On (06/20/18 15:43), Hans de Goede wrote:
>
> I guess with my downstream hat on that we could live with silent,
> but I would much prefer changing quiet, also so that we can lower
> the firehose of mostly false-positive bugs coming in because of this.
> Here is a short list from quick search which in no way is complete
> (tip of the iceberg really):
>
> 1413342 - Linux 4.9.3: ACPI Error: [_OSI] Namespace lookup failure,
> AE_NOT_FOU
> 1415853 - ACPI Error: Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
> (20160831/psargs-
> 1514937 - ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND
> 1527870 - ACPI Error: [\_SB_.PCI0.SAT1] Namespace lookup failure,
> AE_NOT_FOUND
> 1552580 - ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
> 1553320 - Kernel errors at bootup -- system runs okay
> 1556967 - ACPI Error: [SMIC] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
> 1582825 - ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109511
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194687
>
> If we change quiet to filter these out, all of these will go away, if
> we add a new silent option then only fresh installs will get the
> new silent option and the benefit will be much reduced.
Hi,
No real objections from my side, I guess. Especially given that
Red Hat, VMWare and SUSE like your patch :)
-ss
