Bug 827140

Summary: f17 amd fx6100 900fx Firmware Bug powernow-k8 No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Reartes Guillermo <rtguille>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Last Closed: 2012-05-31 18:13:29 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Reartes Guillermo 2012-05-31 17:45:18 UTC
Created attachment 588161 [details]
dmesg, with the error

Description of problem:

I see these messages:

powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor (6 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
powernow-k8: Core Performance Boosting: on.
[Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found.
[Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Try again with latest BIOS.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 17 X86_64
kernel: 3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64

How reproducible:
allways

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot
  
Actual results:

no bad efects detected for now, just the message.

Additional info:

Motherboard is: Sabertooth 990FX

# cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/bios_version 
1208

I updated the BIOS after installing F17 from 1202. 

Thanks in advance.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2012-05-31 18:13:29 UTC
this is a BIOS error that we can do nothing about.