Using FC6+updates+updates-testing On a DELL Precision 390 with Intel Core 2 Extreme X8600 cpu Latest DELL BIOS 2.0.8 for Precision 390. I get ">>> ERROR: Invalid checksum" in ACPI as shown below. I really don't understand the consequences of this error. Is it related to bios-kernel interaction. Please advise. Thanks ============================================================ Bootdata ok (command line is ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00) Linux version 2.6.18-1.2863.fc6 (root.vanderbilt.edu) (gcc version 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30)) #1 SMP Fri Dec 15 09:15:01 CST 2006 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009ec00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cfe0ac00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 00000000cfe0ac00 - 00000000cfe0cc00 (ACPI NVS) BIOS-e820: 00000000cfe0ec00 - 00000000cfe5cc00 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000cfe5cc00 - 00000000cfe5ec00 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 00000000cfe5ec00 - 00000000d0000000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000f0000000 - 00000000f4000000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fed20000 - 00000000feda0000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fef00000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000012c000000 (usable) DMI 2.3 present. ACPI: RSDP (v002 DELL ) @ 0x00000000000febf0 ACPI: XSDT (v001 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fcee0 ACPI: FADT (v003 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd008 ACPI: SSDT (v001 DELL st_ex 0x00001000 INTL 0x20050624) @ 0x00000000fff55f75 ACPI: MADT (v001 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd0fc ACPI: BOOT (v001 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd18e ACPI: ASF! (v032 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd1b6 ACPI: MCFG (v001 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd248 ACPI: HPET (v001 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd286 ACPI: TCPA (v001 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd4e2 >>> ERROR: Invalid checksum ACPI: SLIC (v001 DELL B8K 0x00000014 ASL 0x00000061) @ 0x00000000000fd2be ACPI: DSDT (v001 DELL dt_ex 0x00001000 INTL 0x20050624) @ 0x0000000000000000 No NUMA configuration found ================================================================
BIOS bug.