Import acpica-20230628 (last was 20221020)

Import acpica-2022-03-31

31 March 2021. Summary of changes for version 20210331:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads, and
includes all ACPI 6.4 support

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
ACPI 6.4: iASL: deprecate DDBHandleObj keyword
Always create namespace nodes using AcpiNsCreateNode(). ACPICA is
allocating an object using kmalloc(), but then frees it using
kmem_cache_free(<"Acpi-Namespace" kmem_cache>). This is wrong.
Fixed a race condition in generic serial bus operation region
handler. Fixed by Hans de Goede.

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

ACPI 6.4: NFIT: add Location Cookie field
ACPI 6.4: HMAT: add new fields/flags
ACPI 6.4: Add new flags in SRAT
ACPI 6.4: add SDEV secure access components
ACPI 6.4: add Csi2Bus resource template
ACPI 6.4: add support for PHAT table
ACPI 6.4: add support for PMTT table
Add disassembly support for the IVRS table. Compilation of the
table is not yet complete. Fixed a potential infinite loop due to
type mismatch. The for-loop is using a UINT8 counter and comparing
the upper limit against a UINT32 AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex
maximum. In the case where AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex is > 255
the counter i will wrap around to zero and the loop will never
exit. I suspect the AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex is never that
high, but fixing this does future proof the code and cleans up
static analysis warnings.Colin King.

iASL/TableCompiler: update it with IORT table E.b revision changes.
From shamiali2008.
iASL/TableCompiler: Add compilation support for the VIOT table.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker.
iASL/TableCompiler: Add compilation support for CEDT table.
Also, update the CEDT template.

branches: 1.1.1.17.2;
13 November 2020. Summary of changes for version 20201113:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Interpreter: fixed a memory leak by using use existing buffer in
_HID repair. There was a memory leak that occurred when a _CID
object is defined as a package containing string objects. When _CID
is checked for any possible repairs, it calls a helper function to
repair _HID (because _CID basically contains multiple _HID entries).
The _HID repair function assumes that string objects are standalone
objects that are not contained inside of any packages. The _HID
repair function replaced the string object with a brand new object
and attempted to delete the old object by decrementing the reference
count of the old object. Strings inside of packages have a reference
count of 2 so the _HID repair function leaves this object in a
dangling state and causes a memory leak. Instead of allocating a
brand new object and removing the old object, use the existing
object when repairing the _HID object.

Added function trace macros to improve namespace debugging. The
namespace repair mechanism does not have function tracing macros.
Add several trace macros to improve debuggability.

Handle "orphan" _REG methods for GPIO OpRegions. Before this change
AcpiEvExecuteRegMethods() had special handling to handle "orphan"
(no matching OpRegion declared) _REG methods for EC nodes. On Intel
Cherry Trail devices there are 2 possible ACPI OpRegions for
accessing GPIOs. The standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion and the
Cherry Trail - specific UserDefined 0x9X OpRegions. Having 2
different types of OpRegions leads to potential issues with checks
for OpRegion availability, or in other words checks if _REG has
been called for the OpRegion which the ACPI code wants to use.
Except for the "orphan" EC handling, ACPICA core does not call _REG
on an ACPI node which does not define an OpRegion matching the type
being registered; and the reference design DSDT, from which most
Cherry Trail DSDTs are derived, does not define GeneralPurposeIo,
nor UserDefined(0x93) OpRegions for the GPO2 (UID 3) device, because
no pins were assigned ACPI controlled functions in the reference
design. Together this leads to the perfect storm, at least on the
Cherry Trail based Medion Akayo E1239T. This design does use a GPO2
pin from its ACPI code and has added the Cherry Trail specific
UserDefined(0x93) opregion to its GPO2 ACPI node to access this
pin. But it uses a "has _REG been called" availability check for
the standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion. This clearly is a bug in
the DSDT, but this does work under Windows. This issue leads to
the intel vbtn driver reporting the device always being in tablet-mode
at boot, even if it is in laptop mode. Which in turn causes userspace
to ignore touchpad events. So in other words, this issue causes
the touchpad to not work at boot. This change fixes this by extending
the "orphan" _REG method handling to also apply to GPIO address-space
handlers.

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Added more info to namespace dump file (-ln option). In a
separate section of the dump file (after the main namespace dump),
emit the full pathname for each namespace node, its type, and the
ASL filename and line number where it is declared.

AcpiHelp: Added an option to display/decode iASL exceptions. Option
is: -x [Hex Value] where "Hex Value" is the iASL exception code.
If Hex Value is omitted, all iASL exceptions are displayed.

iASL: Use StringLiteral instead of StringData for some ASL macros.
The use of the stringData rule allows for some "string" oriented
opcodes (Such as ToString, ToHexString, etc.) None of which make
sense with the macros in question. This change modifies the StringData
part of the rule for these macros to a simple string literal - thus
disallowing the use of ToString, ToHexString, etc. The following
ASL operators (macros) are affected: EisaId Fprintf Printf ToUuid
Unicode Note: The MS compiler requires the use of string literals
for these operators also.

iASL: Added a remark for an unknown UUID: ASL_MSG_UUID_NOT_FOUND.
Search the list of "known" UUIDs for the input to the ToUUID macro.

