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<entry>
<title>ACPI: acpi_os_allocate() fixes</title>
<updated>2006-07-10T06:37:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-07-10T05:35:51+00:00</published>
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Replace acpi_in_resume with a more general hack
to check irqs_disabled() on any kmalloc() from ACPI.
While setting (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING) on resume
seemed more general, Andrew Morton preferred this approach.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3469

Make acpi_os_allocate() into an inline function to
allow /proc/slab_allocators to work.

Delete some memset() that could fault on allocation failure.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Replace acpi_in_resume with a more general hack
to check irqs_disabled() on any kmalloc() from ACPI.
While setting (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING) on resume
seemed more general, Andrew Morton preferred this approach.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3469

Make acpi_os_allocate() into an inline function to
allow /proc/slab_allocators to work.

Delete some memset() that could fault on allocation failure.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: delete acpi_os_free(), use kfree() directly</title>
<updated>2006-06-30T07:19:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-06-30T07:19:10+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: ACPICA 20060526</title>
<updated>2006-06-14T06:44:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-05-26T20:36:00+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Restructured, flattened, and simplified the internal
interfaces for namespace object evaluation - resulting
in smaller code, less CPU stack use, and fewer
interfaces. (With assistance from Mikhail Kouzmich)

Fixed a problem with the CopyObject operator where the
first parameter was not typed correctly for the parser,
interpreter, compiler, and disassembler. Caused various
errors and unexpected behavior.

Fixed a problem where a ShiftLeft or ShiftRight of
more than 64 bits produced incorrect results with some
C compilers. Since the behavior of C compilers when
the shift value is larger than the datatype width is
apparently not well defined, the interpreter now detects
this condition and simply returns zero as expected in all
such cases. (BZ 395)

Fixed problem reports (Valery Podrezov) integrated: -
Update String-to-Integer conversion to match ACPI 3.0A spec
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5329
Allow interpreter to handle nested method declarations
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5361

Fixed problem reports (Fiodor Suietov) integrated: -
acpi_terminate() doesn't free debug memory allocation
list objects (BZ 355) - After Core Subsystem
shutdown, acpi_subsystem_status() returns AE_OK (BZ 356) -
acpi_os_unmap_memory() for RSDP can be invoked inconsistently
(BZ 357) - Resource Manager should return AE_TYPE for
non-device objects (BZ 358) - Incomplete cleanup branch
in AcpiNsEvaluateRelative (BZ 359) - Use acpi_os_free()
instead of ACPI_FREE in acpi_rs_set_srs_method_data (BZ 360)
- Incomplete cleanup branch in acpi_ps_parse_aml (BZ 361) -
Incomplete cleanup branch in acpi_ds_delete_walk_state (BZ 362)
- acpi_get_table_header returns AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES until DSDT
is loaded (BZ 365) - Status of the Global Initialization
Handler call not used (BZ 366) - Incorrect object parameter
to Global Initialization Handler (BZ 367)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Restructured, flattened, and simplified the internal
interfaces for namespace object evaluation - resulting
in smaller code, less CPU stack use, and fewer
interfaces. (With assistance from Mikhail Kouzmich)

Fixed a problem with the CopyObject operator where the
first parameter was not typed correctly for the parser,
interpreter, compiler, and disassembler. Caused various
errors and unexpected behavior.

Fixed a problem where a ShiftLeft or ShiftRight of
more than 64 bits produced incorrect results with some
C compilers. Since the behavior of C compilers when
the shift value is larger than the datatype width is
apparently not well defined, the interpreter now detects
this condition and simply returns zero as expected in all
such cases. (BZ 395)

Fixed problem reports (Valery Podrezov) integrated: -
Update String-to-Integer conversion to match ACPI 3.0A spec
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5329
Allow interpreter to handle nested method declarations
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5361

