LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

45 issues detected on XPS L321X (13)

Dear Support Centre,

I would like to draw your attention on the results I got running the Firmware Test Suite (FWTS) on the XPS L321X.

The Software detected 45 problems, some of them deemed of high consideration.

As I cannot attach the log result, and there are restrictions for posting messages, I will copy the results in the body of this and the following messages.

Please, be aware in my laptop I replaced the original SDD with a KINGSTON SKC600MS of 512 GB. This might influence the final results.

I know the XPS L321X is quite and old machine, but still, I think that taking a look at those issues might help in solving some problems XPS L321X users might encounter.

It is worth to remember that despite having run FWTS on Linux, the software performs sanity checks on system firmware, including ACPI, CPU configuration, PCI/PCIe configuration, power management, security, etc. Regardless of the installed OS. Which means, it makes sure the machine firmware/Bios correctly works with Windows too.

Best regards

Test           |Pass |Fail |Abort|Warn |Skip |Info |
---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
acpi_ac        |    2|     |     |     |   13|     |
acpi_als       |     |     |     |     |   17|     |
acpi_battery   |    6|     |     |     |   29|     |
acpi_ec        |    4|     |     |     |   11|     |
acpi_lid       |    4|     |     |     |   11|     |
acpi_nvdimm    |     |     |     |     |    6|     |
acpi_pwrb      |    1|    1|     |     |   11|     |
acpi_slpb      |    1|     |     |     |   11|     |
acpi_time      |     |     |     |     |   21|     |
acpi_wpc       |     |     |     |     |   14|     |
acpiinfo       |     |     |     |     |     |    3|
acpitables     |   21|     |     |     |     |     |
apicedge       |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
apicinstance   |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
asf            |    6|     |     |     |     |     |
aspm           |    2|     |     |    2|     |     |
aspt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
autobrightness |    3|     |     |     |     |     |
bert           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
bgrt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
bios32         |    4|     |     |     |     |     |
bios_info      |     |     |     |     |     |    1|
bmc_info       |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
boot           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
checksum       |   23|     |     |     |     |     |
clog           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
cpep           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
cpu_info       |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
cpufreq        |    5|     |     |     |    2|     |
crs            |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
csm            |     |     |     |     |     |    1|
csrt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
cstates        |    7|     |     |     |     |     |
dbg2           |     |     |     |     |    2|     |
dbgp           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
dmar           |    2|     |     |     |     |     |
dmicheck       |   49|   29|     |     |    1|     |
dppt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
drtm           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
dt_base        |     |     |     |     |    3|     |
ebda           |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
ecdt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
einj           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
erst           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
facs           |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
fadt           |   27|    3|     |    3|    2|    1|
fan            |    5|     |     |     |     |     |
fpdt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
gtdt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
hda_audio      |    2|     |     |     |     |     |
hest           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
hmat           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
hpet           |    5|     |     |     |     |     |
interrupt      |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
iort           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
klog           |     |    9|     |     |     |     |
lpit           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
madt           |   49|    1|     |     |    4|     |
maxfreq        |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
maxreadreq     |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
mcfg           |    2|     |     |     |     |     |
mchi           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
mem_info       |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
method         |  288|    1|     |     |  172|     |
microcode      |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
mpcheck        |    9|     |     |     |     |     |
mpst           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
msct           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
msdm           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
msr            |   99|     |     |     |     |     |
mtd_info       |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
mtrr           |    3|    1|     |     |    1|     |
nfit           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
nx             |    3|     |     |     |     |     |
olog           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
oops           |    2|     |     |     |     |     |
osilinux       |     |     |     |    1|     |     |
pcc            |     |     |     |     |     |    1|
pcct           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
pciirq         |    4|     |     |     |     |     |
pdtt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
phat           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
pmtt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
pnp            |    2|     |     |     |     |     |
power_mgmt     |     |     |     |     |    2|     |
pptt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
prd_info       |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
rasf           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
reserv_mem     |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
rsdp           |    8|     |     |     |     |     |
rsdt           |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
sbst           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
sdei           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
sdev           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
slic           |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
slit           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
smart_battery  |     |     |     |     |   13|     |
smm            |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
spcr           |     |     |     |     |    3|     |
spmi           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
srat           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
stao           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
tcpa           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
tpm2           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
tpmevlog       |     |     |    1|     |     |     |
uefi           |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
uefibootpath   |     |     |    1|     |     |     |
uniqueid       |   21|     |     |     |     |     |
version        |     |     |     |     |    1|    3|
virt           |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
waet           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
wakealarm      |    6|     |     |     |     |     |
wdat           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
wmi            |    4|     |     |     |     |     |
wpbt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
wsmt           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
xenv           |     |     |     |     |    1|     |
xsdt           |    1|     |     |     |     |     |
---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total:         |  693|   45|    2|    6|  402|   10|
---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

