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13 December 2019. Summary of changes for version 20191213:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Return a Buffer object for all fields created via the CreateField operator. Previously, an Integer would be returned if the size of the field was less than or equal to the current size of an Integer. Although this goes against the ACPI specification, it provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. Also updated the ASLTS test suite to reflect this new behavior.
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:
iASL: Implemented detection of (and throw an error for) duplicate values for Case statements within a single Switch statement. Duplicate Integers, Strings, and Buffers are supported.
iASL: Fix error logging issue during multiple file compilation -- Switch to the correct input file during error node creation.
iASL: For duplicate named object creation, now emit an error instead of a warning - since this will cause a runtime error.
AcpiSrc: Add unix line-ending support for non-Windows builds.
iASL: Add an error condition for an attempt to create a NameString with > 255 NameSegs (the max allowable via the AML definition).
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18 October 2019. Summary of changes for version 20191018:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Debugger: added a new command: ?Fields [address space ID]?. This command
dumps the contents of all field units that are defined within the
namespace with a particular address space ID.
Modified the external interface AcpiLoadTable() to return a table index.
This table index can be used for unloading a table for debugging.
ACPI_STATUS
AcpiLoadTable (
ACPI_TABLE_HEADER *Table,
UINT32 *TableIndex))
Implemented a new external interface: AcpiUnloadTable() This new function
takes a table index as an argument and unloads the table. Useful for
debugging only.
ACPI_STATUS
AcpiUnloadTable (
UINT32 TableIndex))
Ported the AcpiNames utility to use the new table initialization
sequence. The utility was broken before this change. Also, it was
required to include most of the AML interpreter into the utility in order
to process table initialization (module-level code execution.)
Update for results from running Clang V8.0.1. This fixes all "dead
assignment" warnings. There are still several "Dereference of NULL
pointer" warnings, but these have been found to be false positive
warnings.
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and ACPICA tools:
iASL: numerous table compiler changes to ensure that the usage of
yacc/bison syntax is POSIX-compliant.
iASL/disassembler: several simple bug fixes in the data table
disassembler.
Acpiexec: expanded the initialization file (the -fi option) to initialize
strings, buffers, packages, and field units.
Sync with HEAD, resolve some conflicts
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13 March 2018. Summary of changes for version 20180313:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Implemented various improvements to the GPE support:
1) Dispatch all active GPEs at initialization time so that no GPEs are
lost.
2) Enable runtime GPEs earlier. Some systems expect GPEs to be enabled
before devices are enumerated.
3) Don't unconditionally clear ACPI IRQs during suspend/resume, so that
IRQs are not lost.
4) Add parallel GPE handling to eliminate the possibility of dispatching
the same GPE twice.
5) Dispatch any pending GPEs after enabling for the first time.
AcpiGetObjectInfo - removed support for the _STA method. This was causing
problems on some platforms.
Added a new _OSI string, "Windows 2017.2".
Cleaned up and simplified the module-level code support. These changes
are in preparation for the eventual removal of the legacy MLC support
(deferred execution), replaced by the new MLC architecture which executes
the MLC as a table is loaded (DSDT/SSDTs).
Changed a compile-time option to a runtime option. Changes the option to
ignore ACPI table load-time package resolution errors into a runtime
option. Used only for platforms that generate many AE_NOT_FOUND errors
during boot. AcpiGbl_IgnorePackageResolutionErrors.
Fixed the ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE macro. This change involves putting some
ACPI_ERROR_NAMESPACE parameters inside macros. By doing so, we avoid
compilation errors from unused variables (seen with some compilers).
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
ASLTS: parallelized execution in order to achieve an (approximately) 2X
performance increase.
ASLTS: Updated to use the iASL __LINE__ and __METHOD__ macros. Improves
error reporting.
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09 February 2018. Summary of changes for version 20180209:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Completed the final integration of the recent changes to Package Object
handling and the module-level AML code support. This allows forward
references from individual package elements when the package object is
declared from within module-level code blocks. Provides compatibility
with other ACPI implementations.
The new architecture for the AML module-level code has been completed and
is now the default for the ACPICA code. This new architecture executes
the module-level code in-line as the ACPI table is loaded/parsed instead
of the previous architecture which deferred this code until after the
table was fully loaded. This solves some ASL code ordering issues and
provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. At this time,
there is an option to fallback to the earlier architecture, but this
support is deprecated and is planned to be completely removed later this
year.
