Fixed a problem with the LoadTable operator where the OemId and OemTableId input strings could cause unexpected failures if they were shorter than the maximum lengths allowed. (Lin Ming, Bob Moore) BZ 576
Added 2008 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, and the utilities.
Reverted a change to Notify handling that was introduced in version 20070508. This version changed the Notify handling from asynchronous to fully synchronous (Device driver Notify handling with respect to the Notify ASL operator). It was found that this change caused more problems than it solved and was removed by most users.
Fixed a problem with the Alias operator when the target of the alias is a named ASL operator that opens a new scope -- Scope, Device, PowerResource, Processor, and ThermalZone. In these cases, any children of the original operator could not be accessed via the alias, potentially causing unexpected AE_NOT_FOUND exceptions.
Implemented a design change for the handling of the Notify AML operator. Previously, notify handlers were dispatched and executed completely asynchronously in a deferred thread. The new design still executes the notify handlers in a different thread, but the original thread that executed the Notify() now waits at a synchronization point for the notify handler to complete. Some machines depend on a synchronous Notify operator in order to operate correctly.
Added 2007 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, and the utilities.
Debugger: Enhanced the Statistics/Memory command to emit the total (maximum) memory used during execution, as well as the maximum memory consumed by each of the various object types. (Valery Podrezov)
Support for 16-bit ACPICA has been completely removed since it is no longer necessary and it clutters the code. All 16-bit macros, types, and conditional compiles have been removed, cleaning up and simplifying the code across the entire subsystem. DOS support is no longer needed since the Linux firmware kit is now available.
1) Use new types ACPI_SPINLOCK, ACPI_MUTEX,ACPI_SEMAPHORE
2) Deploy new OSL interfaces for mutex objects
3) Use mutex for serialized methods, fix incorrect use of method SyncLevel