Added 5 new UUIDs to the known UUID table. All related to NVDIMM
and the NFIT table.

branches: 1.1.1.16.2;
VERSION 20200717
Submitted by Bob Moore on 17 July, 2020 - 13:35

17 July 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200717:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Do not increment OperationRegion reference counts for field units.
Recent server firmware has revealed that this reference count can
overflow on large servers that declare many field units (thousands)
under the same OperationRegion. This occurs because each field unit
declaration will add a reference count to the source OperationRegion.
This release solves the reference count overflow for OperationRegion
objects by preventing fieldUnits from incrementing their parent
OperationRegion's reference count.

Replaced one-element arrays with flexible-arrays, which were
introduced in C99.

Restored the readme file containing the directions for generation
of ACPICA from source on MSVC 2017. Updated the file for MSVC 2017.
File is located at: generate/msvc2017/readme.txt

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Fixed a regression found in version 20200214. Prevent iASL
from emitting an extra byte of garbage data when control methods
declared a single parameter type without using braces. This extra
byte is known to cause a blue screen on the Windows AML interpreter.

iASL: Made a change to allow external declarations to specify the
type of a named object even when some name segments are not defined.
This change allows the following ASL code to compile (When DEV0 is
not defined or not defined yet):

External (\_SB.DEV0.OBJ1, IntObj)
External (\_SB.DEV0, DeviceObj)

iASL: Fixed a problem where method names in "Alias ()" statement
could be misinterpreted. They are now interpreted correctly as
method invocations.

iASL: capture a method parameter count (Within the Method info
segment, as well as the argument node) when using parameter type
lists.

VERSION 20200528
Submitted by Bob Moore on 28 May, 2020 - 13:24

28 May 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200528:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Removed old/obsolete Visual Studio files which were used to build
the Windows versions of the ACPICA tools. Since we have moved to
Visual Studio 2017, we are no longer supporting Visual Studio 2006
and 2009 project files. The new subdirectory and solution file are
located at:

acpica/generate/msvc2017/AcpiComponents.sln

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: added support for a new OperationRegion Address Space (subtype):
PlatformRtMechanism. Support for this new keyword is being released
for early prototyping. It will appear in the next release of the
ACPI specification.

iASL: do not optimize the NameString parameter of the CondRefOf
operator. In the previous iASL compiler release, the NameString
parameter of the CondRefOf was optimized. There is evidence that
some implementations of the AML interpreter do not perform the
recursive search-to-parent search during the execution of the
CondRefOf operator. Therefore, the CondRefOf operator behaves
differently when the NameString parameter is a single name segment
(a NameSeg) as opposed to a full NamePath (starting at the root
scope) or a NameString containing parent prefixes.

iASL: Prevent an inadvertent remark message. This change prevents
a remark if within a control method the following exist:
1) An Operation Region is defined, and
2) A Field operator is defined that refers to the region. This
happens because at the top level, the Field operator does not
actually create a new named object, it simply references the
operation region.

Removed support for the acpinames utility. The acpinames was a
simple utility used to populate and display the ACPI namespace
without executing any AML code. However, ACPICA now supports
executable opcodes outside of control methods. This means that
executable AML opcodes such as If and Store opcodes need to be
executed during table load. Therefore, acpinames would need to be
updated to match the same behavior as the acpiexec utility and
since acpiexec can already dump the entire namespace (via the
'namespace' command), we no longer have the need to maintain
acpinames.

In order to dump the contents of the ACPI namepsace using acpiexec,
execute the following command from the command line:

acpiexec -b "n" [aml files]

13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:

1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:

Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two
of the bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes,
which are rarely seen in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL
buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede

Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods
and data objects. This includes nested control methods. It is
particularly useful for examining the ACPI execution during system
initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag below
enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000

Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST

Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-
osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"

Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator.
A "0x" is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string.
This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI
specification is somewhat vague on this issue.
Example output string after conversion:
"0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"

Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package
elements. Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar,
other ACPI implementations do not support this either. Also, this fixes a
fault if this type of construct is ever encountered (it never has been).


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual
warnings and remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware
build process.

AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new
object evaluation trace mechanism described above.

Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables
instead of a "unknown table" message.

AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as
_Lxx, _Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be
used for "xx" and "x".

branches: 1.1.1.12.2;

branches: 1.1.1.11.2;

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

Import acpica-2022-03-31

31 March 2021. Summary of changes for version 20210331:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads, and
includes all ACPI 6.4 support

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
ACPI 6.4: iASL: deprecate DDBHandleObj keyword
Always create namespace nodes using AcpiNsCreateNode(). ACPICA is
allocating an object using kmalloc(), but then frees it using
kmem_cache_free(<"Acpi-Namespace" kmem_cache>). This is wrong.
Fixed a race condition in generic serial bus operation region
handler. Fixed by Hans de Goede.

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

ACPI 6.4: NFIT: add Location Cookie field
ACPI 6.4: HMAT: add new fields/flags
ACPI 6.4: Add new flags in SRAT
ACPI 6.4: add SDEV secure access components
ACPI 6.4: add Csi2Bus resource template
ACPI 6.4: add support for PHAT table
ACPI 6.4: add support for PMTT table
Add disassembly support for the IVRS table. Compilation of the
table is not yet complete. Fixed a potential infinite loop due to
type mismatch. The for-loop is using a UINT8 counter and comparing
the upper limit against a UINT32 AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex
maximum. In the case where AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex is > 255
the counter i will wrap around to zero and the loop will never
exit. I suspect the AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex is never that
high, but fixing this does future proof the code and cleans up
static analysis warnings.Colin King.

iASL/TableCompiler: update it with IORT table E.b revision changes.
From shamiali2008.
iASL/TableCompiler: Add compilation support for the VIOT table.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker.
iASL/TableCompiler: Add compilation support for CEDT table.
Also, update the CEDT template.

