Supermicro superserver 5013S-i

Balgansuren.B balgaa at micom.mn
Wed May 18 18:15:46 PDT 2005


Hi,

I sent following but no answer yet
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Hi,

Existing BIOS version is 1.3a, which is same on web.

Balgaa


--- Support <support at supermicro.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> did you have the latest bios for the board?
> http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/
> 
> thanks,
> 
> john
==============================

Balgaa

> On Sun, 15 May 2005, Balgansuren.B wrote:
> 
> > Doug,
> >
> > I checked website for BIOS files and current loaded
> BIOS is latest
> > version.
> >
> > If I to use continously ACPI aware=NO, is there any
> problem?
> 
> You can, but you may have reduced functionality
> (particularly if ACPI
> supports thermal zones).
> 
> > Previously, on server was loaded Fedora Core 2,
> then I removed it.
> >
> > BTW, when I install Fedora Core 2 and it works
> normal.
> 
> Fedora doesn't use ACPI by default I don't think.
> They may also suppress
> the messages.
> 
> Again, the messages are largely harmless.  I suspect
> its due to using a
> very old ACPI compiler and specification.
> 
> >
> > Balgaa
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, 14 May 2005, Balgansuren.B wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yesterday (13 May, 2005), I installed FreeBSD
> 5.4
> > > Release on this
> > > > server without problem. This morning (14 May,
> 2005)
> > > I did cvsup and now
> > > > it is 5.4-STABLE.
> > > >
> > > > But I saw strange thing when I change settings
> on
> > > bios setup.
> > > >
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > May 14 10:41:41 altainet kernel: ACPI-0698: ***
> > > Warning: Type override
> > > > - [DEB_] had invalid type (Integer) for Scope
> > > operator, changed to
> > > > (Scope)
> > >
> > > This is a bug in the ACPI DSDT table in the BIOS.
> If
> > > upgrading the BIOS
> > > causes this then contact your systems vendor and
> > > complain since the prior
> > > BIOS table did not have these errors. It
> obviously
> > > goes away when ACPI is
> > > disabled since the table is not evaluated in that
> > > instance.
> > >
> > > Its likely harmless.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The
> Power
> > > to Serve
> > > dwhite at gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org
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