Hello, I installed Debian 12.15 i386 on two partitions managed by the same GRUB installation on a Dell Vostro 1000 laptop. The installation went smoothly. However, when the laptop boots, alert messages are displayed after making a selection in GRUB, which slows down the boot process significantly. I have included the boot error messages displayed on the screen, as well as the output of lspci below for analysis. I can tell that one of the issues is related to the b43 driver, but I cannot identify the others.
What am I missing here? Thanks in advance, miltoncsl +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [ 0.556200] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC [ 0.897514] ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, Khile resolving a named reference package element - Z00C (20220351/dspkginit-436) [ 0.8375681 ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, While resolving a named reference package element - 200C (20220331/dspkginit-438) [ 0.8613281 ACPI Error: Needed type [Referencel, found [Devicel (ptrval) (20220331/exresop-66) [ 0.861382] ACPI Error: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for [OpcodeName unavailablel (20220331/dswexec-431) [ 0.861430] ACPI Error: Aborting method 1_SB.PCI0._OSC due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20220331/psparse-529) [ 5.189809] atas: softreset failed (device not ready) /dev/sda1: clean, 40101/488640 files, 415880/1953024 blocks [ 8.752198] sp5100-tco sp5100-tco: Failed to reserve MMIO or alternate MMIO region [ 9.165844] dell_smm_humon: unable to get SMM Dell signature 20331/exresop-66) [ 0.866329] ACPI Error: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for [OpcodeName unavailable] (20220891/dswexec-491) [ 0.8668761 ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCIO._OSC due to previous error (AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE) (20220331/psparse-529) [ 5.185829] ata3: softreset failed (device not ready) Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device /dev/sda2: clean, 39902/488640 files, 396540/1953024 blocks [ 41.082187] sp5100-tco sp5100-tco: Failed to reserve MMIO or alternate MMIO region [ 41.236559] dell_smm_humon: unable to get SMM Dell signature [ 42.575048] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575074] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmuare for information about missing firmware [ 42.575110] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575163] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575196] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575249] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43-open/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575283] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43-open/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575516] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43-open/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575552] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: failed to load b43-open/ucode5.fw (-2) [ 42.575567] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge (rev 10) Subsystem: Dell RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 9000-9fff [size=4K] [16-bit] Memory behind bridge: c0100000-c01fffff [size=1M] [32-bit] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: c8000000-cfffffff [size=128M] [32-bit] Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx] 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 2 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 2 Flags: fast devsel Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 2000-2fff [size=4K] [16-bit] Memory behind bridge: b0000000-b01fffff [size=2M] [32-bit] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: b0200000-b03fffff [size=2M] [32-bit] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00 Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 2 Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 3 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 3 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 3000-3fff [size=4K] [16-bit] Memory behind bridge: c0200000-c02fffff [size=1M] [32-bit] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: b0400000-b05fffff [size=2M] [32-bit] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00 Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 3 Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:12.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22 I/O ports at 8438 [size=8] I/O ports at 8454 [size=4] I/O ports at 8430 [size=8] I/O ports at 8450 [size=4] I/O ports at 8400 [size=16] Memory at c0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel modules: ahci 00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI0) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at c0005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel modules: ohci_pci 00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI1) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 Memory at c0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel modules: ohci_pci 00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI2) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18 Memory at c0007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel modules: ohci_pci 00:13.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI3) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 Memory at c0008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel modules: ohci_pci 00:13.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB (OHCI4) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18 Memory at c0009000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel modules: ohci_pci 00:13.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19 Memory at c0004400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0 Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci Kernel modules: ehci_pci 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14) Subsystem: Dell SBx00 SMBus Controller Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel I/O ports at 8410 [size=16] Capabilities: [b0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable- Fixed+ Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco 00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 IDE (prog-if 8a [ISA Compatibility mode controller, supports both channels switched to PCI native mode, supports bus mastering]) Subsystem: Dell SB600 IDE Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 03f4 I/O ports at 0170 [size=8] I/O ports at 0374 I/O ports at 8420 [size=16] Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp Kernel modules: pata_atiixp, ata_generic 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) Subsystem: Dell SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge Subsystem: Dell SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 4000-4fff [size=4K] [16-bit] Memory behind bridge: c0300000-c03fffff [size=1M] [32-bit] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: b0600000-b07fffff [size=2M] [32-bit] 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Flags: fast devsel 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Flags: fast devsel 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [f0] Secure device <?> Kernel driver in use: k8temp Kernel modules: k8temp 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS482M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell RS482M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 17 Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at 9000 [size=256] Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeonfb, radeon, amdgpu 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) Subsystem: Dell BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21 Memory at c0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: b44 Kernel modules: b44 08:01.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19) Subsystem: Dell R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20 Memory at c0302000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci Kernel modules: sdhci_pci 08:01.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell R5C843 MMC Host Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at c0302400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