branches: 1.1.1.17.2;
13 November 2020. Summary of changes for version 20201113:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Interpreter: fixed a memory leak by using use existing buffer in
_HID repair. There was a memory leak that occurred when a _CID
object is defined as a package containing string objects. When _CID
is checked for any possible repairs, it calls a helper function to
repair _HID (because _CID basically contains multiple _HID entries).
The _HID repair function assumes that string objects are standalone
objects that are not contained inside of any packages. The _HID
repair function replaced the string object with a brand new object
and attempted to delete the old object by decrementing the reference
count of the old object. Strings inside of packages have a reference
count of 2 so the _HID repair function leaves this object in a
dangling state and causes a memory leak. Instead of allocating a
brand new object and removing the old object, use the existing
object when repairing the _HID object.

Added function trace macros to improve namespace debugging. The
namespace repair mechanism does not have function tracing macros.
Add several trace macros to improve debuggability.

Handle "orphan" _REG methods for GPIO OpRegions. Before this change
AcpiEvExecuteRegMethods() had special handling to handle "orphan"
(no matching OpRegion declared) _REG methods for EC nodes. On Intel
Cherry Trail devices there are 2 possible ACPI OpRegions for
accessing GPIOs. The standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion and the
Cherry Trail - specific UserDefined 0x9X OpRegions. Having 2
different types of OpRegions leads to potential issues with checks
for OpRegion availability, or in other words checks if _REG has
been called for the OpRegion which the ACPI code wants to use.
Except for the "orphan" EC handling, ACPICA core does not call _REG
on an ACPI node which does not define an OpRegion matching the type
being registered; and the reference design DSDT, from which most
Cherry Trail DSDTs are derived, does not define GeneralPurposeIo,
nor UserDefined(0x93) OpRegions for the GPO2 (UID 3) device, because
no pins were assigned ACPI controlled functions in the reference
design. Together this leads to the perfect storm, at least on the
Cherry Trail based Medion Akayo E1239T. This design does use a GPO2
pin from its ACPI code and has added the Cherry Trail specific
UserDefined(0x93) opregion to its GPO2 ACPI node to access this
pin. But it uses a "has _REG been called" availability check for
the standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion. This clearly is a bug in
the DSDT, but this does work under Windows. This issue leads to
the intel vbtn driver reporting the device always being in tablet-mode
at boot, even if it is in laptop mode. Which in turn causes userspace
to ignore touchpad events. So in other words, this issue causes
the touchpad to not work at boot. This change fixes this by extending
the "orphan" _REG method handling to also apply to GPIO address-space
handlers.

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Added more info to namespace dump file (-ln option). In a
separate section of the dump file (after the main namespace dump),
emit the full pathname for each namespace node, its type, and the
ASL filename and line number where it is declared.

AcpiHelp: Added an option to display/decode iASL exceptions. Option
is: -x [Hex Value] where "Hex Value" is the iASL exception code.
If Hex Value is omitted, all iASL exceptions are displayed.

iASL: Use StringLiteral instead of StringData for some ASL macros.
The use of the stringData rule allows for some "string" oriented
opcodes (Such as ToString, ToHexString, etc.) None of which make
sense with the macros in question. This change modifies the StringData
part of the rule for these macros to a simple string literal - thus
disallowing the use of ToString, ToHexString, etc. The following
ASL operators (macros) are affected: EisaId Fprintf Printf ToUuid
Unicode Note: The MS compiler requires the use of string literals
for these operators also.

iASL: Added a remark for an unknown UUID: ASL_MSG_UUID_NOT_FOUND.
Search the list of "known" UUIDs for the input to the ToUUID macro.

Added 5 new UUIDs to the known UUID table. All related to NVDIMM
and the NFIT table.

branches: 1.1.1.16.2;
VERSION 20200717
Submitted by Bob Moore on 17 July, 2020 - 13:35

17 July 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200717:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Do not increment OperationRegion reference counts for field units.
Recent server firmware has revealed that this reference count can
overflow on large servers that declare many field units (thousands)
under the same OperationRegion. This occurs because each field unit
declaration will add a reference count to the source OperationRegion.
This release solves the reference count overflow for OperationRegion
objects by preventing fieldUnits from incrementing their parent
OperationRegion's reference count.

Replaced one-element arrays with flexible-arrays, which were
introduced in C99.

Restored the readme file containing the directions for generation
of ACPICA from source on MSVC 2017. Updated the file for MSVC 2017.
File is located at: generate/msvc2017/readme.txt

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Fixed a regression found in version 20200214. Prevent iASL
from emitting an extra byte of garbage data when control methods
declared a single parameter type without using braces. This extra
byte is known to cause a blue screen on the Windows AML interpreter.

iASL: Made a change to allow external declarations to specify the
type of a named object even when some name segments are not defined.
This change allows the following ASL code to compile (When DEV0 is
not defined or not defined yet):

External (\_SB.DEV0.OBJ1, IntObj)
External (\_SB.DEV0, DeviceObj)

iASL: Fixed a problem where method names in "Alias ()" statement
could be misinterpreted. They are now interpreted correctly as
method invocations.

iASL: capture a method parameter count (Within the Method info
segment, as well as the argument node) when using parameter type
lists.