Added a compile-time option to ignore AE_NOT_FOUND exceptions during
resolution of named reference elements within Package objects. Although
this is potentially a serious problem, it can generate a lot of
noise/errors on platforms whose firmware carries around a bunch of unused
Package objects. To disable these errors, define
ACPI_IGNORE_PACKAGE_RESOLUTION_ERRORS in the OS-specific header. All
errors are always reported for ACPICA applications such as AcpiExec.
Fixed a regression related to the explicit type-conversion AML operators
(ToXXXX). The regression was introduced early in 2017 but was not seen
until recently because these operators are not fully supported by other
ACPI implementations and are thus rarely used by firmware developers. The
operators are defined by the ACPI specification to not implement the
"implicit result object conversion". The regression incorrectly
introduced this object conversion for the following explicit conversion
operators:
ToInteger
ToString
ToBuffer
ToDecimalString
ToHexString
ToBCD
FromBCD
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Fixed a problem with the compiler constant folding feature as
related to the ToXXXX explicit conversion operators. These operators do
not support the "implicit result object conversion" by definition. Thus,
ASL expressions that use these operators cannot be folded to a simple
Store operator because Store implements the implicit conversion. This
change uses the CopyObject operator for the ToXXXX operator folding
instead. CopyObject is defined to not implement implicit result
conversions and is thus appropriate for folding the ToXXXX operators.
iASL: Changed the severity of an error condition to a simple warning for
the case where a symbol is declared both locally and as an external
symbol. This accommodates existing ASL code.
AcpiExec: The -ep option to enable the new architecture for module-level
code has been removed. It is replaced by the -dp option which instead has
the opposite effect: it disables the new architecture (the default) and
enables the legacy architecture. When the legacy code is removed in the
future, the -dp option will be removed also.
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05 January 2018. Summary of changes for version 20180105:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Updated all copyrights to 2018. This affects all source code modules.
Fixed a possible build error caused by an unresolved reference to the
AcpiUtSafeStrncpy function.
Removed NULL pointer arithmetic in the various pointer manipulation
macros. All "(void *) NULL" constructs are converted to "(void *) 0".
This eliminates warnings/errors in newer C compilers. Jung-uk Kim.
Added support for A32 ABI compilation, which uses the ILP32 model. Anuj
Mittal.
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
ASLTS: Updated all copyrights to 2018.
Tools: Updated all signon copyrights to 2018.
AcpiXtract: Fixed a regression related to ACPI table signatures where the
signature was truncated to 3 characters (instead of 4).
AcpiExec: Restore the original terminal mode after the use of the -v and
-vd options.
ASLTS: Deployed the iASL __METHOD__ macro across the test suite.
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14 December 2017. Summary of changes for version 20171214:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fixed a regression in the external (public) AcpiEvaluateObjectTyped
interface where the optional "pathname" argument had inadvertently become
a required argument returning an error if omitted (NULL pointer
argument).
Fixed two possible memory leaks related to the recently developed "late
resolution" of reference objects within ASL Package Object definitions.
Added two recently defined _OSI strings: "Windows 2016" and "Windows
2017". Mario Limonciello.
Implemented and deployed a safer version of the C library function
strncpy: AcpiUtSafeStrncpy. The intent is to at least prevent the
creation of unterminated strings as a possible result of a standard
strncpy.
Cleaned up and restructured the global variable file (acglobal.h). There
are many changes, but no functional changes.
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL Table Compiler: Fixed a problem with the DBG2 ACPI table where the
optional OemData field at the end of the table was incorrectly required
for proper compilation. It is now correctly an optional field.
ASLTS: The entire suite was converted from standard ASL to the ASL+
language, using the ASL-to-ASL+ converter which is integrated into the
iASL compiler. A binary compare of all output files has verified the
correctness of the conversion.
iASL: Fixed the source code build for platforms where "char" is unsigned.
This affected the iASL lexer only. Jung-uk Kim.
update from HEAD
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31 August 2017. Summary of changes for version 20170831:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Implemented internal support for full 64-bit addresses that appear in all
Generic Address Structure (GAS) structures. Previously, only the lower 32
bits were used. Affects the use of GAS structures in the FADT and other
tables, as well as the GAS structures passed to the AcpiRead and
AcpiWrite public external interfaces that are used by drivers. Lv Zheng.
