[arch-general] couple of log messages from kernel 3.2.2

[rara8avis at aol.com]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:03:25PM -0800, Tim Stella wrote:
> On 01/30/12 at 01:22pm, Genes MailLists wrote:
> > 
> >  I noticed a couple of messages booting the new 3.2.2 kernel:
> > 
> > (I) watchdog:
> > ---------------------
> > 
> > [287247.568009] NMI watchdog enabled, takes one hw-pmu counter.
> > [287248.814530] watchdog: INTCAMT: cannot register miscdev on minor=130
> > (err=-16).
> > [287248.814536] watchdog: error registering /dev/watchdog (err=-16).
> > [287248.814540] mei: unable to register watchdog device.
> > 
> > 
> > (I) acpi:
> > ---------------------
> > 
> > [ 4749.406097] thinkpad_acpi: unknown possible thermal alarm or keyboard
> > event received
> > [ 4749.406108] thinkpad_acpi: unhandled HKEY event 0x6040
> > [ 4749.406114] thinkpad_acpi: please report the conditions when this
> > event happened to ibm-acpi-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> > [ 4749.406834] thinkpad_acpi: EC reports that Thermal Table has changed
> > 
> > 
> >  suggestions on what I can do to track these down anymore ... or if it
> > could be hard/firm ware issue on this lenovo W520 laptop.
> > 
> >  thanks.
> > 
> > g
> 
> I'm getting the watchdog errors as well, on a T520 laptop, was curious of the
> solution too, but haven't had time to look into it... maybe something to do with
> Thinkpads?
> 
> Tim Stella
I'm also getting the watchdog errors, not on a laptop.  But mine says NMI
watchdog disabled: not supported (no LACPI?)  FWIW