I haven't had a need to examine the syslog in a while as everything has been running smoothly.  Today, however, I was troubleshooting a plugin issue and rebooted several times.  In checking the syslog for info related to the plugin (that issue is now resolved and everything is functioning normally), I came across a lot of ACPI BIOS errors that appear to be related to the SATA ports on the MB.  The errors appear on every reboot.

 

All drives (HDDs and SSDs) attached to these ports appear to be functioning normally (nothing is connected to ports 7 & 8).  The error does not appear to be fatal and seems to be related to some parsing/string resolution error in ACPI.  BIOS is latest available for the motherboard.

 

Any cause for concern?

 

Perhaps this error has appeared in my syslog upon reboot for a while and I have never noticed it.  As I said, everything seems to be functioning normally.

 

Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata6: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata2: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata3: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata8: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata5: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata4: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata7: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT5._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT5._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT1._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT1._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT2._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT2._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata5.00: LPM support broken, forcing max_power
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT4._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT4._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT3._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT3._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT0._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT0._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata5.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata6.00: ATA-9: SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series, S0Z4NEAC938180, CXM03B1Q, max UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata6.00: 500118192 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata5.00: READ LOG DMA EXT failed, trying PIO
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT5._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT5._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata2.00: ATA-9: WDC WD80EFZX-68UW8N0, R6G45BHY, 83.H0A83, max UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata2.00: 15628053168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata4.00: ATA-9: WDC WD80EFZX-68UW8N0, VK0Y6N7Y, 83.H0A83, max UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata4.00: 15628053168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata1.00: ATA-9: HGST HDN728080ALE604, VLKVTLJY, A4GNW91X, max UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata1.00: 15628053168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata3.00: ATA-9: WDC WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0, 7SGYWPSC, 83.H0A83, max UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata3.00: 15628053168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata5.00: disabling queued TRIM support
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata5.00: ATA-9: Crucial_CT480M500SSD1,         1307092A4C45, MU05, max UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata5.00: 937703088 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT1._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT1._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT3._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT3._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT0._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT0._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve [\_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT2._GTF.DSSP], AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psargs-330)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_SB.PCI0.SAT0.PRT2._GTF, AE_NOT_FOUND (20180531/psparse-516)
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Nov  2 00:11:47 MediaNAS kernel: ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133

 

That should be harmless, check for a bios update.

7 hours ago, johnnie.black said:

That should be harmless, check for a bios update.

Thanks for the confirmation the error is harmless.  BIOS is latest available for board (4/30./2018) released to mitigate spectre/meltdown bugs.