Added header support for the PDTT ACPI table (Processor Debug Trigger
Table). Full support in the iASL Data Table Compiler and disassembler is
forthcoming.
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the PPTT ACPI table (Processor
Properties Topology Table) where a flag bit was specified in the wrong
bit position ("Line Size Valid", bit 6).
iASL: Implemented support for Octal integer constants as defined by the
ASL language grammar, per the ACPI specification. Any integer constant
that starts with a zero is an octal constant. For example,
Store (037777, Local0) /* Octal constant */
Store (0x3FFF, Local0) /* Hex equivalent */
Store (16383, Local0) /* Decimal equivalent */
iASL: Improved overflow detection for 64-bit string conversions during
compilation of integer constants. "Overflow" in this case means a string
that represents an integer that is too large to fit into a 64-bit value.
Any 64-bit constants within a 32-bit DSDT or SSDT are still truncated to
the low-order 32 bits with a warning, as previously implemented. Several
new exceptions are defined that indicate a 64-bit overflow, as well as
the base (radix) that was used during the attempted conversion. Examples:
Local0 = 0xAAAABBBBCCCCDDDDEEEEFFFF // AE_HEX_OVERFLOW
Local0 = 01111222233334444555566667777 // AE_OCTAL_OVERFLOW
Local0 = 11112222333344445555666677778888 // AE_DECIMAL_OVERFLOW
iASL: Added a warning for the case where a ResourceTemplate is declared
with no ResourceDescriptor entries (coded as "ResourceTemplate(){}"). In
this case, the resulting template is created with a single END_TAG
descriptor, which is essentially useless.
iASL: Expanded the -vw option (ignore specific warnings/remarks) to
include compilation error codes as well.
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28 July 2017. Summary of changes for version 20170728:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fixed a regression seen with small resource descriptors that could cause
an inadvertent AE_AML_NO_RESOURCE_END_TAG exception.
AML interpreter: Implemented a new feature that allows forward references
from individual named references within package objects that are
contained within blocks of "module-level code". This provides
compatibility with other ACPI implementations and supports existing
firmware that depends on this feature. Example:
Name (ABCD, 1)
If (ABCD) /* An If() at module-level */
{
Name (PKG1, Package()
{
INT1 /* Forward reference to object INT1
*/
})
Name (INT1, 0x1234)
}
AML Interpreter: Fixed a problem with the Alias() operator where aliases
to some ASL objects were not handled properly. Objects affected are:
Mutex, Event, and OperationRegion.
AML Debugger: Enhanced to properly handle AML Alias objects. These
objects have one level of indirection which was not fully supported by
the debugger.
Table Manager: Added support to detect and ignore duplicate SSDTs within
the XSDT/RSDT. This error in the XSDT has been seen in the field.
EFI and EDK2 support:
Enabled /WX flag for MSVC builds
Added support for AcpiOsStall, AcpiOsSleep, and AcpiOsGetTimer
Added local support for 64-bit multiply and shift operations
Added support to compile acpidump.efi on Windows
Added OSL function stubs for interfaces not used under EFI
Added additional support for the _DMA predefined name. _DMA returns a
buffer containing a resource template. This change add support within the
resource manager (AcpiWalkResourceBuffer) to walk and parse this list of
resource descriptors. Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Fixed a problem where the internal input line buffer(s) could
overflow if there are very long lines in the input ASL source code file.
Implemented buffer management that automatically increases the size of
the buffers as necessary.
iASL: Added an option (-vx) to "expect" particular remarks, warnings and
errors. If the specified exception is not raised during compilation, the
compiler emits an error. This is intended to support the ASL test suite,
but may be useful in other contexts.
iASL: Implemented a new predefined macro, __METHOD__, which returns a
string containing the name of the current control method that is being
compiled.
iASL: Implemented debugger and table compiler support for the SDEI ACPI
table (Software Delegated Exception Interface). James Morse
<james.morse@arm.com>
Unix/Linux makefiles: Added an option to disable compile optimizations.
The disable occurs when the NOOPT flag is set to TRUE.
theracermaster@gmail.com
Acpidump: Added support for multiple DSDT and FACS tables. This can occur
when there are different tables for 32-bit versus 64-bit.
