Fixing: SMBus base address uninitialized

18 Dec

When running Linux inside a virtual machine you may see the following:
piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr

This error is produced as a virtual machine does not have an SMBus. We can simply instruct the kernel not to load the SMBus module:

echo blacklist i2c_piix4 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Just update boot files (with the new configuration):

update-initramfs -u -k all

83 thoughts on “Fixing: SMBus base address uninitialized

  1. det. Denne side har bestemt alle de oplysninger, jeg ønskede om dette emne, og vidste ikke, hvem jeg skulle spørge. Dette er min 1. kommentar her, så jeg ville bare give en hurtig

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