[arch-general] Battery question about a Firmware Bug in logs.

[Don Juan]

On 01/03/2012 08:20 PM, Don Juan wrote:
> I am running Arch on a Toshiba Qosmio x505-q887. I have tried 
> everything I can find online and in the wikis in setting things up but 
> no matter what I have tried I can not get rid of the message in the 
> logs, though my battery life seems semi reasonable, roughly 1.75hrs on 
> average so far with not much tweaking being done to help extend.
>
> Error:
> [Firmware Bug]: battery: (dis)charge rate invalid.
>
> Is this something I should be worried about? Will it screw up my 
> battery in charging and use right now as is? I am not really finding 
> much online in relation to this actual error in the logs. Mostly its 
> people saying that the logs report that the discharge rate is 0% and 
> mine just says discharging and gives no rate or anything.
>
> I am fully updated currently, not on testing repos. I also do get 2 
> other messages in the logs that I am not sure if they are related.
>
> [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
> From what I read and understand online, is this is of no real concern 
> and I don't need to worry about it. Is this correct in my thinking and 
> understanding?
>
> PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use 
> "pci=nocrs" and report a bug.
> I have tried doing what it says in the Kernel boot args but it just 
> gives me the same message but saying to do the reverse and use 
> pci=crs. I have not looked much into this one, but don't want to leave 
> out something that may be causing what I am asking.
>
> I can send any configs if needed
>
> Thanks for anyone's time and effort in helping.
Also to add some more that I found while still tinkering with this and 
applying the Kernel update that just came through. acpi -V tell me the 
last full capacity I have gotten is 70%, could that be why I am getting 
the invalid (dis)charge rate warning?

Thanks