Thanks.

The Linux battery driver can in fact handle the buffer where there should be a string, so this warning can be ignored.

The acpidump is very helpful for characterizing the problem, and we are investigating the proper course of action.

Bob


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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Fabio Comolli [mailto:fabio.comolli@gmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:57 AM
>To: Moore, Robert
>Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List; ACPI mailing list; Len Brown
>Subject: Re: ACPI warning in 2.6.28-rc1
>
>Here you are.
>Regards,
>Fabio
>
>
>
>On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:34 AM, Moore, Robert <robert.moore@intel.com>
>wrote:
>> Please send the acpidump for the machine so we can look at the method.
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-
>>>owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Fabio Comolli
>>>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 3:09 PM
>>>To: Linux Kernel Mailing List
>>>Cc: ACPI mailing list; Len Brown
>>>Subject: ACPI warning in 2.6.28-rc1
>>>
>>>Hi all.
>>>As the subject says:
>>>
>>>ACPI Warning (nspredef-0858): \_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC0_.BAT0._BIF: Return
>>>Package type mismatch at index 11 - found Buffer, expected String
>>>[20080926]
>>>
>>>No functional problems so far.
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