When using the ASL files in the misc tests directory, I found a case where a warning message printed out the table signature in the wrong order on big endian machines. The patch below fixes the message so it works on little- or big-endian. Signed-off-by: Al Stone <ahs3(a)redhat.com&gt; diff -urN acpica-unix2-20140214/source/compiler/asllookup.c acpica-unix2-20140214-patch/source/compiler/asllookup.c --- acpica-unix2-20140214/source/compiler/asllookup.c 2014-02-14 16:23:33.000000000 -0700 +++ acpica-unix2-20140214-patch/source/compiler/asllookup.c 2014-02-27 11:50:52.168659866 -0700 @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ { ACPI_NAMESPACE_NODE *Node = ACPI_CAST_PTR (ACPI_NAMESPACE_NODE, ObjHandle); ACPI_NAMESPACE_NODE *Next; + ACPI_NAME_UNION tmp; /* Referenced flag is set during the namespace xref */ @@ -163,8 +164,9 @@ * Issue a remark even if it is a reserved name (starts * with an underscore). */ + ACPI_MOVE_32_TO_32(&tmp.Ascii, Next->Name.Ascii); sprintf (MsgBuffer, "Name is within method [%4.4s]", - Next->Name.Ascii); + tmp.Ascii); AslError (ASL_REMARK, ASL_MSG_NOT_REFERENCED, LkGetNameOp (Node->Op), MsgBuffer); return (AE_OK); -- ciao, al ----------------------------------- Al Stone Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. ahs3(a)redhat.com -----------------------------------