[ltp] /proc/acpi/ibm/bay gone with ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.19-20080107/2.6.24

Joerg Platte linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:43:44 +0100


Am Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008 schrieb Henrique de Moraes Holschuh:
> > kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: found ejectable bay
> > kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR: Adding notify handler
> > kernel: ACPI: Error installing bay notify handler
> > kernel: ACPI: Bay [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRIM.MSTR] Added
>
> Ah, those are from ACPI bay, not thinkpad-acpi.  Looks like ACPI bay in
> 2.6.24 is buggy.  Try to *boot* without loading thinkpad-acpi at all, and
> load bay.  If it works, we have a bug in the exit path of thinkpad-acpi.
> Otherwise, we have a bug in ACPI bay, in which case you need to file a bug
> in bugzilla.kernel.org (file the info in the bug report *without* ever
> loading thinkpad-acpi, just in case).

I had a similar problem with 2.6.23 and thinkpad_acpi before I loaded 
thinkpad_acpi before most other modules (including libata). Is it possible 
that libata, which now has been extended to make use of ACPI, causes this?

regards,
Jörg

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