Error message on boot: "piix4_smbus 0000:00:01.3: SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr"
Issue
- On boot, the console shows the following error:
piix4_smbus 0000:00:01.2: SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr
- The above can also be seen in boot messages within
/var/log/messagesanddmesgoutput.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7
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