Enhanced error reporting for the ASL test suite (ASLTS) by removing
unnecessary/verbose text, and emit the actual line number where an error
has occurred. These changes are intended to improve the usefulness of the
test suite.
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29 June 2017. Summary of changes for version 20170629:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Tables: Implemented a deferred ACPI table verification. This is useful
for operating systems where the tables cannot be verified in the early
initialization stage due to early memory mapping limitations on some
architectures. Lv Zheng.
Tables: Removed the signature validation for dynamically loaded tables.
Provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. Previously, only
SSDT tables were allowed, as per the ACPI specification. Now, any table
signature can be used via the Load() operator. Lv Zheng.
Tables: Fixed several mutex issues that could cause errors during table
acquisition. Lv Zheng.
Tables: Fixed a problem where an ACPI warning could be generated if a
null pointer was passed to the AcpiPutTable interface. Lv Zheng.
Tables: Added a mechanism to handle imbalances for the AcpiGetTable and
AcpiPutTable interfaces. This applies to the "late stage" table loading
when the use of AcpiPutTable is no longer required (since the system
memory manager is fully running and available). Lv Zheng.
Fixed/Reverted a regression during processing of resource descriptors
that contain only a single EndTag. Fixes an AE_AML_NO_RESOURCE_END_TAG
exception in this case.
Headers: IORT/SMMU support: Updated the SMMU models for Revision C of the
I/O Remapping specification. Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Interpreter: Fixed a possible fault if an Alias operator with an invalid
or duplicate target is encountered during Alias creation in
AcpiExCreateAlias. Alex James <theracermaster@gmail.com>
Added an option to use designated initializers for function pointers.
Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Allow compilation of External declarations with target pathnames
that refer to existing named objects within the table. Erik Schmauss.
iASL: Fixed a regression when compiling FieldUnits. Fixes an error if a
FieldUnit name also is declared via External in the same table. Erik
Schmauss.
iASL: Allow existing scope names within pathnames used in External
statements. For example:
External (ABCD.EFGH) // ABCD exists, but EFGH is truly external
Device (ABCD)
iASL: IORT ACPI table: Implemented changes required to decode the new
Proximity Domain for the SMMUv3 IORT. Disassembler and Data Table
compiler. Ganapatrao Kulkarni <ganapatrao.kulkarni@cavium.com>
Disassembler: Don't abort disassembly on errors from External()
statements. Erik Schmauss.
Disassembler: fixed a possible fault when one of the Create*Field
operators references a Resource Template. ACPICA Bugzilla 1396.
iASL: In the source code, resolved some naming inconsistences across the
parsing support. Fixes confusion between "Parse Op" and "Parse Node".
Adds a new file, aslparseop.c
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31 May 2017. Summary of changes for version 20170531:
0) ACPI 6.2 support:
The ACPI specification version 6.2 has been released and is available at
http://uefi.org/specifications
This version of ACPICA fully supports the ACPI 6.2 specification. Changes
are summarized below.
New ACPI tables (Table Compiler/Disassembler/Templates):
HMAT (Heterogeneous Memory Attributes Table)
WSMT (Windows SMM Security Mitigation Table)
PPTT (Processor Properties Topology Table)
New subtables for existing ACPI tables:
HEST (New subtable, Arch-deferred machine check)
SRAT (New subtable, Arch-specific affinity structure)
PCCT (New subtables, Extended PCC subspaces (types 3 and 4))
Simple updates for existing ACPI tables:
BGRT (two new flag bits)
HEST (New bit defined for several subtables, GHES_ASSIST)
New Resource Descriptors and Resource macros (Compiler/Disassembler):
PinConfig()
PinFunction()
PinGroup()
PinGroupConfig()
PinGroupFunction()
New type for hardware error notification (section 18.3.2.9)
New predefined names/methods (Compiler/Interpreter):
_HMA (Heterogeneous Memory Attributes)
_LSI (Label Storage Information)
_LSR (Label Storage Read)
_LSW (Label Storage Write)
ASL grammar/macro changes (Compiler):
For() ASL macro, implemented with the AML while operator
Extensions to Concatenate operator
Support for multiple definition blocks in same ASL file
Clarification for Buffer operator
Allow executable AML code underneath all scopes (Devices, etc.)
