Li, Aubrey wrote:
> Mark Haywood wrote:
>   
>>> Rafael Vanoni wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi folks
>>>>
>>>> On a system that does not support deep c-states, are these warnings
>>>> expected ?
>>>>         
>>> From reading the code, I'd expect them because we always assume that
>>> the system supports deep c-states and print these messages if no _CST
>>> is exported. But, no. It is a bad idea to print these messages on
>>> systems that aren't supporting deep c-states. It is a bug.
>>>       
>
> Yeah, these messages should be put into the log instead of on the screen.
>   

I think that they are going to the log. Not the screen. However, that 
behavior is undesirable as well. That's why Anup had to change the 
T-state messages to use dtrace probes.

>   
>> We should probably do something similar to what Anup did for T-states.
>> He used dtrace probes for these type of errors.
>>
>>     
>
> What do the dtrace probes mean here? These messages only output during
> the boot, right? so dtrace probes will never be hitted after boot?
>   

Anonymous dtrace can be used to catch the probes.

Mark


> -Aubrey
>
>   
>>>> NOTICE: cpu_acpi: _CST evaluate failure
>>>> WARNING: cpu_acpi: error parsing _CST for CPU 1
>>>> NOTICE: cpu_idle_init: Failed to cache ACPI C-state data
>>>>
>>>> WARNING: cpupm_init: processor 1: unable to initialize C-state
>>>> support NOTICE: cpu_acpi: _CST evaluate failure
>>>> WARNING: cpu_acpi: error parsing _CST for CPU 2
>>>> NOTICE: cpu_idle_init: Failed to cache ACPI C-state data
>>>>
>>>> WARNING: cpupm_init: processor 2: unable to initialize C-state
>>>> support .. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rafael
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