(Mountain) Lion Error - SMC::smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap == NULL - fall back to old SMC mode

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(Mountain) Lion Error - SMC::smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap == NULL - fall back to old SMC mode

Dear Community,

I do have an error message inside my "dmesg" command output on my iMac 24" Mountain Lion installation which seems to show a problem with the System Management Controler (SMC)

SMC::smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap == NULL - fall back to old SMC mode

This error is followed on my system by another SMC message Error

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key BEMB (kSMCKeyNotFound)

and is repeated once on every system startup.

(this time I also have the following repeating error during the system uptime)

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TC1D kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

I do find out by testing different OS X versions that this error message came up with some patchlevel of OS X Lion or a Mountain Lion installation and only on my primary machine (iMac 9,1 24" Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.66 Ghz, 9Gb RAM) wheerby a brand new Lion installation without patches or a fully patched Snow Leopard installation do not show the error message on the identical machine.

I do have tested two other Core 2 Duo Macs (Mac mini, Macbook Pro) and both do not show the error message.

I like to know, what this error message mean, what the result of the "fall back to old SMC mode" would be for my system and if there is a way to correct the reason behind this message.

Regards from Germany,

Volker

-- background behind my question --

I tried to google the facts behind the message, but didn't find a describtion, whereby the message occures in a lot of posts (espacilly in regards of slow running systems). A sometimes slow reacting machine is exactly the reason why I investigate my logfiles. I do not have any system crashes but often my applications start and work real real slowly.

Because of the above message I personally think, that I do have an incompatibility between some kind of OS X kernel patch arrived with OS X Lion and my iMac version. I alread tried to test the following:

- Install the latest available SMC update on my iMac (the installer said the update was already installed)

- Brand new installations of the operating system (described above)

For documentation I post my complete "dmesg" output of the system start:

----------->%----

IPS HMAC POST test passed!

corecrypto.kext FIPS ECDSA POST test passed!

corecrypto.kext FIPS DRBG POST test passed!

corecrypto.kext FIPS POST passed!

waitForSystemMapper

Backtrace 0xffffff800105a91f 0xffffff800105a53c 0xffffff800108812a 0xffffff7f81a70e1a 0xffffff7f81a70da0 0xffffff800103a05b 0xffffff8001039b7e

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore(28.21)[79B72EA6-5F8C-3D6D-B0B7-0D29D183039D]@0xf fffff7f81a70000->0xffffff7f81a7dfff

AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled

AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled

calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet

Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)

calling mpo_policy_init for Sandbox

Security policy loaded: Seatbelt sandbox policy (Sandbox)

calling mpo_policy_init for Quarantine

Security policy loaded: Quarantine policy (Quarantine)

MAC Framework successfully initialized

using 16384 buffer headers and 10240 cluster IO buffer headers

IOAPIC: Version 0x11 Vectors 64:87

ACPI: sleep states S3 S4 S5

pci build Aug 29 2013 20:19:31, flags 0x23008, pfm64 (36 cpu) 0xf80000000, 0x80000000

[ PCI configuration begin ]

console relocated to 0xf80010000

[ PCI configuration end, bridges 6, devices 18 ]

NVEthernet::start - Built May 1 2013 18:03:58

AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: (built 16:43:02 Jul 29 2013) initialization complete

FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 0023dffffe8e1dc0; max speed s800.

USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 59304E334648574F53202020 0x13fd 0x1840 0x108, 2

mbinit: done [64 MB total pool size, (42/21) split]

Pthread support ABORTS when sync kernel primitives misused

rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: AC8451C4-EFCE-3F4A-944D-E99844969F51

Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>

com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib kmod start

com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless kmod start

com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib load succeeded

com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless load succeeded

AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready

BTCOEXIST off

BRCM tunables:

pullmode[1] txringsize[ 256] txsendqsize[1024] reapmin[ 32] reapcount[ 128]

CoreStorage: fsck_cs has finished for group "6061A13D-973C-4DD9-985E-29AA391DDD40" with status 0x00

Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@B/AppleMCP79AHCI/PR T0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageD river/WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Macintosh@2/CoreStoragePhysical/CoreStorageGroup/Ma cintosh

BSD root: disk1, major 1, minor 4

Kernel is LP64

CoreStorage: fsck_cs has finished for group "D1EB56EE-3232-4D89-986F-E6630E1032E0" with status 0x00

CoreStorageFamily::unlockVEKs() failed to unwrap the vek, status = e00002bc

NVEthernet: Ethernet address 00:23:df:8e:1d:c0

AirPort_Brcm4331: Ethernet address 00:1f:f3:be:7e:76

IO80211Controller::dataLinkLayerAttachComplete(): adding AppleEFINVRAM notification

IO80211Interface::efiNVRAMPublished():

createVirtIf(): ifRole = 1

in func createVirtualInterface ifRole = 1

AirPort_Brcm4331_P2PInterface::init name <p2p0> role 1 this 0xffffff801390c800

NVDAStartup: Official

IOBluetoothUSBDFU::probe

IOBluetoothUSBDFU::probe ProductID - 0x8215 FirmwareVersion - 0x0206

[IOBluetoothHCIController][start] -- completed

AirPort_Brcm4331_P2PInterface::init() <p2p> role 1

Created virtif 0xffffff801390c800 p2p0

**** [BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][start] -- Completed -- this = 0xffffff8012efc800 ****

[IOBluetoothHCIController][staticBluetoothHCIControllerTransportShowsUp] -- Received Bluetooth Controller register service notification -- controller = 0xffffff8012efc800

Previous Shutdown Cause: 5

SMC::smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap == NULL - fall back to old SMC mode

NVDANV50HAL loaded and registered

[IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService

DSMOS has arrived

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key BEMB (kSMCKeyNotFound)

00000000 00000020 NVEthernet::setLinkStatus - not Active

AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 1 (Unspecified).

en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed

Ethernet [nvenet]: Link up on en0, 1-Gigabit, Full-duplex, Symmetric flow-control, Debug [796d,0000,0de1,000d,cde1,7800]

3b9aca00 00500030 NVEthernet::setLinkStatus - Active

macx_swapon SUCCESS

CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=187[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TC1D kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TCAH kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TCBH kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TG0P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TH1P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TH2P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TH3P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Th0H kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Th1H kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Th2H kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TG1H kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Tp1C kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Tp0C kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TB0T kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TB1T kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TB2T kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TB3T kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TN1P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM0S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM1S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM2S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM3S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM4S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM5S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM6S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM7S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM8S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM9S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMAS kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMBS kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMCS kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMDS kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMES kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMFS kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM0P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM1P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM2P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM3P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM4P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM5P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM6P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM7P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM8P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TM9P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMAP kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMBP kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMCP kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMDP kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMEP kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TMFP kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TS0C kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TW0P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TA0S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TA1S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TA2S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TA3S kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR TA1P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Tp1P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Tp2P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Tp3P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Tp4P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000

SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR Tp5P kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff8014157000