Clarification/change for the _OSI return value
ASL grammar update for reference operators
Allow a zero-length string for AML filename in DefinitionBlock
Miscellaneous:
New device object notification value
Remove a notify value (0x0C) for graceful shutdown
New UUIDs for processor/cache properties and
physical package property
New _HID, ACPI0014 (Wireless Power Calibration Device)
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Added support to disable ACPI events on hardware-reduced platforms.
Eliminates error messages of the form "Could not enable fixed event". Lv
Zheng
Fixed a problem using Device/Thermal objects with the ObjectType and
DerefOf ASL operators. This support had not been fully/properly
implemented.
Fixed a problem where if a Buffer object containing a resource template
was longer than the actual resource template, an error was generated --
even though the AML is legal. This case has been seen in the field.
Fixed a problem with the header definition of the MADT PCAT_COMPAT flag.
The values for DUAL_PIC and MULTIPLE_APIC were reversed.
Added header file changes for the TPM2 ACPI table. Update to new version
of the TCG specification. Adds a new TPM2 subtable for ARM SMC.
Exported the external interfaces AcpiAcquireMutex and AcpiReleaseMutex.
These interfaces are intended to be used only in conjunction with the
predefined _DLM method (Device Lock Method). "This object appears in a
device scope when AML access to the device must be synchronized with the
OS environment".
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: 143.1K Code, 60.0K Data, 203.1K Total
Debug Version: 204.0K Code, 84.3K Data, 288.3K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 141.7K Code, 58.5K Data, 200.2K Total
Debug Version: 207.5K Code, 82.7K Data, 290.2K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Fixed a problem where an External() declaration could not refer to
a Field Unit. Erik Schmauss.
Disassembler: Improved support for the Switch/Case operators. This
feature will disassemble AML code back to the original Switch operators
when possible, instead of an If..Else sequence. David Box
iASL and disassembler: Improved the handling of multiple extraneous
parentheses for both ASL input and disassembled ASL output.
Improved the behavior of the iASL compiler and disassembler to detect
improper use of external declarations
Disassembler: Now aborts immediately upon detection of an unknown AML
opcode. The AML parser has no real way to recover from this, and can
result in the creation of an ill-formed parse tree that causes errors
later during the disassembly.
All tools: Fixed a problem where the Unix application OSL did not handle
control-c correctly. For example, a control-c could incorrectly wake the
debugger.
AcpiExec: Improved the Control-C handling and added a handler for
segmentation faults (SIGSEGV). Supports both Windows and Unix-like
environments.
Reduced the verbosity of the generic unix makefiles. Previously, each
compilation displayed the full set of compiler options. This has been
eliminated as the options are easily inspected within the makefiles. Each
compilation now results in a single line of output.
Sync with HEAD. (Note that most of these changes are simply $NetBSD$ tag issues.)
Sync with HEAD
Import acpica-20160930:
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30 September 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160930:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fixed a regression in the internal AcpiTbFindTable function where a non
AE_OK exception could inadvertently be returned even if the function did
not fail. This problem affects the following operators:
DataTableRegion
LoadTable
Fixed a regression in the LoadTable operator where a load to any
namespace location other than the root no longer worked properly.
Increased the maximum loop count value that will result in the
AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP exception. This is a mechanism that is intended to
prevent infinite loops within the AML interpreter and thus the host OS
kernel. The value is increased from 0xFFFF to 0xFFFFF loops (65,535 to
1,048,575).
Moved the AcpiGbl_MaxLoopIterations configuration variable to the public
acpixf.h file. This allows hosts to easily configure the maximum loop
count at runtime.
Removed an illegal character in the strtoul64.c file. This character
caused errors with some C compilers.
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: 140.4K Code, 58.1K Data, 198.5K Total
Debug Version: 200.7K Code, 82.1K Data, 282.8K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 140.0K Code, 58.1K Data, 198.1K Total
Debug Version: 200.3K Code, 82.1K Data, 282.4K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the conversion of Else{If{ blocks into
the simpler ASL ElseIf keyword. During the conversion, a trailing If
block could be lost and missing from the disassembled output.
iASL: Fixed a missing parser rule for the ObjectType operator. For ASL+,
the missing rule caused a parse error when using the Index operator as an
operand to ObjectType. This construct now compiles properly. Example:
ObjectType(PKG1[4]).
iASL: Correctly handle unresolved symbols in the hardware map file (-lm
option). Previously, unresolved symbols could cause a protection fault.
