I get the following during boot. Also, I have noticed the computer fails to wake up properly when the power adapter is plugged in [ 15.597698] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] (20101013/evregion-474) [ 15.597942] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV.ECR1] (Node ffff880227454c30), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537) [ 15.605339] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\ECRB] (Node ffff880227454d98), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537) [ 15.605709] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\ECG9] (Node ffff880227456028), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537) [ 15.606084] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BIF] (Node ffff880227456690), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537) [ 15.606477] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Evaluating _BIF (20101013/battery-417) [ 15.606702] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) [ 16.815505] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] (20101013/evregion-474) [ 16.815746] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV.ECR1] (Node ffff880227454c30), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537) [ 16.816114] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\ECRB] (Node ffff880227454d98), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537) [ 16.816474] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\ECG5] (Node ffff880227454eb0), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537) [ 16.816838] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._STA] (Node ffff880227456780), AE_TIME (20101013/psparse-537)
Kernel 2.6.38: [ 6.622639] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] (20110112/evregion-474) [ 6.622652] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV.ECR1] (Node ffff88021ac58c30), AE_TIME (20110112/psparse-536) [ 6.622669] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV.ECR2] (Node ffff88021ac58c58), AE_TIME (20110112/psparse-536) [ 6.622679] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\ECRW] (Node ffff88021ac58dc0), AE_TIME (20110112/psparse-536) [ 6.622688] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\ECG1] (Node ffff88021ac58e10), AE_TIME (20110112/psparse-536) [ 6.622696] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\NEVT] (Node ffff88021ac5a190), AE_TIME (20110112/psparse-536) [ 6.622704] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV._Q66] (Node ffff88021ac58c08), AE_TIME (20110112/psparse-536)
forgot to mention: BIOS A07
It's great that the kernel bugzilla is back. Can you please verify if the problem still exists in the latest upstream kernel? Can you please check if there is any BIOS upgrade for this box?
*** Bug 29742 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
bug closed as there is no response from the bug reporter. please feel free to reopen it if the problem still exists in the latest upstream kernel.