For the predefined methods that return fixed-length packages (or subpackages),
attempt repair for a NULL element. Create an Integer of value 0, a NULL
String, or a zero-length buffer as appropriate. ACPICA BZ 818.
Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
Add 2010 copyright to all module headers and signons, including the Linux
header. This affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem,
iASL compiler, and all utilities.
Added several new options for the gcc-4 generation, and updated the source
accordingly. This includes some code restructuring to eliminate unreachable
code, elimination of some gotos, elimination of unused return values, and
some additional casting.
This change will automatically remove embedded and trailing NULL package
elements from returned package objects that are defined to containe a
variable number of sub-packages. The driver is then presented with
a package with no null elements to deal with. ACPICA BZ 819.
Repair mechanism was considered too wordy. Now, messages are only
unconditionally emitted if the return object cannot be repaired.
Existing messages for successful repairs were converted to
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT messages for now. ACPICA BZ 827.
The expected return value for both names is a Buffer of 5 DWORDS.
This repair fixes two possible problems (both seen in the field):
A package of integers is returned, or a buffer of BYTEs is
returned.
This change will repair (by sorting) packages returned by _ALR,
_PSS, and _TSS. Drivers can now assume that the packages are
correctly sorted. Adds one new file, namespace/nsrepair2.c
ACPICA BZ 784. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