VERSION 20200528
Submitted by Bob Moore on 28 May, 2020 - 13:24

28 May 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200528:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Removed old/obsolete Visual Studio files which were used to build
the Windows versions of the ACPICA tools. Since we have moved to
Visual Studio 2017, we are no longer supporting Visual Studio 2006
and 2009 project files. The new subdirectory and solution file are
located at:

acpica/generate/msvc2017/AcpiComponents.sln

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: added support for a new OperationRegion Address Space (subtype):
PlatformRtMechanism. Support for this new keyword is being released
for early prototyping. It will appear in the next release of the
ACPI specification.

iASL: do not optimize the NameString parameter of the CondRefOf
operator. In the previous iASL compiler release, the NameString
parameter of the CondRefOf was optimized. There is evidence that
some implementations of the AML interpreter do not perform the
recursive search-to-parent search during the execution of the
CondRefOf operator. Therefore, the CondRefOf operator behaves
differently when the NameString parameter is a single name segment
(a NameSeg) as opposed to a full NamePath (starting at the root
scope) or a NameString containing parent prefixes.

iASL: Prevent an inadvertent remark message. This change prevents
a remark if within a control method the following exist:
1) An Operation Region is defined, and
2) A Field operator is defined that refers to the region. This
happens because at the top level, the Field operator does not
actually create a new named object, it simply references the
operation region.

Removed support for the acpinames utility. The acpinames was a
simple utility used to populate and display the ACPI namespace
without executing any AML code. However, ACPICA now supports
executable opcodes outside of control methods. This means that
executable AML opcodes such as If and Store opcodes need to be
executed during table load. Therefore, acpinames would need to be
updated to match the same behavior as the acpiexec utility and
since acpiexec can already dump the entire namespace (via the
'namespace' command), we no longer have the need to maintain
acpinames.

In order to dump the contents of the ACPI namepsace using acpiexec,
execute the following command from the command line:

acpiexec -b "n" [aml files]

13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:

1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:

Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two
of the bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes,
which are rarely seen in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL
buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede

Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods
and data objects. This includes nested control methods. It is
particularly useful for examining the ACPI execution during system
initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag below
enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000

Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST

Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-
osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"

Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator.
A "0x" is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string.
This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI
specification is somewhat vague on this issue.
Example output string after conversion:
"0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"

Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package
elements. Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar,
other ACPI implementations do not support this either. Also, this fixes a
fault if this type of construct is ever encountered (it never has been).


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual
warnings and remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware
build process.

AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new
object evaluation trace mechanism described above.

Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables
instead of a "unknown table" message.

AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as
_Lxx, _Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be
used for "xx" and "x".

branches: 1.1.1.12.2;

branches: 1.1.1.11.2;

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

31 March 2021. Summary of changes for version 20210331:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads, and
includes all ACPI 6.4 support

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
ACPI 6.4: iASL: deprecate DDBHandleObj keyword
Always create namespace nodes using AcpiNsCreateNode(). ACPICA is
allocating an object using kmalloc(), but then frees it using
kmem_cache_free(<"Acpi-Namespace" kmem_cache>). This is wrong.
Fixed a race condition in generic serial bus operation region
handler. Fixed by Hans de Goede.

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

ACPI 6.4: NFIT: add Location Cookie field
ACPI 6.4: HMAT: add new fields/flags
ACPI 6.4: Add new flags in SRAT
ACPI 6.4: add SDEV secure access components
ACPI 6.4: add Csi2Bus resource template
ACPI 6.4: add support for PHAT table
ACPI 6.4: add support for PMTT table
Add disassembly support for the IVRS table. Compilation of the
table is not yet complete. Fixed a potential infinite loop due to
type mismatch. The for-loop is using a UINT8 counter and comparing
the upper limit against a UINT32 AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex
maximum. In the case where AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex is > 255
the counter i will wrap around to zero and the loop will never
exit. I suspect the AslGbl_ExpectedMessagesIndex is never that
high, but fixing this does future proof the code and cleans up
static analysis warnings.Colin King.

iASL/TableCompiler: update it with IORT table E.b revision changes.
From shamiali2008.
iASL/TableCompiler: Add compilation support for the VIOT table.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker.
iASL/TableCompiler: Add compilation support for CEDT table.
Also, update the CEDT template.

branches: 1.1.1.17.2;
13 November 2020. Summary of changes for version 20201113:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Interpreter: fixed a memory leak by using use existing buffer in
_HID repair. There was a memory leak that occurred when a _CID
object is defined as a package containing string objects. When _CID
is checked for any possible repairs, it calls a helper function to
repair _HID (because _CID basically contains multiple _HID entries).
The _HID repair function assumes that string objects are standalone
objects that are not contained inside of any packages. The _HID
repair function replaced the string object with a brand new object
and attempted to delete the old object by decrementing the reference
count of the old object. Strings inside of packages have a reference
count of 2 so the _HID repair function leaves this object in a
dangling state and causes a memory leak. Instead of allocating a
brand new object and removing the old object, use the existing
object when repairing the _HID object.

Added function trace macros to improve namespace debugging. The
namespace repair mechanism does not have function tracing macros.
Add several trace macros to improve debuggability.