Fixed problem reports (Fiodor Suietov) integrated: -
acpi_terminate() doesn't free debug memory allocation
list objects (BZ 355) - After Core Subsystem
shutdown, acpi_subsystem_status() returns AE_OK (BZ 356) -
acpi_os_unmap_memory() for RSDP can be invoked inconsistently
(BZ 357) - Resource Manager should return AE_TYPE for
non-device objects (BZ 358) - Incomplete cleanup branch
in AcpiNsEvaluateRelative (BZ 359) - Use acpi_os_free()
instead of ACPI_FREE in acpi_rs_set_srs_method_data (BZ 360)
- Incomplete cleanup branch in acpi_ps_parse_aml (BZ 361) -
Incomplete cleanup branch in acpi_ds_delete_walk_state (BZ 362)
- acpi_get_table_header returns AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES until DSDT
is loaded (BZ 365) - Status of the Global Initialization
Handler call not used (BZ 366) - Incorrect object parameter
to Global Initialization Handler (BZ 367)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: ACPICA 20060421</title>
<updated>2006-06-14T06:30:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-04-21T21:15:00+00:00</published>
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Removed a device initialization optimization introduced in
20051216 where the _STA method was not run unless an _INI
was also present for the same device. This optimization
could cause problems because it could allow _INI methods
to be run within a not-present device subtree (If a
not-present device had no _INI, _STA would not be run,
the not-present status would not be discovered, and the
children of the device would be incorrectly traversed.)

Implemented a new _STA optimization where namespace
subtrees that do not contain _INI are identified and
ignored during device initialization. Selectively running
_STA can significantly improve boot time on large machines
(with assistance from Len Brown.)

Implemented support for the device initialization case
where the returned _STA flags indicate a device not-present
but functioning. In this case, _INI is not run, but the
device children are examined for presence, as per the
ACPI specification.

Implemented an additional change to the IndexField support
in order to conform to MS behavior. The value written to
the Index Register is not simply a byte offset, it is a
byte offset in units of the access width of the parent
Index Field. (Fiodor Suietov)

Defined and deployed a new OSL interface,
acpi_os_validate_address().  This interface is called during
the creation of all AML operation regions, and allows
the host OS to exert control over what addresses it will
allow the AML code to access. Operation Regions whose
addresses are disallowed will cause a runtime exception
when they are actually accessed (will not affect or abort
table loading.)

Defined and deployed a new OSL interface,
acpi_os_validate_interface().  This interface allows the host OS
to match the various "optional" interface/behavior strings
for the _OSI predefined control method as appropriate
(with assistance from Bjorn Helgaas.)

Restructured and corrected various problems in the
exception handling code paths within DsCallControlMethod
and DsTerminateControlMethod in dsmethod (with assistance
from Takayoshi Kochi.)

Modified the Linux source converter to ignore quoted string
literals while converting identifiers from mixed to lower
case. This will correct problems with the disassembler
and other areas where such strings must not be modified.

The ACPI_FUNCTION_* macros no longer require quotes around
the function name. This allows the Linux source converter
to convert the names, now that the converter ignores
quoted strings.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Removed a device initialization optimization introduced in
20051216 where the _STA method was not run unless an _INI
was also present for the same device. This optimization
could cause problems because it could allow _INI methods
to be run within a not-present device subtree (If a
not-present device had no _INI, _STA would not be run,
the not-present status would not be discovered, and the
children of the device would be incorrectly traversed.)

Implemented a new _STA optimization where namespace
subtrees that do not contain _INI are identified and
ignored during device initialization. Selectively running
_STA can significantly improve boot time on large machines
(with assistance from Len Brown.)

Implemented support for the device initialization case
where the returned _STA flags indicate a device not-present
but functioning. In this case, _INI is not run, but the
device children are examined for presence, as per the
ACPI specification.

Implemented an additional change to the IndexField support
in order to conform to MS behavior. The value written to
the Index Register is not simply a byte offset, it is a
byte offset in units of the access width of the parent
Index Field. (Fiodor Suietov)

Defined and deployed a new OSL interface,
acpi_os_validate_address().  This interface is called during
the creation of all AML operation regions, and allows
the host OS to exert control over what addresses it will
allow the AML code to access. Operation Regions whose
addresses are disallowed will cause a runtime exception
when they are actually accessed (will not affect or abort
table loading.)

Defined and deployed a new OSL interface,
acpi_os_validate_interface().  This interface allows the host OS
to match the various "optional" interface/behavior strings
for the _OSI predefined control method as appropriate
(with assistance from Bjorn Helgaas.)

Restructured and corrected various problems in the
exception handling code paths within DsCallControlMethod
and DsTerminateControlMethod in dsmethod (with assistance
from Takayoshi Kochi.)

Modified the Linux source converter to ignore quoted string
literals while converting identifiers from mixed to lower
case. This will correct problems with the disassembler
and other areas where such strings must not be modified.

