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Summary of changes for this label: 09_01_00
Namespace manager data structures have been reworked to change the primary
object from a table to a single object. This has resulted in dynamic memory
savings of 3X within the namespace and 2X overall in the ACPI CA subsystem.
Fixed problem where the call to AcpiEvFindPciRootBuses was inadvertently left
commented out.
Reduced the warning count when generating the source with the GCC compiler.
Revision numbers added to each module header showing the SourceSafe version
of the file. Please refer to this version number when giving us feedback
or comments on individual modules.
The main object types within the subsystem have been renamed to clarify their
purpose:
ACPI_INTERNAL_OBJECT -> ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT
ACPI_GENERIC_OP -> ACPI_PARSE_OBJECT
ACPI_NAME_TABLE_ENTRY -> ACPI_NAMESPACE_NODE
NOTE: no changes to the initialization sequence are included in this label.
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Summary of changes for this label: 08_23_00
Fixed problem where TerminateControlMethod was being called multiple times per
method
Fixed debugger problem where single stepping caused a semaphore to be
oversignalled
Improved performance through additional parse object caching - added
ACPI_EXTENDED_OP type
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Summary of changes for this label: 08_10_00
Parser/Interpreter integration: Eliminated the creation of complete parse trees
for ACPI tables and control methods. Instead, parse subtrees are created and
then deleted as soon as they are processed (Either entered into the namespace or
executed by the interpreter). This reduces the use of dynamic kernel memory
significantly. (about 10X)
Exception codes broken into classes and renumbered. Be sure to recompile all
code that includes acexcep.h. Hopefully we won't have to renumber the codes
again now that they are split into classes (environment, programmer, AML code,
ACPI table, and internal).
Fixed some additional alignment issues in the Resource Manager subcomponent
Implemented semaphore tracking in the AcpiExec utility, and fixed several places
where mutexes/semaphores were being unlocked without a corresponding lock
operation. There are no known semaphore or mutex "leaks" at this time.
Fixed the case where an ASL Return operator is used to return an unnamed
package.
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Summary of changes for this label: 07_28_00
Fixed a problem with the way addresses were calculated in AcpiAmlReadFieldData()
and AcpiAmlWriteFieldData(). This problem manifested itself when a Field was
created with WordAccess or DwordAccess, but the field unit defined within the
Field was less than a Word or Dword.
Fixed a problem in AmlDumpOperands() module's loop to pull operands off of the
operand stack to display information. The problem manifested itself as a TLB
error on 64-bit systems when accessing an operand stack with two or more
operands.
Fixed a problem with the PCI configuration space handlers where context was
getting confused between accesses. This required a change to the generic address
space handler and address space setup definitions. Handlers now get both a
global handler context (this is the one passed in by the user when executing
AcpiInstallAddressSpaceHandler() and a specific region context that is unique to
each region (For example, the _ADR, _SEG and _BBN values associated with a
specific region). The generic function definitions have changed to the
following:
typedef
ACPI_STATUS (*ADDRESS_SPACE_HANDLER) (
UINT32 Function,
UINT32 Address,
UINT32 BitWidth,
UINT32 *Value,
void *HandlerContext, // This used to be void *Context
void *RegionContext); // This is an additional parameter
typedef
ACPI_STATUS (*ADDRESS_SPACE_SETUP) (
ACPI_HANDLE RegionHandle,
UINT32 Function,
void *HandlerContext,
void **RegionContext); // This used to be **ReturnContext
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Summary of changes for this label: 07_21_00
Major file consolidation and rename. All files within the interpreter have been
renamed as well as most header files. This was done to prevent collisions with
existing files in the host OSs -- filenames such as "config.h" and "global.h"
seem to be quite common. The VC project files have been updated. All makefiles
will require modification.
The parser/interpreter integration continues in Phase 5 with the implementation
of a complete 2-pass parse (the AML is parsed twice) for each table; This
avoids the construction of a huge parse tree and therefore reduces the amount of
dynamic memory required by the subsystem. Greater use of the parse object cache
means that performance is unaffected.
