Bug 827140 - f17 amd fx6100 900fx Firmware Bug powernow-k8 No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found
Summary: f17 amd fx6100 900fx Firmware Bug powernow-k8 No compatible ACPI _PSS objects...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 17
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-05-31 17:45 UTC by Reartes Guillermo
Modified: 2012-05-31 18:13 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-05-31 18:13:29 UTC
Type: Bug
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dmesg, with the error (92.43 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-05-31 17:45 UTC, Reartes Guillermo 		no flags Details
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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.
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