Handle "orphan" _REG methods for GPIO OpRegions. Before this change
AcpiEvExecuteRegMethods() had special handling to handle "orphan"
(no matching OpRegion declared) _REG methods for EC nodes. On Intel
Cherry Trail devices there are 2 possible ACPI OpRegions for
accessing GPIOs. The standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion and the
Cherry Trail - specific UserDefined 0x9X OpRegions. Having 2
different types of OpRegions leads to potential issues with checks
for OpRegion availability, or in other words checks if _REG has
been called for the OpRegion which the ACPI code wants to use.
Except for the "orphan" EC handling, ACPICA core does not call _REG
on an ACPI node which does not define an OpRegion matching the type
being registered; and the reference design DSDT, from which most
Cherry Trail DSDTs are derived, does not define GeneralPurposeIo,
nor UserDefined(0x93) OpRegions for the GPO2 (UID 3) device, because
no pins were assigned ACPI controlled functions in the reference
design. Together this leads to the perfect storm, at least on the
Cherry Trail based Medion Akayo E1239T. This design does use a GPO2
pin from its ACPI code and has added the Cherry Trail specific
UserDefined(0x93) opregion to its GPO2 ACPI node to access this
pin. But it uses a "has _REG been called" availability check for
the standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion. This clearly is a bug in
the DSDT, but this does work under Windows. This issue leads to
the intel vbtn driver reporting the device always being in tablet-mode
at boot, even if it is in laptop mode. Which in turn causes userspace
to ignore touchpad events. So in other words, this issue causes
the touchpad to not work at boot. This change fixes this by extending
the "orphan" _REG method handling to also apply to GPIO address-space
handlers.

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Added more info to namespace dump file (-ln option). In a
separate section of the dump file (after the main namespace dump),
emit the full pathname for each namespace node, its type, and the
ASL filename and line number where it is declared.

AcpiHelp: Added an option to display/decode iASL exceptions. Option
is: -x [Hex Value] where "Hex Value" is the iASL exception code.
If Hex Value is omitted, all iASL exceptions are displayed.

iASL: Use StringLiteral instead of StringData for some ASL macros.
The use of the stringData rule allows for some "string" oriented
opcodes (Such as ToString, ToHexString, etc.) None of which make
sense with the macros in question. This change modifies the StringData
part of the rule for these macros to a simple string literal - thus
disallowing the use of ToString, ToHexString, etc. The following
ASL operators (macros) are affected: EisaId Fprintf Printf ToUuid
Unicode Note: The MS compiler requires the use of string literals
for these operators also.

iASL: Added a remark for an unknown UUID: ASL_MSG_UUID_NOT_FOUND.
Search the list of "known" UUIDs for the input to the ToUUID macro.

Added 5 new UUIDs to the known UUID table. All related to NVDIMM
and the NFIT table.

branches: 1.1.1.16.2;
VERSION 20200717
Submitted by Bob Moore on 17 July, 2020 - 13:35

17 July 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200717:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Do not increment OperationRegion reference counts for field units.
Recent server firmware has revealed that this reference count can
overflow on large servers that declare many field units (thousands)
under the same OperationRegion. This occurs because each field unit
declaration will add a reference count to the source OperationRegion.
This release solves the reference count overflow for OperationRegion
objects by preventing fieldUnits from incrementing their parent
OperationRegion's reference count.

Replaced one-element arrays with flexible-arrays, which were
introduced in C99.

Restored the readme file containing the directions for generation
of ACPICA from source on MSVC 2017. Updated the file for MSVC 2017.
File is located at: generate/msvc2017/readme.txt

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Fixed a regression found in version 20200214. Prevent iASL
from emitting an extra byte of garbage data when control methods
declared a single parameter type without using braces. This extra
byte is known to cause a blue screen on the Windows AML interpreter.

iASL: Made a change to allow external declarations to specify the
type of a named object even when some name segments are not defined.
This change allows the following ASL code to compile (When DEV0 is
not defined or not defined yet):

External (\_SB.DEV0.OBJ1, IntObj)
External (\_SB.DEV0, DeviceObj)

iASL: Fixed a problem where method names in "Alias ()" statement
could be misinterpreted. They are now interpreted correctly as
method invocations.

iASL: capture a method parameter count (Within the Method info
segment, as well as the argument node) when using parameter type
lists.

VERSION 20200528
Submitted by Bob Moore on 28 May, 2020 - 13:24

28 May 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200528:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Removed old/obsolete Visual Studio files which were used to build
the Windows versions of the ACPICA tools. Since we have moved to
Visual Studio 2017, we are no longer supporting Visual Studio 2006
and 2009 project files. The new subdirectory and solution file are
located at:

acpica/generate/msvc2017/AcpiComponents.sln

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: added support for a new OperationRegion Address Space (subtype):
PlatformRtMechanism. Support for this new keyword is being released
for early prototyping. It will appear in the next release of the
ACPI specification.

iASL: do not optimize the NameString parameter of the CondRefOf
operator. In the previous iASL compiler release, the NameString
parameter of the CondRefOf was optimized. There is evidence that
some implementations of the AML interpreter do not perform the
recursive search-to-parent search during the execution of the
CondRefOf operator. Therefore, the CondRefOf operator behaves
differently when the NameString parameter is a single name segment
(a NameSeg) as opposed to a full NamePath (starting at the root
scope) or a NameString containing parent prefixes.

iASL: Prevent an inadvertent remark message. This change prevents
a remark if within a control method the following exist:
1) An Operation Region is defined, and
2) A Field operator is defined that refers to the region. This
happens because at the top level, the Field operator does not
actually create a new named object, it simply references the
operation region.

Removed support for the acpinames utility. The acpinames was a
simple utility used to populate and display the ACPI namespace
without executing any AML code. However, ACPICA now supports
executable opcodes outside of control methods. This means that
executable AML opcodes such as If and Store opcodes need to be
executed during table load. Therefore, acpinames would need to be
updated to match the same behavior as the acpiexec utility and
since acpiexec can already dump the entire namespace (via the
'namespace' command), we no longer have the need to maintain
acpinames.

