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

Minux bruno.seradzski at aliceadsl.fr
Tue Feb 9 16:20:51 UTC 2010


Selon Sense Hofstede <sense at qense.nl>:

> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>      Assignee: michael (michaeljwarner) => (unassigned)
>
Après mise à jour, le bug disparait.
> --
> 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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>
> Status in KDE frontend for sudo: Invalid
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Invalid
> Status in “kerneloops” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “kerneloops” source package in Karmic: Fix Committed
> Status in “linux” source package in Karmic: Fix Released
>
> 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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