Many comments from the two code reviews have been rolled in.
The 64-bit alignment support is complete.
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Summary of changes for this label: 06_30_00
With a nod and a tip of the hat to the technology of yesteryear, we've added
support in the source code for 80 column output devices. The code is now mostly
constrained to 80 columns or less to support environments and editors that 1)
cannot display or print more than 80 characters on a single line, and 2) cannot
disable line wrapping.
A major restructuring of the namespace data structure has been completed. The
result is 1) cleaner and more understandable/maintainable code, and 2) a
significant reduction in the dynamic memory requirement for each named ACPI
object (almost half).
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Summary of changes for this label: 06_23_00
Linux support has been added. In order to obtain approval to get the ACPI CA
subsystem into the Linux kernel, we've had to make quite a few changes to the
base subsystem that will affect all users (all the changes are generic and OS-
independent). The effects of these global changes have been somewhat far
reaching. Files have been merged and/or renamed and interfaces have been
renamed. The major changes are described below.
Osd* interfaces renamed to AcpiOs* to eliminate namespace pollution/confusion
within our target kernels. All OSD interfaces must be modified to match the new
naming convention.
Files merged across the subsystem. A number of the smaller source and header
files have been merged to reduce the file count and increase the density of the
existing files. There are too many to list here. In general, makefiles that
call out individual files will require rebuilding.
Interpreter files renamed. All interpreter files now have the prefix am*
instead of ie* and is*.
Header files renamed: The acapi.h file is now acpixf.h. The acpiosd.h file is
now acpiosxf.h. We are removing references to the acronym "API" since it is
somewhat windowsy. The new name is "external interface" or xface or xf in the
filenames.j
All manifest constants have been forced to upper case (some were mixed case.)
Also, the string "ACPI_" has been prepended to many (not all) of the constants,
typedefs, and structs.
The globals "DebugLevel" and "DebugLayer" have been renamed "AcpiDbgLevel" and
"AcpiDbgLayer" respectively.
All other globals within the subsystem are now prefixed with "AcpiGbl_"
Internal procedures within the subsystem are now prefixed with "Acpi" (with only
a few exceptions). The original two-letter abbreviation for the subcomponent
remains after "Acpi" - for example, CmCallocate became AcpiCmCallocate.
Added a source code translation/conversion utility. Used to generate the Linux
source code, it can be modified to generate other types of source as well. Can
also be used to cleanup existing source by removing extraneous spaces and blank
lines. Found in tools/acpisrc/*
OsdUnMapMemory was renamed to OsdUnmapMemory and then AcpiOsUnmapMemory. (UnMap
became Unmap).
A "MaxUnits" parameter has been added to AcpiOsCreateSemaphore. When set to
one, this indicates that the caller wants to use the semaphore as a mutex, not a
counting semaphore. ACPI CA uses both types. However, implementers of this
call may want to use different OS primitives depending on the type of semaphore
requested. For example, some operating systems provide separate "mutex" and
"semaphore" interfaces - where the mutex interface is much faster because it
doesn't have all the overhead of a full semaphore implementation.
Fixed a deadlock problem where a method that accesses the PCI address space can
block forever if it is the first access to the space.
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Summary of changes for this label: 06_02_00
Support for environments that cannot handle unaligned data accesses (e.g.
firmware and OS environments devoid of alignment handler technology namely
SAL/EFI and the IA-64 Linux kernel) has been added (via configurable macros) in
these three areas:
- Transfer of data from the raw AML byte stream is done via byte moves instead of
word/dword/qword moves.
- External objects are aligned within the user buffer, including package
elements (sub-objects).
- Conversion of name strings to UINT32 Acpi Names is now done byte-wise.
The Store operator was modified to mimic Microsoft's implementation when storing
to a Buffer Field.
Added a check of the BM_STS bit before entering C3.
The methods subdirectory has been obsoleted and removed. A new file, cmeval.c
subsumes the functionality.
A 16-bit (DOS) version of AcpiExec has been developed. The makefile is under
the acpiexec directory.