In order to dump the contents of the ACPI namepsace using acpiexec,
execute the following command from the command line:

acpiexec -b "n" [aml files]

13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:

1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:

Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two
of the bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes,
which are rarely seen in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL
buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede

Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods
and data objects. This includes nested control methods. It is
particularly useful for examining the ACPI execution during system
initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag below
enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000

Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST

Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-
osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"

Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator.
A "0x" is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string.
This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI
specification is somewhat vague on this issue.
Example output string after conversion:
"0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"

Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package
elements. Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar,
other ACPI implementations do not support this either. Also, this fixes a
fault if this type of construct is ever encountered (it never has been).


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual
warnings and remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware
build process.

AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new
object evaluation trace mechanism described above.

Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables
instead of a "unknown table" message.

AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as
_Lxx, _Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be
used for "xx" and "x".

branches: 1.1.1.12.2;

branches: 1.1.1.11.2;

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

13 November 2020. Summary of changes for version 20201113:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Interpreter: fixed a memory leak by using use existing buffer in
_HID repair. There was a memory leak that occurred when a _CID
object is defined as a package containing string objects. When _CID
is checked for any possible repairs, it calls a helper function to
repair _HID (because _CID basically contains multiple _HID entries).
The _HID repair function assumes that string objects are standalone
objects that are not contained inside of any packages. The _HID
repair function replaced the string object with a brand new object
and attempted to delete the old object by decrementing the reference
count of the old object. Strings inside of packages have a reference
count of 2 so the _HID repair function leaves this object in a
dangling state and causes a memory leak. Instead of allocating a
brand new object and removing the old object, use the existing
object when repairing the _HID object.

Added function trace macros to improve namespace debugging. The
namespace repair mechanism does not have function tracing macros.
Add several trace macros to improve debuggability.

Handle "orphan" _REG methods for GPIO OpRegions. Before this change
AcpiEvExecuteRegMethods() had special handling to handle "orphan"
(no matching OpRegion declared) _REG methods for EC nodes. On Intel
Cherry Trail devices there are 2 possible ACPI OpRegions for
accessing GPIOs. The standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion and the
Cherry Trail - specific UserDefined 0x9X OpRegions. Having 2
different types of OpRegions leads to potential issues with checks
for OpRegion availability, or in other words checks if _REG has
been called for the OpRegion which the ACPI code wants to use.
Except for the "orphan" EC handling, ACPICA core does not call _REG
on an ACPI node which does not define an OpRegion matching the type
being registered; and the reference design DSDT, from which most
Cherry Trail DSDTs are derived, does not define GeneralPurposeIo,
nor UserDefined(0x93) OpRegions for the GPO2 (UID 3) device, because
no pins were assigned ACPI controlled functions in the reference
design. Together this leads to the perfect storm, at least on the
Cherry Trail based Medion Akayo E1239T. This design does use a GPO2
pin from its ACPI code and has added the Cherry Trail specific
UserDefined(0x93) opregion to its GPO2 ACPI node to access this
pin. But it uses a "has _REG been called" availability check for
the standard GeneralPurposeIo OpRegion. This clearly is a bug in
the DSDT, but this does work under Windows. This issue leads to
the intel vbtn driver reporting the device always being in tablet-mode
at boot, even if it is in laptop mode. Which in turn causes userspace
to ignore touchpad events. So in other words, this issue causes
the touchpad to not work at boot. This change fixes this by extending
the "orphan" _REG method handling to also apply to GPIO address-space
handlers.

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Added more info to namespace dump file (-ln option). In a
separate section of the dump file (after the main namespace dump),
emit the full pathname for each namespace node, its type, and the
ASL filename and line number where it is declared.

AcpiHelp: Added an option to display/decode iASL exceptions. Option
is: -x [Hex Value] where "Hex Value" is the iASL exception code.
If Hex Value is omitted, all iASL exceptions are displayed.

iASL: Use StringLiteral instead of StringData for some ASL macros.
The use of the stringData rule allows for some "string" oriented
opcodes (Such as ToString, ToHexString, etc.) None of which make
sense with the macros in question. This change modifies the StringData
part of the rule for these macros to a simple string literal - thus
disallowing the use of ToString, ToHexString, etc. The following
ASL operators (macros) are affected: EisaId Fprintf Printf ToUuid
Unicode Note: The MS compiler requires the use of string literals
for these operators also.

iASL: Added a remark for an unknown UUID: ASL_MSG_UUID_NOT_FOUND.
Search the list of "known" UUIDs for the input to the ToUUID macro.

Added 5 new UUIDs to the known UUID table. All related to NVDIMM
and the NFIT table.

VERSION 20200717
Submitted by Bob Moore on 17 July, 2020 - 13:35

17 July 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200717:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Do not increment OperationRegion reference counts for field units.
Recent server firmware has revealed that this reference count can
overflow on large servers that declare many field units (thousands)
under the same OperationRegion. This occurs because each field unit
declaration will add a reference count to the source OperationRegion.
This release solves the reference count overflow for OperationRegion
objects by preventing fieldUnits from incrementing their parent
OperationRegion's reference count.

Replaced one-element arrays with flexible-arrays, which were
introduced in C99.

