RTAS error log sequence numbers

[R Sharada]

Is this RTAS Scan Event Error a normal thing to ignore? 
I came across this bunch of errors while trying to boot the newer kernels (2.6.12-rc based) on a p630. And I was trying to understand if it is a concern or not.
The default SUSE 2.6 kernel on the box does not throw these errors.
What do these errors indicate? There was no change of hardware in the box (no 
adding or removing of any hardware)

Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 1, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 2, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 3, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 4, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 5, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 6, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 7, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 8, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 9, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 10, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5

Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 1, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 2, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 3, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 4, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 5, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 6, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 7, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 8, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 9, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 10, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5

Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 1, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 2, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 3, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 4, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 5, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 6, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 7, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 8, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 9, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 10, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
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Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 98, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 99, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 100, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 101, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 102, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 103, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5
Apr 15 16:37:01 llm15 kernel: RTAS: event: 104, Type: Internal Device Failure, Severity: 5

There seems to be no issues with the boot up however. Why should the error
messages be thrown on the same box with newer kernels, while the default kernel
does not seem to complain?

default kernel output:

Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS daemon started
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS: 13 -------- RTAS event begin --------
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 0: 04440003 000003f8 d6009d00 17334900
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 1: 20050414 49424d00 00000000 00000000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 2: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 3: 49424d00 55302e31 2d50312d 43310000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 4: 00503034 4b2326fe 02a00011 37020002
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 5: 00000000 00000000 00000000 f1800001
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 6: 0001ffff ffffffff 01000000 00000000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 7: 42343138 20202020 38303033 32364645
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 8: 30303030 30303030 30303030 30303030
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 9: 036c4432 50464134 050a1021 00000100
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 10: 02714001 00000020 434d5020 44415441
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 11: 00000100 00000000 00000000 f1800001
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 12: 53595320 44415441 00000000 00000000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 13: 20051733 17011404 20051733 17011404
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 14: 20054833 17011404 53524320 44415441
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 15: 37020002 00000000 00000001 00018210
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 17: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 18: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Apr 15 19:49:20 llm15 kernel: RTAS 19: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001

Thanks and Regards,
Sharada

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 04:09:33PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>  
> > Moving this to earlier in the boot sequence would be nice but I'm not 
> > sure its worth the effort.  Is there any way to garauntee that this is 
> > done vefore anyone calls log_error()?
> 
> Since the userspace tools can handle it, Im OK to ignore the issue.
> 
> Anton
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