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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2009-11-12 09:31:50 +0800
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-11-24 21:27:59 -0500
commit7d5d05d0704127c9acd24090c14731c111bd0af1 (patch)
tree86c1e558cf18644981e8d770805f986a5137053d /drivers/acpi
parentACPICA: Reduce severity of predefined repair messages, Warning to Info (diff)
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ACPICA: Change package length error message to an info message
This message happens when the package element list is longer than the declared length of the package. Changed to an info message because this condition is not actually an error. It is caused by the BIOS attempting to truncate the package on the fly by adjusting the package element count at the start of the package definition. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c
index 507e1f0bbdfd..9bc1ba076347 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_package_obj(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
*
* Note: technically, this is an error, from ACPI spec: "It is an error
* for NumElements to be less than the number of elements in the
- * PackageList". However, we just print an error message and
+ * PackageList". However, we just print a message and
* no exception is returned. This provides Windows compatibility. Some
* BIOSs will alter the num_elements on the fly, creating this type
* of ill-formed package object.
@@ -510,9 +510,9 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_package_obj(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
arg = arg->common.next;
}
- ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO,
- "Package List length (0x%X) larger than NumElements count (0x%X), truncated\n",
- i, element_count));
+ ACPI_INFO((AE_INFO,
+ "Actual Package length (0x%X) is larger than NumElements field (0x%X), truncated\n",
+ i, element_count));
} else if (i < element_count) {
/*
* Arg list (elements) was exhausted, but we did not reach num_elements count.