The ACPI_FUNCTION_* macros no longer require quotes around
the function name. This allows the Linux source converter
to convert the names, now that the converter ignores
quoted strings.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>[ACPI] ACPICA 20060317</title>
<updated>2006-06-14T05:22:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-17T21:44:00+00:00</published>
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Implemented the use of a cache object for all internal
namespace nodes. Since there are about 1000 static nodes
in a typical system, this will decrease memory use for
cache implementations that minimize per-allocation overhead
(such as a slab allocator.)

Removed the reference count mechanism for internal
namespace nodes, since it was deemed unnecessary. This
reduces the size of each namespace node by about 5%-10%
on all platforms. Nodes are now 20 bytes for the 32-bit
case, and 32 bytes for the 64-bit case.

Optimized several internal data structures to reduce
object size on 64-bit platforms by packing data within
the 64-bit alignment. This includes the frequently used
ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT, of which there can be ~1000 static
instances corresponding to the namespace objects.

Added two new strings for the predefined _OSI method:
"Windows 2001.1 SP1" and "Windows 2006".

Split the allocation tracking mechanism out to a separate
file, from utalloc.c to uttrack.c. This mechanism appears
to be only useful for application-level code. Kernels may
wish to not include uttrack.c in distributions.

Removed all remnants of the obsolete ACPI_REPORT_* macros
and the associated code. (These macros have been replaced
by the ACPI_ERROR and ACPI_WARNING macros.)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Implemented the use of a cache object for all internal
namespace nodes. Since there are about 1000 static nodes
in a typical system, this will decrease memory use for
cache implementations that minimize per-allocation overhead
(such as a slab allocator.)

Removed the reference count mechanism for internal
namespace nodes, since it was deemed unnecessary. This
reduces the size of each namespace node by about 5%-10%
on all platforms. Nodes are now 20 bytes for the 32-bit
case, and 32 bytes for the 64-bit case.

Optimized several internal data structures to reduce
object size on 64-bit platforms by packing data within
the 64-bit alignment. This includes the frequently used
ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT, of which there can be ~1000 static
instances corresponding to the namespace objects.

Added two new strings for the predefined _OSI method:
"Windows 2001.1 SP1" and "Windows 2006".

Split the allocation tracking mechanism out to a separate
file, from utalloc.c to uttrack.c. This mechanism appears
to be only useful for application-level code. Kernels may
wish to not include uttrack.c in distributions.

Removed all remnants of the obsolete ACPI_REPORT_* macros
and the associated code. (These macros have been replaced
by the ACPI_ERROR and ACPI_WARNING macros.)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ACPI: ACPICA 20060310</title>
<updated>2006-04-01T06:26:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-10-03T04:00:00+00:00</published>
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Tagged all external interfaces to the subsystem with the
new ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL macro. This macro can be defined
as necessary to assist kernel integration. For Linux,
the macro resolves to the EXPORT_SYMBOL macro. The default
definition is NULL.

Added the ACPI_THREAD_ID type for the return value from
acpi_os_get_thread_id(). This allows the host to define this
as necessary to simplify kernel integration. The default
definition is ACPI_NATIVE_UINT.

Valery Podrezov fixed two interpreter problems related
to error processing, the deletion of objects, and placing
invalid pointers onto the internal operator result stack.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6028
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6151

Increased the reference count threshold where a warning is
emitted for large reference counts in order to eliminate
unnecessary warnings on systems with large namespaces
(especially 64-bit.) Increased the value from 0x400
to 0x800.

Due to universal disagreement as to the meaning of the
'c' in the calloc() function, the ACPI_MEM_CALLOCATE
macro has been renamed to ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED so that the
purpose of the interface is 'clear'. ACPI_MEM_ALLOCATE and
ACPI_MEM_FREE are renamed to ACPI_ALLOCATE and ACPI_FREE.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<pre>
Tagged all external interfaces to the subsystem with the
new ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL macro. This macro can be defined
as necessary to assist kernel integration. For Linux,
the macro resolves to the EXPORT_SYMBOL macro. The default
definition is NULL.

Added the ACPI_THREAD_ID type for the return value from
acpi_os_get_thread_id(). This allows the host to define this
as necessary to simplify kernel integration. The default
definition is ACPI_NATIVE_UINT.

Valery Podrezov fixed two interpreter problems related
to error processing, the deletion of objects, and placing
invalid pointers onto the internal operator result stack.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6028
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6151

Increased the reference count threshold where a warning is
emitted for large reference counts in order to eliminate
unnecessary warnings on systems with large namespaces
(especially 64-bit.) Increased the value from 0x400
to 0x800.

