From 63cc0801dfe62b5d69699f0b1d633b9874b00e19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aystarik <aystarik>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:33:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Cleanup and fixed a comment

date	2001.11.19.21.54.00;	author rmoore1;	state Exp;
---
 source/components/namespace/nssearch.c | 27 +++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/components/namespace/nssearch.c b/source/components/namespace/nssearch.c
index 850d8a248..e91a0c679 100644
--- a/source/components/namespace/nssearch.c
+++ b/source/components/namespace/nssearch.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * Module Name: nssearch - Namespace search
- *              $Revision: 1.76 $
+ *              $Revision: 1.77 $
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ AcpiNsSearchNode (
         if (ScopeName)
         {
             ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "Searching %s [%p] For %4.4s (type %X)\n",
-                ScopeName, Node, (char*)&TargetName, Type));
+                ScopeName, Node, (char *) &TargetName, Type));
 
             ACPI_MEM_FREE (ScopeName);
         }
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ AcpiNsSearchNode (
 
             ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES,
                 "Name %4.4s (actual type %X) found at %p\n",
-                (char*)&TargetName, NextNode->Type, NextNode));
+                (char *) &TargetName, NextNode->Type, NextNode));
 
             *ReturnNode = NextNode;
             return_ACPI_STATUS (AE_OK);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ AcpiNsSearchNode (
     /* Searched entire table, not found */
 
     ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "Name %4.4s (type %X) not found at %p\n",
-        (char*)&TargetName, Type, NextNode));
+        (char *) &TargetName, Type, NextNode));
 
     return_ACPI_STATUS (AE_NOT_FOUND);
 }
@@ -303,13 +303,13 @@ AcpiNsSearchParentTree (
         if (!ParentNode)
         {
             ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "[%4.4s] has no parent\n",
-                (char*)&TargetName));
+                (char *) &TargetName));
         }
 
         if (AcpiNsLocal (Type))
         {
             ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "[%4.4s] type %X is local(no search)\n",
-                (char*)&TargetName, Type));
+                (char *) &TargetName, Type));
         }
 
         return_ACPI_STATUS (AE_NOT_FOUND);
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ AcpiNsSearchParentTree (
 
     /* Search the parent tree */
 
-    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "Searching parent for %4.4s\n", (char*)&TargetName));
+    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "Searching parent for %4.4s\n", (char *) &TargetName));
 
     /*
      * Search parents until found the target or we have backed up to
@@ -325,12 +325,13 @@ AcpiNsSearchParentTree (
      */
     while (ParentNode)
     {
-        /* Search parent scope */
-        /* TBD: [Investigate] Why ACPI_TYPE_ANY? */
-
+        /* 
+         * Search parent scope.  Use TYPE_ANY because we don't care about the
+         * object type at this point, we only care about the existence of 
+         * the actual name we are searching for.  Typechecking comes later.
+         */
         Status = AcpiNsSearchNode (TargetName, ParentNode,
                                         ACPI_TYPE_ANY, ReturnNode);
-
         if (ACPI_SUCCESS (Status))
         {
             return_ACPI_STATUS (Status);
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ AcpiNsSearchAndEnter (
     }
 
     /*
-     * Not found in the table.  If we are NOT performing the
+     * The name was not found.  If we are NOT performing the
      * first pass (name entry) of loading the namespace, search
      * the parent tree (all the way to the root if necessary.)
      * We don't want to perform the parent search when the
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ AcpiNsSearchAndEnter (
     if (InterpreterMode == IMODE_EXECUTE)
     {
         ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_NAMES, "%4.4s Not found in %p [Not adding]\n",
-            (char*)&TargetName, Node));
+            (char *) &TargetName, Node));
 
         return_ACPI_STATUS (AE_NOT_FOUND);
     }