Added two initialization examples (within a comment block) that
show how to init ACPI for early table access and for a normal
initialization. Same code will appear in the ACPICA reference
manual.
Use a global pointer instead of using AcpiGetTableByIndex for each
FACS access. This simplifies the code for the Global Lock and the
Firmware Waking Vector(s).
Removed the "$Revision" number that appeared in each module header.
This version number was useful under SourceSafe and CVS, but has no
meaning under git. It is not only incorrect, it could also be
misleading.
Validates predefined ACPI objects that appear in the namespace, at the
time they are evaluated. The argument count and the type of the returned
object are validated. The purpose of this validation is to detect problems
with the BIOS-exposed predefined ACPI objects before the results are
returned to the ACPI-related drivers.
Support for the x2APIC. There are 2 new subtables for the MADT and one new
subtable for the SRAT. Includes disassembler and AcpiSrc support. Data from
the Intel 64 Architecture x2APIC Specification, June 2008.
Correctly handle the case where the EOF happens immediately after
the last table in the input file. Print completion message. Previously,
no message was displayed in this case.
Now calls _CFG method to pass address of table to the AML. Added option
to disable opregion simulation to allow creation of opregion with real
address that was passed to _CFG. All of this allows testing of the Load
and Unload operators from AcpiExec.
Added 2008 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, and the utilities.
Designed and implemented new external interfaces to install and remove handlers for ACPI table-related events. Current events that are defined are LOAD and UNLOAD. These interfaces allow the host to track ACPI tables as they are dynamically loaded and unloaded. See AcpiInstallTableHandler and AcpiRemoveTableHandler. (Lin Ming and Bob Moore)
Implemented support to allow Package objects to be passed as method arguments to the AcpiEvaluateObject interface. Previously, this would return an AE_NOT_IMPLEMENTED exception.
Allows AcpiAcquireGlobalLock external interface to be called multiple times by the
same thread. Allows use of AML fields that require the global lock while the running
AML is already holding the global lock.
Added 2007 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, and the utilities.
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.
- Correctly initialize internal common FADT for all 64-bit "X" fields
- Fixed a couple table mapping issues during table load
- Initialize input array to zero in AcpiInitializeTables
- Additional parameter validation for AcpiGetTable, AcpiGetTableHeader, AcpiGetTableByIndex
- Fixed a couple of alignment issues for IA64
