ubuntu Dapper)
Distribution: Ubuntu Edgy (now is developer)
Hardware Environment: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompaqPresarioV2417LA/Hardware
Software Environment: Software default of Ubuntu Edgy


Problem Description:

Package: linux-image-2.6.17-3-k7
Version: 2.6.17-3.4

I write in console dmesg, and read error:

$dmesg
[17179569.184000] Linux version 2.6.17-3-k7 (buildd@vernadsky) (gcc version
4.1.2 20060613 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-2ubuntu3)) #1 SMP Thu Jun 29 04:37:13
UTC 2006
[...]

[17179571.960000] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[17179571.960000] PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area is not E820-reserved
[17179571.960000] PCI: Not using MMCONFIG.
[17179571.960000] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd8bc, last bus=5
[17179571.960000] Setting up standard PCI resources
[17179571.960000] ACPI: Subsystem revision 20060127
[17179571.960000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[17179571.960000] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[17179571.960000] ACPI Error (nsxfeval-0242): Handle is NULL and Pathname is
relative [20060127]
[17179571.960000] ACPI Error (nsxfeval-0242): Handle is NULL and Pathname is
relative [20060127]
[17179571.960000] ACPI Error (nsxfeval-0242): Handle is NULL and Pathname is
relative [20060127]
[17179571.960000] ACPI Error (nsxfeval-0242): Handle is NULL and Pathname is
relative [20060127]
[17179571.960000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers edgy
  APT policy: (500, 'edgy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-3-k7
Locale: LANG=es_CL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_CL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.17-3-k7 depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.93-5ubuntu5 The GNU core utilities
ii initramfs-tools 0.40ubuntu32 tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3ubuntu3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.17-3-k7 recommends:
ii grub 0.97-11ubuntu1 GRand Unified Bootloader

Steps to reproduce:
Update kernel of 2.6.15-25 to kernel 2.6.17-3 and work BIOS F.25A

References:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/52370

Comment 1 Cristian Aravena Romero 2006-07-11 07:06:25 UTC

Created attachment 8531 [details]
Full dmesg

$dmesg

Comment 2 Cristian Aravena Romero 2006-07-15 11:14:50 UTC

Now update to BIOS F.26 and problem persists.

Comment 3 Robert Moore 2006-07-17 13:15:33 UTC

[17179571.960000] ACPI Error (nsxfeval-0242): Handle is NULL and Pathname is
relative [20060127]

This error message was removed (changed to a debug info) in ACPICA version 
20060210. It is not an error.

Comment 4 Len Brown 2007-03-08 00:30:54 UTC

ACPICA 20060210 shipped in linux-2.6.18
closed.