[Bug 364156] Re: powernow-k8: BIOS does not provide ACPI -PSS objects in a way that Linux understands

[Andy S]

Just had my CPU pull a thermal overload shutdown,

Ubuntu Lucid upgraded 31.5.10
Gigabyte GA-MA785*** + AMD PhenomII 550BE (quadded) - no issues with this setup with various Debian based distros until today.

1st indication of problem when scaling app reverted to performance
instead of ondemand, then post fglrx manual install using sgfxi -
desktop reported scaling problem.

Shutdown pc just in time - cpu temp too high to reboot for ~15mins!!

kern.log:>>
powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Engineering Sample processors (4 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
May 31 15:35:28 P***** kernel: [    0.941662] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found.
May 31 15:35:28 P***** kernel: [    0.941664] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Try again with latest BIOS.

/var/apt/history.log:>>

Start-Date: 2010-05-31  09:59:40
Upgrade: libgtk2.0-common (2.20.0-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu1), libc-bin (2.11.1-0ubuntu7, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.1), gwibber-service (2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1, 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu3), libgail18 (2.20.0-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu1), xsane (0.996-2ubuntu1.1, 0.996-2ubuntu2), libgail-common (2.20.0-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu1), gnome-screensaver (2.30.0-0ubuntu1, 2.30.0-0ubuntu2), python-gtksourceview2 (2.10.0-0ubuntu1, 2.10.1-0ubuntu1), gtk2-engines-pixbuf (2.20.0-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu1), libevview2 (2.30.0-0ubuntu1, 2.30.1-0ubuntu3), libc-dev-bin (2.11.1-0ubuntu7, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.1), python-apt (0.7.94.2ubuntu6, 0.7.94.2ubuntu6.1), gir1.0-gtk-2.0 (2.20.0-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu1), jockey-common (0.5.8-0ubuntu8, 0.5.8-0ubuntu8.1), libc6-i686 (2.11.1-0ubuntu7, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.1), libgtk2.0-bin (2.20.0-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu1), evince (2.30.0-0ubuntu1, 2.30.1-0ubuntu3), libevdocument2 (2.30.0-0ubuntu1, 2.30.1-0ubuntu3), xsane-common (0.996-2ubuntu1.1, 0.996-2ubuntu2), libc6-dev (2.11.1-0ubuntu7, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.1), librsvg2-2 (2.26.2-0ubuntu2, 2.26.3-0ubuntu1), jockey-gtk (0.5.8-0ubuntu8, 0.5.8-0ubuntu8.1), jockey-kde (0.5.8-0ubuntu8, 0.5.8-0ubuntu8.1), gwibber (2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1, 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu3), libc6 (2.11.1-0ubuntu7, 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.1), librsvg2-common (2.26.2-0ubuntu2, 2.26.3-0ubuntu1), libgtk2.0-0 (2.20.0-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu1)

End-Date: 2010-05-31  10:01:26


sgfxi script simply d/l Ati driver - compiles and installed - only pulled in missing libgl1-mesa-glx from repo...

can't see any other errors in logs.

More info if needed..hoping full shutdown + restart will now repeat this
incident and it was just a random spurious inexplicable incident!!

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powernow-k8: BIOS does not provide ACPI -PSS objects in a way that Linux understands
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