Bug#1026965: ACPI Error: Needed [Integer/String/Buffer], found [Package]

Salvatore Bonaccorso

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Dec 25, 2022, 4:00:04 AM12/25/22

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Hi Albert,

On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 09:01:14PM +0000, Albert Nash wrote:
> Package: linux-image-5.10.0-20-amd64
> Version: 5.10.158-2
> How to reproduce:
> 1) Boot Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye), which is „stable“ now, on Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 1 with Intel Core i7-10610U.
> 2) Search for „Error“ in the output of dmesg.
> 3) Find
> ACPI Error: Needed [Integer/String/Buffer], found [Package] 000000000b621212 (20200925/exresop-469)
> [ 4.387053] ACPI Error: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for [OpcodeName unavailable] (20200925/dswexec-431)
> [ 4.387198] ACPI Error: Aborting method \ADBG due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20200925/psparse-529)
> [ 4.387346] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.HIDD._DSM due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20200925/psparse-529)
> [ 4.387486] ACPI: \_SB_.HIDD: failed to evaluate _DSM (0x3003)
> The anonymized prefix of the dmesg output till this error is attached.
> Now, since we see an “error”, we wonder what exactly goes wrong. How do we translate this into plain English? What exactly should we worry about?

These might indicate a firmware issue, cf. eg. the older
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199983 .

Can you please check if there are further firwmare updates available
for your device from Lenovo?

Regards,
Salvatore

Albert Nash

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Dec 25, 2022, 1:10:03 PM12/25/22

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Typo:

> … As many updates have been installed in the past, …

As many updates were installed in the past, …

Albert Nash

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Dec 25, 2022, 1:40:04 PM12/25/22

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Btw., the number after “found [Package]” in the dmesg output might
change depending on the boot (now the date and time are different and
the docking station is not attached). Now this number is 0000000010f955a8.

Diederik de Haas

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Jul 31, 2023, 5:20:04 AM7/31/23

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On Sunday, 25 December 2022 09:54:55 CEST Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> These might indicate a firmware issue, cf. eg. the older
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199983 .
>

> Can you please check if there are further firmware updates available

> for your device from Lenovo?

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds544977-bios-update-utility-bootable-cd-for-windows-10-64-bit-thinkpad-t14-gen-1-types-20ud-20ue
indicates there is a BIOS version 1.44 available. Please test that.

What isn't clear to me: is there an actual problem like things not working?
If so, what is is that?

If after updating the BIOS to the latest version there still is a problem, it
would be best to report that here: https://github.com/fwupd/firmware-lenovo/

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Al Ma

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Jul 31, 2023, 11:50:04 AM7/31/23

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As for Lenovo T14s I manage, it's of type 20T1 (in particular, not the one you linked); its BIOS version is 1.26, released 12/14/2022. The firmware revision is 1.14. No further BIOS upgrade is available for this very laptop as of now. (A new Intel Management Engine Software for Windows has been released three days ago; I'm planning to install it next month and report here if anything changes.)

If you wish to know user-visible problems (rather than the journal-visible problems), there are many; I'm going to report them, too. (One step at a time.)

As of today, the errors and warnings are a tiny bit different:

ACPI Error: Needed [Integer/String/Buffer], found [Package] 00000000e1607619 (20220331/exresop-469)

ACPI Error: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for [OpcodeName unavailable] (20220331/dswexec-431)

ACPI Error: Aborting method \ADBG due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20220331/psparse-529)

ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.HIDD._DSM due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20220331/psparse-529)

(the four lines above are red)

ACPI: \_SB_.HIDD: failed to evaluate _DSM b356ecee-4244-8f40-a792-4edd4d758054 (0x3003)

(the line above is orange)

Thanks for the URL https://github.com/fwupd/firmware-lenovo ; I plan to yell there if the next update/upgrade from Lenovo brings no change.

Gratefully,

AlMa

Albert Nash

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Aug 5, 2023, 4:40:04 AM8/5/23

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noowner 1026965

thanks

I don't have the laptop at my disposal any longer. Please someone else take ownership of the bug.

Albert.