[Bug 422536] Re: EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by the BIOS. Module will NOT be loaded.

[$lunacy]

Bug apparently fixed for me, too.

I was away from this computer for a while, and applied a whole pile of
updates in a row, so I'm not sure which one did it, but the problem doesn't
seem to be occurring anymore.

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Jeff <jdorenbush at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems to be fixed for me. I've been updating regularly. Noticed the
> problem stopped occurring a day or two ago.
>
> --
> EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by the BIOS. Module will
> NOT be loaded.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422536
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> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in KDE frontend for sudo: Invalid
> Status in The Linux Kernel: New
> Status in “kerneloops” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “kerneloops” source package in Karmic: New
> Status in “linux” source package in Karmic: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> The edac_amd64 module attempts to load on many systems. If the system
> doesn't have ECC
> memory, or it is disabled in the BIOS, then the module prints
>
> EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by the BIOS. Module will
> NOT be loaded.
>    Either Enable ECC in the BIOS, or use the 'ecc_enable_override'
> parameter.
>    Might be a BIOS bug, if BIOS says ECC is enabled
>    Use of the override can cause unknown side effects.
>
> before failing to load. This won't cause issues for most people that see
> the message.
>
> kerneloops picks this up as  kernel problem as the "WARNING:" looks a lot
> like what
> you get when using WARN().
>
> There are several aspects to this issue:
>
>  * linux
>     - something attempts to load the module when perhaps it doesn't need to
> (unclear at this point)
>     - the module looks like it is using WARN() when it isn't, and is
> arguably more SHOUTY than
>       it needs to be.
>  * kerneloops
>     - picks up this as WARN() when it isn't.
>     - Was accidentally left enabled for the stable release, people
> shouldn't be getting asked to report
>        this at this point.
>     - Isn't very good at dealing with repeat issues, causing more reports
> to be sent than are needed.
>
> and possibly others as well.
>
> ProblemType: KernelOops
> Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be
> restarted.
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  yoman82    3464 F.... pulseaudio
>  /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   yoman82    3464 F...m pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf9ff0000 irq 16'
>    Mixer name   : 'Realtek ALC888'
>    Components   : 'HDA:10ec0888,18491e01,00100001'
>    Controls      : 37
>    Simple ctrls  : 21
> Date: Tue Sep  1 07:48:00 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Failure: oops
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=69c64130-cc6f-4a5b-952b-3ba4c893ba48
> MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-8-generic 2.6.31-8.28
> PccardctlIdent:
>
> PccardctlStatus:
>
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=19f3bdd6-1b33-48e0-8081-d00e178d9f7d ro splash
> vga=792
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-8.28-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-8-generic N/A
>  linux-firmware 1.16
> RfKill:
>  0: phy0: Wireless LAN
>   Soft blocked: no
>   Hard blocked: no
> SourcePackage: linux
> Tags: kernel-oops
> Title:     6.073813] EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by
> the BIOS. Module will NOT be loaded.
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-8-generic x86_64
> WifiSyslog:
>
> WpaSupplicantLog:
>
> dmi.bios.date: 04/24/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: P1.00
> dmi.board.name: M3A780GXH/128M
> dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd04/24/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnM3A780GXH/128M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
> dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>
>
>

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EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is NOT currently enabled by the BIOS. Module will NOT be loaded.
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