Restored the readme file containing the directions for generation
of ACPICA from source on MSVC 2017. Updated the file for MSVC 2017.
File is located at: generate/msvc2017/readme.txt

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Fixed a regression found in version 20200214. Prevent iASL
from emitting an extra byte of garbage data when control methods
declared a single parameter type without using braces. This extra
byte is known to cause a blue screen on the Windows AML interpreter.

iASL: Made a change to allow external declarations to specify the
type of a named object even when some name segments are not defined.
This change allows the following ASL code to compile (When DEV0 is
not defined or not defined yet):

External (\_SB.DEV0.OBJ1, IntObj)
External (\_SB.DEV0, DeviceObj)

iASL: Fixed a problem where method names in "Alias ()" statement
could be misinterpreted. They are now interpreted correctly as
method invocations.

iASL: capture a method parameter count (Within the Method info
segment, as well as the argument node) when using parameter type
lists.

VERSION 20200528
Submitted by Bob Moore on 28 May, 2020 - 13:24

28 May 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200528:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Removed old/obsolete Visual Studio files which were used to build
the Windows versions of the ACPICA tools. Since we have moved to
Visual Studio 2017, we are no longer supporting Visual Studio 2006
and 2009 project files. The new subdirectory and solution file are
located at:

acpica/generate/msvc2017/AcpiComponents.sln

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: added support for a new OperationRegion Address Space (subtype):
PlatformRtMechanism. Support for this new keyword is being released
for early prototyping. It will appear in the next release of the
ACPI specification.

iASL: do not optimize the NameString parameter of the CondRefOf
operator. In the previous iASL compiler release, the NameString
parameter of the CondRefOf was optimized. There is evidence that
some implementations of the AML interpreter do not perform the
recursive search-to-parent search during the execution of the
CondRefOf operator. Therefore, the CondRefOf operator behaves
differently when the NameString parameter is a single name segment
(a NameSeg) as opposed to a full NamePath (starting at the root
scope) or a NameString containing parent prefixes.

iASL: Prevent an inadvertent remark message. This change prevents
a remark if within a control method the following exist:
1) An Operation Region is defined, and
2) A Field operator is defined that refers to the region. This
happens because at the top level, the Field operator does not
actually create a new named object, it simply references the
operation region.

Removed support for the acpinames utility. The acpinames was a
simple utility used to populate and display the ACPI namespace
without executing any AML code. However, ACPICA now supports
executable opcodes outside of control methods. This means that
executable AML opcodes such as If and Store opcodes need to be
executed during table load. Therefore, acpinames would need to be
updated to match the same behavior as the acpiexec utility and
since acpiexec can already dump the entire namespace (via the
'namespace' command), we no longer have the need to maintain
acpinames.

In order to dump the contents of the ACPI namepsace using acpiexec,
execute the following command from the command line:

acpiexec -b "n" [aml files]

13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:

1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:

Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two
of the bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes,
which are rarely seen in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL
buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede

Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods
and data objects. This includes nested control methods. It is
particularly useful for examining the ACPI execution during system
initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag below
enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000

Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST

Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-
osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"

Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator.
A "0x" is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string.
This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI
specification is somewhat vague on this issue.
Example output string after conversion:
"0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"

Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package
elements. Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar,
other ACPI implementations do not support this either. Also, this fixes a
fault if this type of construct is ever encountered (it never has been).


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual
warnings and remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware
build process.

AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new
object evaluation trace mechanism described above.

Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables
instead of a "unknown table" message.

AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as
_Lxx, _Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be
used for "xx" and "x".

branches: 1.1.1.12.2;

branches: 1.1.1.11.2;

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

VERSION 20200717
Submitted by Bob Moore on 17 July, 2020 - 13:35

17 July 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200717:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Do not increment OperationRegion reference counts for field units.
Recent server firmware has revealed that this reference count can
overflow on large servers that declare many field units (thousands)
under the same OperationRegion. This occurs because each field unit
declaration will add a reference count to the source OperationRegion.
This release solves the reference count overflow for OperationRegion
objects by preventing fieldUnits from incrementing their parent
OperationRegion's reference count.

Replaced one-element arrays with flexible-arrays, which were
introduced in C99.

Restored the readme file containing the directions for generation
of ACPICA from source on MSVC 2017. Updated the file for MSVC 2017.
File is located at: generate/msvc2017/readme.txt

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: Fixed a regression found in version 20200214. Prevent iASL
from emitting an extra byte of garbage data when control methods
declared a single parameter type without using braces. This extra
byte is known to cause a blue screen on the Windows AML interpreter.

iASL: Made a change to allow external declarations to specify the
type of a named object even when some name segments are not defined.
This change allows the following ASL code to compile (When DEV0 is
not defined or not defined yet):

External (\_SB.DEV0.OBJ1, IntObj)
External (\_SB.DEV0, DeviceObj)

iASL: Fixed a problem where method names in "Alias ()" statement
could be misinterpreted. They are now interpreted correctly as
method invocations.

iASL: capture a method parameter count (Within the Method info
segment, as well as the argument node) when using parameter type
lists.

VERSION 20200528
Submitted by Bob Moore on 28 May, 2020 - 13:24

28 May 2020. Summary of changes for version 20200528:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Removed old/obsolete Visual Studio files which were used to build
the Windows versions of the ACPICA tools. Since we have moved to
Visual Studio 2017, we are no longer supporting Visual Studio 2006
and 2009 project files. The new subdirectory and solution file are
located at:

acpica/generate/msvc2017/AcpiComponents.sln

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:

iASL: added support for a new OperationRegion Address Space (subtype):
PlatformRtMechanism. Support for this new keyword is being released
for early prototyping. It will appear in the next release of the
ACPI specification.

iASL: do not optimize the NameString parameter of the CondRefOf
operator. In the previous iASL compiler release, the NameString
parameter of the CondRefOf was optimized. There is evidence that
some implementations of the AML interpreter do not perform the
recursive search-to-parent search during the execution of the
CondRefOf operator. Therefore, the CondRefOf operator behaves
differently when the NameString parameter is a single name segment
(a NameSeg) as opposed to a full NamePath (starting at the root
scope) or a NameString containing parent prefixes.

iASL: Prevent an inadvertent remark message. This change prevents
a remark if within a control method the following exist:
1) An Operation Region is defined, and
2) A Field operator is defined that refers to the region. This
happens because at the top level, the Field operator does not
actually create a new named object, it simply references the
operation region.

