ACPICA version 20110413 released
by Moore, Robert
13 April 2011. Summary of changes for version 20110413:
This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads
1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
Implemented support to execute a so-called "orphan" _REG method under the EC device. This change will force the execution of a _REG method underneath the EC device even if there is no corresponding operation region of type EmbeddedControl. Fixes a problem seen on some machines and apparently is compatible with Windows behavior. ACPICA BZ 875.
Added more predefined methods that are eligible for automatic NULL package element removal. This change adds another group of predefined names to the list of names that can be repaired by having NULL package elements dynamically removed. This group are those methods that return a single variable-length package containing simple data types such as integers, buffers, strings. This includes: _ALx, _BCL, _CID,_ DOD, _EDL, _FIX, _PCL, _PLD, _PMD, _PRx, _PSL, _Sx, and _TZD. ACPICA BZ 914.
Split and segregated all internal global lock functions to a new file, evglock.c.
Updated internal address SpaceID for DataTable regions. Moved this internal space id in preparation for ACPI 5.0 changes that will include some new space IDs. This change should not affect user/host code.
Example Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the OS-independent acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 32-bit compiler. The debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.
Previous Release (VC 9.0):
Non-Debug Version: 89.8K Code, 23.8K Data, 113.6K Total
Debug Version: 164.2K Code, 67.9K Data, 232.1K Total
Current Release (VC 9.0):
Non-Debug Version: 90.0K Code, 23.8K Data, 113.8K Total
Debug Version: 164.5K Code, 68.0K Data, 232.5K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL/DTC: Major update for new grammar features. Allow generic data types in custom ACPI tables. Field names are now optional. Any line can be split to multiple lines using the continuation char (\). Large buffers now use line-continuation character(s) and no colon on the continuation lines. See the grammar update in the iASL compiler reference. ACPI BZ 910,911. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
iASL: Mark ASL "Return()" and the simple "Return" as "Null" return statements. Since the parser stuffs a "zero" as the return value for these statements (due to the underlying AML grammar), they were seen as "return with value" by the iASL semantic checking. They are now seen correctly as "null" return statements.
iASL: Check if a_REG declaration has a corresponding Operation Region. Adds a check for each _REG to ensure that there is in fact a corresponding operation region declaration in the same scope. If not, the _REG method is not very useful since it probably won't be executed. ACPICA BZ 915.
iASL/DTC: Finish support for expression evaluation. Added a new expression parser that implements c-style operator precedence and parenthesization. ACPICA bugzilla 908.
Disassembler/DTC: Remove support for () and <> style comments in data tables. Now that DTC has full expression support, we don't want to have comment strings that start with a parentheses or a less-than symbol. Now, only the standard /* and // comments are supported, as well as the bracket [] comments.
AcpiXtract: Fix for RSDP and dynamic SSDT extraction. These tables have "unusual" headers in the acpidump file. Update the header validation to support these tables. Problem introduced in previous AcpiXtract version in the change to support "wrong checksum" error messages emitted by acpidump utility.
iASL: Add a * option to generate all template files (as a synonym for ALL) as in "iasl -T *" or "iasl -T ALL".
iASL/DTC: Do not abort compiler on fatal errors. We do not want to completely abort the compiler on "fatal" errors, simply should abort the current compile. This allows multiple compiles with a single (possibly wildcard) compiler invocation.
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Acpiexec
by ktckd
Hi,
I am trying to debug my asl code using acpiexec and got stuck at a place
where I need to send a buffer/package as argument to my method (execute
<method> [Arguments]). I tried searching the documentation but couldn't find
any information. Can someone please help me provide information on how to do
this?
Thanks
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