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LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

Test 2 of 4: Test DMI/SMBIOS tables for errors.
SMBIOS table loaded from /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/DMI
FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x03 in table entry
'Processor Information (Type 4)' @ 0x000e1020, field 'Serial Number', offset
0x20 has a default value 'Not Supported by CPU' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.5 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e10b8 'Cache Information (Type 7)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e10d5 'Cache Information (Type 7)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e10f2 'Cache Information (Type 7)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e110f 'Physical Memory Array (Type 16)'
FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x04 in table entry 'Memory
Device (Type 17)' @ 0x000e1128, field 'Serial Number', offset 0x18 has a default
value '00000000' and probably has not been updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.

FAILED [LOW] DMIAssetTag: Test 2, String index 0x05 in table entry 'Memory
Device (Type 17)' @ 0x000e1128, field 'Asset Tag', offset 0x19 has a default
value '9876543210' and probably has not been updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.18 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x04 in table entry 'Memory
Device (Type 17)' @ 0x000e118d, field 'Serial Number', offset 0x18 has a default
value '00000000' and probably has not been updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.

FAILED [LOW] DMIAssetTag: Test 2, String index 0x05 in table entry 'Memory
Device (Type 17)' @ 0x000e118d, field 'Asset Tag', offset 0x19 has a default
value '9876543210' and probably has not been updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.18 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e11f2 'Memory Device Mapped Address (Type 20)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e1217 'Memory Device Mapped Address (Type 20)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e123c 'Memory Array Mapped Address (Type 19)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e125d 'Unknown (Type 129)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e127e 'Unknown (Type 131)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e12c0 'BIOS Information (Type 0)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e12fb 'System Information (Type 1)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e136f 'Base Board Information (Type 2)'
PASSED: Test 2, Entry @ 0x000e13d0 'Chassis Information (Type 3)'
FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1422, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e143a, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e144f, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1464, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e147f, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e149a, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e14b5, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e14d0, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e14eb, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1506, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1521, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e153c, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1557, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1573, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e158f, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e15ab, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e15c7, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e15e3, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x02 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e15fb, field 'External Reference
Designator', offset 0x06 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x02 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e161b, field 'External Reference
Designator', offset 0x06 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x02 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e163b, field 'External Reference
Designator', offset 0x06 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1660, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e1681, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

FAILED [LOW] DMISerialNumber: Test 2, String index 0x01 in table entry 'Port
Connector Information (Type 8)' @ 0x000e16a2, field 'Internal Reference
Designator', offset 0x04 has a default value 'None' and probably has not been
updated by the BIOS vendor.

ADVICE: The DMI table contains data which is clearly been left in a default
setting and not been configured for this machine. Somebody has probably
forgotten to define this field and it basically means this field is effectively
useless, however the kernel does not use this data so the issue is fairly low.


ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.9 of the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards
/smbios).

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

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March 2nd, 2022 11:00

FAILED [MEDIUM] SMMS4BIOSCmdDefined: Test 4, FADT S4BIOS_REQ command is defined but FACS indicates it is not supported.

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

Test 3 of 4: Validate the MTRR setup across all processors.
Detected CPUs with inconsistent variable MTRR settings which the kernel fixed.
FAILED [MEDIUM] MTRRCPUsMisconfigured: Test 3, It is probable that the BIOS does not set up all the CPUs correctly and the kernel has now corrected this misconfiguration.

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

Test 13 of 13: Test FACP PWR_BUTTON.
FAILED [HIGH] PWRBFixedHardwareError: Test 13, PWR_Button field in FACP should not be zero with ACPI PNP0C0C device.

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

Test 2 of 2: Change actual brightness.
FAILED [MEDIUM] BrightnessMismatch: Test 2, 15 brightness levels did not match
the brightness level just set for backlight acpi_video0.
The failed brightness levels were: 0-14.

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

FAILED [HIGH] X_GPE0_BLKBadAccessWidth: Test 4, FADT X_GPE0_BLK Access width 0x00 but it should be 1 (byte access).
FAILED [HIGH] X_GPE1_BLKBadAccessWidth: Test 4, FADT X_GPE1_BLK Access width 0x00 but it should be 1 (byte access).

