[PLUG] eee pc error msg on boot
Ken Stephens
kens at cad2cam.com
Sat Oct 11 04:19:27 UTC 2014
Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> "asus_wmi: Error removing rfkill notify handler /_sb.pcio.pop5
> repeat ...pop6
> repeat ...pop7
>
> could not write bytes: Broken Pipe"
>
> I have kernel 3.13.0 Ubuntu 12.04
>
> Various function buttons fail to work
>
> Googling gave me lots of very technical stuff that was way beyond my pay grade.
>
> Does anybody here have a clue as to what the issue is, and possibly a
> way that a mortal can resolve it? It is not urgent, as the machine is
> still usable.
>
> Thanks,
> -Denis
>
Dennis,
From the driver for the wifi card:
696 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L696> static voidasus_unregister_rfkill_notifier <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=asus_unregister_rfkill_notifier>(structasus_wmi <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=asus_wmi> *asus, char *node <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=node>)
697 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L697> {
698 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L698> acpi_status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_status> status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status> =AE_OK <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=AE_OK>;
699 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L699> acpi_handle <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_handle> handle <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=handle>;
700 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L700>
701 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L701> status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status> =acpi_get_handle <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_get_handle>(NULL <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=NULL>,node <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=node>, &handle <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=handle>);
702 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L702>
703 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L703> if (ACPI_SUCCESS <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=ACPI_SUCCESS>(status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status>)) {
704 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L704> status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status> =acpi_remove_notify_handler <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=acpi_remove_notify_handler>(handle <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=handle>,
705 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L705> ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY>,
706 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L706> asus_rfkill_notify <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=asus_rfkill_notify>);
707 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L707> if (ACPI_FAILURE <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=ACPI_FAILURE>(status <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=status>))
708 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L708> pr_err <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=pr_err>(/"Error removing rfkill notify handler %s\n"/,
709 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L709> node <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=node>);
710 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L710> }
711 <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c#L711> }
So it looks like it was fine for the 0 through 4 sockets, but fails on the 5th, 6th, and 7th socket. Which may
be just chaff and can be ignored.
Ken
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