mei_me kernel spam: how to fix

[pidsley]

I have seen this mentioned, and attributed to a kernel bug, but it has been annoying me so I fixed it. On one of my test machines (just one) using the 3.11-6 kernel spammed my console with

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[65.456035] mei_me 0000:00:03.0: reset: connect/disconnect timeout.

about once a second. Downgrading the kernel fixed it, but it can also be fixed more simply by blacklisting the mei_me module.

Either do this for an immediate fix:

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sudo rmmod mei_me

or create a file in /etc/modeprobe.d called mei.conf (or <whateveryoulike>.conf) like this:

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echo blacklist mei_me | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/mei.conf

and reboot. No more spam.

This is what the mei_me module is supposed to do: http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/INTEL_MEI.html

[machinebacon]

Thanks Pids, the same can be done for the ipw2200 module if it's not needed on one's box. I hate these "I spam your console every now and then" kernel messages.