ACPICA version 20110527 released
by Moore, Robert
27 May 2011. Summary of changes for version 20110527:
This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads
1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
ASL Load() operator: Reinstate most restrictions on the incoming ACPI table signature. Now, only allow SSDT, OEMx, and a null signature. History:
1) Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT".
(PSDT is now obsolete.)
2) We added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM" plus a fourth
"don't care" character.
3) Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we just
gave up on validating the signature, (05/2008).
4) We encountered non-AML tables such as the MADT, which caused
interpreter errors and kernel faults. So now, we once again allow
only SSDT, OEMx, and now, also a null signature. (05/2011).
Added the missing _TDL predefined name to the global name list in order to enable validation. Affects both the core ACPICA code and the iASL compiler.
Example Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the OS-independent acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 32-bit compiler. The debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.
Previous Release (VC 9.0):
Non-Debug Version: 90.0K Code, 23.8K Data, 113.8K Total
Debug Version: 164.5K Code, 68.0K Data, 232.5K Total
Current Release (VC 9.0):
Non-Debug Version: 90.1K Code, 23.9K Data, 114.0K Total
Debug Version: 165.6K Code, 68.4K Data, 234.0K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
Debugger/AcpiExec: Implemented support for "complex" method arguments on the debugger command line. This adds support beyond simple integers -- including Strings, Buffers, and Packages. Includes support for nested packages. Increased the default command line buffer size to accommodate these arguments. See the ACPICA reference for details and syntax. ACPICA BZ 917.
Debugger/AcpiExec: Implemented support for "default" method arguments for the Execute/Debug command. Now, the debugger will always invoke a control method with the required number of arguments -- even if the command line specifies none or insufficient arguments. It uses default integer values for any missing arguments. Also fixes a bug where only six method arguments maximum were supported instead of the required seven.
Debugger/AcpiExec: Add a maximum buffer length parameter to AcpiOsGetLine and also return status in order to prevent buffer overruns. See the ACPICA reference for details and syntax. ACPICA BZ 921
iASL: Cleaned up support for Berkeley yacc. A general cleanup of code and makefiles to simplify support for the two different but similar parser generators, bison and yacc.
Updated the generic unix makefile for gcc 4. The default gcc version is now expected to be 4 or greater, since options specific to gcc 4 are used.
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