Re: way to quiet acpi error messages

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2025, Henry wrote:

> ACPI Error messages are being issued every 30 minutes and completely
> fill up the "messages" log.  I'm wondering if there is some way to
> just turn the specific messages off.

First, see if there's an BIOS update for your machine. Even if there isn't
one, try reflashing the same version (if possible). This forces a clearing of
the EC NVRAM.

Then, you can fiddle with the source to silence the diagnostic:

https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/netbsd-10/sys/dev/acpi/acpi_ec.c#L955

or, pass `kern.err' to a filter in `/etc/syslog.conf'. This way, you can
keep all the other errors and throw way thsese ones. See syslog.conf(5) for
an example of the filter syntax.

HTH,

-RVP