Due to universal disagreement as to the meaning of the
'c' in the calloc() function, the ACPI_MEM_CALLOCATE
macro has been renamed to ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED so that the
purpose of the interface is 'clear'. ACPI_MEM_ALLOCATE and
ACPI_MEM_FREE are renamed to ACPI_ALLOCATE and ACPI_FREE.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>[ACPI] ACPICA 20060210</title>
<updated>2006-03-31T07:19:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-10-02T04:00:00+00:00</published>
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Removed a couple of extraneous ACPI_ERROR messages that
appeared during normal execution. These became apparent
after the conversion from ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT.

Fixed a problem where the CreateField operator could hang
if the BitIndex or NumBits parameter referred to a named
object. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5359

Fixed a problem where a DeRefOf operation on a buffer
object incorrectly failed with an exception. This also
fixes a couple of related RefOf and DeRefOf issues.
From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5360
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5387
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5392

Fixed a problem where the AE_BUFFER_LIMIT exception was
returned instead of AE_STRING_LIMIT on an out-of-bounds
Index() operation. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5480

Implemented a memory cleanup at the end of the execution
of each iteration of an AML While() loop, preventing the
accumulation of outstanding objects. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5427

Eliminated a chunk of duplicate code in the object
resolution code. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5336

Fixed several warnings during the 64-bit code generation.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Removed a couple of extraneous ACPI_ERROR messages that
appeared during normal execution. These became apparent
after the conversion from ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT.

Fixed a problem where the CreateField operator could hang
if the BitIndex or NumBits parameter referred to a named
object. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5359

Fixed a problem where a DeRefOf operation on a buffer
object incorrectly failed with an exception. This also
fixes a couple of related RefOf and DeRefOf issues.
From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5360
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5387
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5392

Fixed a problem where the AE_BUFFER_LIMIT exception was
returned instead of AE_STRING_LIMIT on an out-of-bounds
Index() operation. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5480

Implemented a memory cleanup at the end of the execution
of each iteration of an AML While() loop, preventing the
accumulation of outstanding objects. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5427

Eliminated a chunk of duplicate code in the object
resolution code. From Valery Podrezov.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5336

Fixed several warnings during the 64-bit code generation.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>[ACPI] ACPICA 20060127</title>
<updated>2006-01-31T08:25:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-01-27T21:43:00+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=b8e4d89357fc434618a59c1047cac72641191805'/>
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Implemented support in the Resource Manager to allow
unresolved namestring references within resource package
objects for the _PRT method. This support is in addition
to the previously implemented unresolved reference
support within the AML parser. If the interpreter slack
mode is enabled (true on Linux unless acpi=strict),
these unresolved references will be passed through
to the caller as a NULL package entry.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5741

Implemented and deployed new macros and functions for
error and warning messages across the subsystem. These
macros are simpler and generate less code than their
predecessors. The new macros ACPI_ERROR, ACPI_EXCEPTION,
ACPI_WARNING, and ACPI_INFO replace the ACPI_REPORT_*
macros.

Implemented the acpi_cpu_flags type to simplify host OS
integration of the Acquire/Release Lock OSL interfaces.
Suggested by Steven Rostedt and Andrew Morton.

Fixed a problem where Alias ASL operators are sometimes
not correctly resolved. causing AE_AML_INTERNAL
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5189
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5674

Fixed several problems with the implementation of the
ConcatenateResTemplate ASL operator. As per the ACPI
specification, zero length buffers are now treated as a
single EndTag. One-length buffers always cause a fatal
exception. Non-zero length buffers that do not end with
a full 2-byte EndTag cause a fatal exception.

Fixed a possible structure overwrite in the
AcpiGetObjectInfo external interface. (With assistance
from Thomas Renninger)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
</content>
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Implemented support in the Resource Manager to allow
unresolved namestring references within resource package
objects for the _PRT method. This support is in addition
to the previously implemented unresolved reference
support within the AML parser. If the interpreter slack
mode is enabled (true on Linux unless acpi=strict),
these unresolved references will be passed through
to the caller as a NULL package entry.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5741

Implemented and deployed new macros and functions for
error and warning messages across the subsystem. These
macros are simpler and generate less code than their
predecessors. The new macros ACPI_ERROR, ACPI_EXCEPTION,
ACPI_WARNING, and ACPI_INFO replace the ACPI_REPORT_*
macros.

Implemented the acpi_cpu_flags type to simplify host OS
integration of the Acquire/Release Lock OSL interfaces.
Suggested by Steven Rostedt and Andrew Morton.