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

FAILED [MEDIUM] MADTLAPICNMIUidMismatch: Test 5, LAPICNMI has no matching processor UID 0

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

Test 146 of 207: Test _PCL (Power Consumer List).
FAILED [CRITICAL] AETtype: Test 146, Detected error 'Type' when evaluating
'\_SB_.ADP0._PCL'.

ADVICE: The type of an object is incorrect and does not match the expected type.
ACPI will generally abort execution of the AML op-code that causes this error.

LINUX_13_XPS_L321X

13 Posts

March 2nd, 2022 11:00

klog: Scan kernel log for errors and warnings.
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Test 1 of 1: Kernel log error check.
Kernel message: [ 0.157566] ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'

ADVICE: This is not exactly a failure but a warning from the kernel. The
MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS was initialized and defaulted to a high performance
bias setting. The kernel has detected this and changed it down to a 'normal'
bias setting.

FAILED [MEDIUM] KlogBiosMtrrsInconsistentAcrossCPUs: Test 1, MEDIUM Kernel
message: [ 0.157566] mtrr: your CPUs had inconsistent variable MTRR settings

ADVICE: The variable Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) which define memory
caching policy are not consistent across all CPUs which is a firmware bug. The
kernel has worked around this bug, but it may be worth getting the BIOS vendor
to fix this.

Kernel message: [ 0.177395] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

ADVICE: This is not exactly a failure mode but a warning from the kernel. The
_OSI() method has implemented a match to the 'Linux' query in the DSDT and this
is redundant because the ACPI driver matches onto the Windows _OSI strings by
default.

FAILED [HIGH] KlogAcpiBadAmlCode: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 1.198148] ACPI
Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042F conflicts with
OpRegion 0x0000000000000400-0x000000000000047F (\PMIO) (20210331/utaddress-204)

ADVICE: ACPI AML interpreter has found some non-conforming AML code. This should
be investigated and fixed.

FAILED [HIGH] KlogAcpiBadAmlCode: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 1.198169] ACPI
Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000540-0x000000000000054F conflicts with
OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000055F (\_SB.IAOE.GPIO) (20210331
/utaddress-204)

ADVICE: ACPI AML interpreter has found some non-conforming AML code. This should
be investigated and fixed.

FAILED [HIGH] KlogAcpiBadAmlCode: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 1.198179] ACPI
Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000540-0x000000000000054F conflicts with
OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20210331/utaddress-204)

ADVICE: ACPI AML interpreter has found some non-conforming AML code. This should
be investigated and fixed.

FAILED [HIGH] KlogAcpiBadAmlCode: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 1.198189] ACPI
Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000530-0x000000000000053F conflicts with
OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000055F (\_SB.IAOE.GPIO) (20210331
/utaddress-204)

ADVICE: ACPI AML interpreter has found some non-conforming AML code. This should
be investigated and fixed.

FAILED [HIGH] KlogAcpiBadAmlCode: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 1.198197] ACPI
Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000530-0x000000000000053F conflicts with
OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20210331/utaddress-204)

ADVICE: ACPI AML interpreter has found some non-conforming AML code. This should
be investigated and fixed.

FAILED [HIGH] KlogAcpiBadAmlCode: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 1.198206] ACPI
Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052F conflicts with
OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000055F (\_SB.IAOE.GPIO) (20210331
/utaddress-204)

ADVICE: ACPI AML interpreter has found some non-conforming AML code. This should
be investigated and fixed.

FAILED [HIGH] KlogAcpiBadAmlCode: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 1.198213] ACPI
Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052F conflicts with
OpRegion 0x0000000000000500-0x0000000000000563 (\GPIO) (20210331/utaddress-204)

ADVICE: ACPI AML interpreter has found some non-conforming AML code. This should
be investigated and fixed.

FAILED [LOW] KlogAcpiSystemIOConflictLpcIchWatchDogTimer: Test 1, LOW Kernel
message: [ 1.198224] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich

ADVICE: A resource conflict has occurred between ACPI OperationRegions and the
same I/O region used by the lpc_ich driver for the General Purpose I/O (GPIO)
region. Sometimes this GPIO region is used by the firmware for rfkill or LED
controls or very rarely for the Embedded Controller System Control Interrupt.
This may require deeper inspection to check if the conflict will lead to any
real issues. However, in the vast majority of cases this warning can be ignored
as no harm will occur.

Found 9 unique errors in kernel log.

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