Removed support for the acpinames utility. The acpinames was a
simple utility used to populate and display the ACPI namespace
without executing any AML code. However, ACPICA now supports
executable opcodes outside of control methods. This means that
executable AML opcodes such as If and Store opcodes need to be
executed during table load. Therefore, acpinames would need to be
updated to match the same behavior as the acpiexec utility and
since acpiexec can already dump the entire namespace (via the
'namespace' command), we no longer have the need to maintain
acpinames.

In order to dump the contents of the ACPI namepsace using acpiexec,
execute the following command from the command line:

acpiexec -b "n" [aml files]

13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:

1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:

Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two
of the bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes,
which are rarely seen in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL
buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede

Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods
and data objects. This includes nested control methods. It is
particularly useful for examining the ACPI execution during system
initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag below
enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000

Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST

Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-
osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"

Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator.
A "0x" is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string.
This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI
specification is somewhat vague on this issue.
Example output string after conversion:
"0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"

Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package
elements. Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar,
other ACPI implementations do not support this either. Also, this fixes a
fault if this type of construct is ever encountered (it never has been).


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual
warnings and remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware
build process.

AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new
object evaluation trace mechanism described above.

Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables
instead of a "unknown table" message.

AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as
_Lxx, _Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be
used for "xx" and "x".

branches: 1.1.1.12.2;

branches: 1.1.1.11.2;

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:

1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:

Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two
of the bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes,
which are rarely seen in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL
buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede

Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods
and data objects. This includes nested control methods. It is
particularly useful for examining the ACPI execution during system
initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag below
enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000

Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST

Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-
osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"

Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator.
A "0x" is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string.
This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI
specification is somewhat vague on this issue.
Example output string after conversion:
"0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"

Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package
elements. Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar,
other ACPI implementations do not support this either. Also, this fixes a
fault if this type of construct is ever encountered (it never has been).


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual
warnings and remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware
build process.

AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new
object evaluation trace mechanism described above.

Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables
instead of a "unknown table" message.

AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as
_Lxx, _Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be
used for "xx" and "x".

branches: 1.1.1.12.2;

branches: 1.1.1.11.2;

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

13 December 2018. Summary of changes for version 20181213:

1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:

Fixed some buffer length issues with the GenericSerialBus, related to two
of the bidirectional protocols: AttribRawProcessBytes and AttribRawBytes,
which are rarely seen in the field. For these, the LEN field of the ASL
buffer is now ignored. Hans de Goede

Implemented a new object evaluation trace mechanism for control methods
and data objects. This includes nested control methods. It is
particularly useful for examining the ACPI execution during system
initialization since the output is relatively terse. The flag below
enables the output of the trace via the ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW interface:
#define ACPI_LV_EVALUATION 0x00080000

Examples:
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0._INI
Enter evaluation : _OSI (Method)
Exit evaluation : _OSI
Enter evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST (Method)
Nested method call : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit nested method : _SB.PCI0.NST1
Exit evaluation : _SB.PCI0.TEST

Added two recently-defined _OSI strings. See
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/acpi/winacpi-
osi.
"Windows 2018"
"Windows 2018.2"

Update for buffer-to-string conversions via the ToHexString ASL operator.
A "0x" is now prepended to each of the hex values in the output string.
This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. The ACPI
specification is somewhat vague on this issue.
Example output string after conversion:
"0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06"

Return a run-time error for TermArg expressions within individual package
elements. Although this is technically supported by the ASL grammar,
other ACPI implementations do not support this either. Also, this fixes a
fault if this type of construct is ever encountered (it never has been).


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented a new compile option (-ww) that will promote individual
warnings and remarks to errors. This is intended to enhance the firmware
build process.

AcpiExec: Implemented a new command-line option (-eo) to support the new
object evaluation trace mechanism described above.

Disassembler: Added support to disassemble OEMx tables as AML/ASL tables
instead of a "unknown table" message.

AcpiHelp: Improved support for the "special" predefined names such as
_Lxx, _Exx, _EJx, _T_x, etc. For these, any legal hex value can now be
used for "xx" and "x".

branches: 1.1.1.11.2;

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

branches: 1.1.1.9.4;
One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

One more time in the right place...

branches: 1.1.1.8.2; 1.1.1.8.4;
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

One more time in the right place...

22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.

22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.

ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.

I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2

ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.

ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table 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.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total


2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:

Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone

iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.

For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}

Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}


iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.

iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.

iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.

iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.

iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.

import new acpica:

branches: 1.1.1.5.2;

import new acpica

branches: 1.1.1.3.2; 1.1.1.3.12; 1.1.1.3.16;
Import ACPICA 20110623.

Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW
parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL
package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts,
execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8)
improvements.

branches: 1.1.1.2.2; 1.1.1.2.4; 1.1.1.2.8;
Import 20110211.

Reimport ACPICA 20100528 to a new location.