Fixed a problem where Alias ASL operators are sometimes
not correctly resolved. causing AE_AML_INTERNAL
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5189
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5674

Fixed several problems with the implementation of the
ConcatenateResTemplate ASL operator. As per the ACPI
specification, zero length buffers are now treated as a
single EndTag. One-length buffers always cause a fatal
exception. Non-zero length buffers that do not end with
a full 2-byte EndTag cause a fatal exception.

Fixed a possible structure overwrite in the
AcpiGetObjectInfo external interface. (With assistance
from Thomas Renninger)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<title>[ACPI] ACPICA 20060113</title>
<updated>2006-01-20T07:23:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-01-13T21:22:00+00:00</published>
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Added 2006 copyright.

At SuSE's suggestion, enabled all error messages
without enabling function tracing, ie with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=n

Replaced all instances of the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT macro invoked at
the ACPI_DB_ERROR and ACPI_DB_WARN debug levels with
the ACPI_REPORT_ERROR and ACPI_REPORT_WARNING macros,
respectively. This preserves all error and warning messages
in the non-debug version of the ACPICA code (this has been
referred to as the "debug lite" option.) Over 200 cases
were converted to create a total of over 380 error/warning
messages across the ACPICA code. This increases the code
and data size of the default non-debug version by about 13K.
Added ACPI_NO_ERROR_MESSAGES flag to enable deleting all messages.
The size of the debug version remains about the same.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Added 2006 copyright.

At SuSE's suggestion, enabled all error messages
without enabling function tracing, ie with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=n

Replaced all instances of the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT macro invoked at
the ACPI_DB_ERROR and ACPI_DB_WARN debug levels with
the ACPI_REPORT_ERROR and ACPI_REPORT_WARNING macros,
respectively. This preserves all error and warning messages
in the non-debug version of the ACPICA code (this has been
referred to as the "debug lite" option.) Over 200 cases
were converted to create a total of over 380 error/warning
messages across the ACPICA code. This increases the code
and data size of the default non-debug version by about 13K.
Added ACPI_NO_ERROR_MESSAGES flag to enable deleting all messages.
The size of the debug version remains about the same.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<title>[ACPI] ACPICA 20051216</title>
<updated>2005-12-28T07:54:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Moore</name>
<email>robert.moore@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2005-12-16T22:05:00+00:00</published>
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Implemented optional support to allow unresolved names
within ASL Package objects. A null object is inserted in
the package when a named reference cannot be located in
the current namespace. Enabled via the interpreter slack
flag which Linux has enabled by default (acpi=strict
to disable slack).  This should eliminate AE_NOT_FOUND
exceptions seen on machines that contain such code.

Implemented an optimization to the initialization
sequence that can improve boot time. During ACPI device
initialization, the _STA method is now run if and only
if the _INI method exists. The _STA method is used to
determine if the device is present; An _INI can only be
run if _STA returns present, but it is a waste of time to
run the _STA method if the _INI does not exist. (Prototype
and assistance from Dong Wei)

Implemented use of the C99 uintptr_t for the pointer
casting macros if it is available in the current
compiler. Otherwise, the default (void *) cast is used
as before.

Fixed some possible memory leaks found within the
execution path of the Break, Continue, If, and CreateField
operators. (Valery Podrezov)

Fixed a problem introduced in the 20051202 release where
an exception is generated during method execution if a
control method attempts to declare another method.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Implemented optional support to allow unresolved names
within ASL Package objects. A null object is inserted in
the package when a named reference cannot be located in
the current namespace. Enabled via the interpreter slack
flag which Linux has enabled by default (acpi=strict
to disable slack).  This should eliminate AE_NOT_FOUND
exceptions seen on machines that contain such code.

Implemented an optimization to the initialization
sequence that can improve boot time. During ACPI device
initialization, the _STA method is now run if and only
if the _INI method exists. The _STA method is used to
determine if the device is present; An _INI can only be
run if _STA returns present, but it is a waste of time to
run the _STA method if the _INI does not exist. (Prototype
and assistance from Dong Wei)

Implemented use of the C99 uintptr_t for the pointer
casting macros if it is available in the current
compiler. Otherwise, the default (void *) cast is used
as before.

Fixed some possible memory leaks found within the
execution path of the Break, Continue, If, and CreateField
operators. (Valery Podrezov)

Fixed a problem introduced in the 20051202 release where
an exception is generated during method execution if a
control method attempts to declare another method.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore &lt;robert.moore@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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