Comment 89 for bug 578506

Hi,
the procedure is almost the same for all kernels, it can changes on rows of
ec.c that must be patched. But it is simply to adapt to different version.

2013/1/21 Emanuele Fumeo <email address hidden>

> Edit of the previous post:
> Sorry, I said something stupid. My Ubuntu Linux 12.10 is working with
> 3.5.0-22-generic kernel version, so it is even older than 3.5.7...
>
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> Title:
> [Kernel] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
> on upgrade to 10.04 version.
>
> After few minuts of use apci stop to wrok (don't recognize ac/dc or
> battery, don't change lcd blacklight, etcc..) and start to flood dmes
> with this messages:
>
> [ 767.208058] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
> [ 767.208072] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for
> [EmbeddedControl] (20090903/evregion-424)
> [ 767.208106] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed
> [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_.GBST] (Node f7017030), AE_TIME
> [ 767.208197] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed
> [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_.BAT0._BST] (Node f7017120), AE_TIME
> [ 767.208277] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Evaluating _BST
> (20090903/battery-393)
>
>
> Trying to reboot (or to shutdown and restart) my pc don't want to boot!
> Unique solution: get out the battery and replace.
>
> PC: notebook acer aspire 5930G
>
> lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory
> Controller Hub (rev 07)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI
> Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #5 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #6 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 1 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 2 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 3 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 4 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 5 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
> (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
> (rev 03)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M
> GS] (rev a1)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8071 PCI-E
> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
>
>
> uname -a
> Linux luca-laptop 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30
> UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic 2.6.32-21.32
> Regression: Yes
> Reproducible: No
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
> Architecture: i386
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: luca 5325 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: luca 5325 F...m pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6500000 irq 21'
> Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP78 HDMI'
> Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1025013f,00100202
> HDA:11c11040,11c10001,00100200 HDA:10de0003,10de0101,00100000'
> Controls : 39
> Simple ctrls : 21
> Date: Mon May 10 23:25:40 2010
> Frequency: Once a day.
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=96cdf22d-d1a9-4285-818c-c7751f7b8bd4
> MachineType: Acer Aspire 5930
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic
> root=UUID=eb29c17b-d483-46a9-853c-0236d0829819 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:en_GB:en
> LANG=it_IT.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
> SourcePackage: linux
> WpaSupplicantLog:
>
> dmi.bios.date: 08/01/2008
> dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
> dmi.bios.version: V1.19
> dmi.board.name: Eiger
> dmi.board.vendor: Acer
> dmi.board.version: Rev
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.19:bd08/01/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire5930:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnEiger:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Aspire 5930
> dmi.product.version: 0100
> dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
>
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Luca Zenatti
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