ACPICA version 20140926 released
by Moore, Robert
26 September 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140926:
This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Updated the GPIO operation region handler interface (GeneralPurposeIo). In order to support GPIO Connection objects with multiple pins, along with the related Field objects, the following changes to the interface have been made: The Address is now defined to be the offset in bits of the field unit from the previous invocation of a Connection. It can be viewed as a "Pin Number Index" into the connection resource descriptor. The BitWidth is the exact bit width of the field. It is usually one bit, but not always. See the ACPICA reference guide (section 8.8.6.2.1) for additional information and examples.
GPE support: During ACPICA/GPE initialization, ensure that all GPEs with corresponding _Lxx/_Exx methods are disabled (they may have been enabled by the firmware), so that they cannot fire until they are enabled via AcpiUpdateAllGpes. Rafael J. Wysocki.
Added a new return flag for the Event/GPE status interfaces -- AcpiGetEventStatus and AcpiGetGpeStatus. The new ACPI_EVENT_FLAGS_HAS_HANDLER flag is used to indicate that the event or GPE currently has a handler associated with it, and can thus actually affect the system. Lv Zheng.
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.
Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 99.1K Code, 27.3K Data, 126.4K Total
Debug Version: 192.8K Code, 79.9K Data, 272.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 98.8K Code, 27.3K Data, 126.1K Total
Debug Version: 192.1K Code, 79.8K Data, 271.9K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Fixed a memory allocation/free regression introduced in 20140828 that could cause the compiler to crash. This was introduced inadvertently during the effort to eliminate compiler memory leaks. ACPICA BZ 1111, 1113.
iASL: Removed two error messages that have been found to create false positives, until they can be fixed and fully validated (ACPICA BZ 1112):
1) Illegal forward reference within a method
2) Illegal reference across two methods
iASL: Implemented a new option (-lm) to create a hardware mapping file that summarizes all GPIO, I2C, SPI, and UART connections. This option works for both the compiler and disassembler. See the iASL compiler user guide for additional information and examples (section 6.4.6).
AcpiDump: Added support for the version 1 (ACPI 1.0) RSDP in addition to version 2. This corrects the AE_BAD_HEADER exception seen on systems with a version 1 RSDP. Lv Zheng ACPICA BZ 1097.
AcpiExec: For Unix versions, don't attempt to put STDIN into raw mode unless STDIN is actually a terminal. Assists with batch-mode processing. ACPICA BZ 1114.
Disassembler/AcpiHelp: Added another large group of recognized _HID values.
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ACPI Table broken for Acer Aspire 4830TG
by Alessandro Re
Hello list,
I am writing because I am having issues with my Linux laptop, in
particular with ACPI. After asking on fedora forums [1], I have been
suggested to contact ACPICA because my "ACPI tables are messed up",
and I understand that this may of your interest.
I am sorry, but I don't have much knowledge about ACPI, so I hope I am
doing a good thing writing to you and that my problem could help your
work.
Please, see the link below to understand what is happening, but also
feel free to ask me for any detail I can provide to assist you.
Tank you in advance
[1]: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1709594
~Ale
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