Such symbols are now marked as unresolved in the map file.
iASL: Implemented support to allow control method invocations as an
operand to the ASL DeRefOf operator. Example:
DeRefOf(MTH1(Local0))
Disassembler: Improved support for the ToPLD ASL macro. Detection of a
possible _PLD buffer now includes examination of both the normal buffer
length (16 or 20) as well as the surrounding AML package length.
Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the decoding of complex expressions
within the Divide operator for ASL+. For the case where both the quotient
and remainder targets are specified, the entire statement cannot be
disassembled. Previously, the output incorrectly contained a mix of ASL-
and ASL+ operators. This mixed statement causes a syntax error when
compiled. Example:
Divide (Add (INT1, 6), 128, RSLT, QUOT) // was incorrectly
disassembled to:
Divide (INT1 + 6, 128, RSLT, QUOT)
iASL/Tools: Added support to process AML and non-AML ACPI tables
consistently. For the disassembler and AcpiExec, allow all types of ACPI
tables (AML and data tables). For the iASL -e option, allow only AML
tables (DSDT/SSDT).
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31 August 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160831:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Improve support for the so-called "module-level code", which is defined
to be math, logical and control AML opcodes that appear outside of any
control method. This change improves the support by adding more opcodes
that can be executed in the manner. Some other issues have been solved,
and the ASL grammar changes to support such code under all scope
operators (Device, etc.) are complete. Lv Zheng.
UEFI support: these OSL functions have been implemented. This is an
additional step toward supporting the AcpiExec utility natively (with
full hardware access) under UEFI. Marcelo Ferreira.
AcpiOsReadPciConfiguration
AcpiOsWritePciConfiguration
Fixed a possible mutex error during control method auto-serialization. Lv
Zheng.
Updated support for the Generic Address Structure by fully implementing
all GAS fields when a 32-bit address is expanded to a 64-bit GAS. Lv
Zheng.
Updated the return value for the internal _OSI method. Instead of
0xFFFFFFFF, the "Ones" value is now returned, which is 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
for 64-bit ACPI tables. This fixes an incompatibility with other ACPI
implementations, and will be reflected and clarified in the next version
of the ACPI specification.
Implemented two new table events that can be passed to an ACPICA table
handler. These events are used to indicate a table installation or
uninstallation. These events are used in addition to existed table load
and unload events. Lv Zheng.
Implemented a cleanup for all internal string-to-integer conversions.
Consolidate multiple versions of this functionality and limit possible
bases to either 10 or 16 to simplify the code. Adds a new file,
utstrtoul64.
Cleanup the inclusion order of the various compiler-specific headers.
This simplifies build configuration management. The compiler-specific
headers are now split out from the host-specific headers. 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: 140.1K Code, 58.1K Data, 198.1K Total
Debug Version: 200.3K Code, 82.1K Data, 282.4K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL/AcpiExec: Added a command line option to display the build date/time
of the tool (-vd). This can be useful to verify that the correct version
of the tools are being used.
AML Debugger: Implemented a new subcommand ("execute predef") to execute
all predefined control methods and names within the current namespace.
This can be useful for debugging problems with ACPI tables and the ACPI
namespace.
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29 July 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160729:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Implemented basic UEFI support for the various ACPICA tools. This
includes:
1) An OSL to implement the various AcpiOs* interfaces on UEFI.
2) Support to obtain the ACPI tables on UEFI.
3) Local implementation of required C library functions not available on
UEFI.
4) A front-end (main) function for the tools for UEFI-related
initialization.
The initial deployment of this support is the AcpiDump utility executing
as an UEFI application via EDK2 (EDKII, "UEFI Firmware Development Kit").
Current environments supported are Linux/Unix. MSVC generation is not
supported at this time. See the generate/efi/README file for build
instructions. Lv Zheng.
Future plans include porting the AcpiExec utility to execute natively on
the platform with I/O and memory access. This will allow viewing/dump of
the platform namespace and native execution of ACPI control methods that
access the actual hardware. To fully implement this support, the OSL
functions below must be implemented with UEFI interfaces. Any community
help in the implementation of these functions would be appreciated:
AcpiOsReadPort
AcpiOsWritePort
AcpiOsReadMemory
AcpiOsWriteMemory
AcpiOsReadPciConfiguration
AcpiOsWritePciConfiguration
Restructured and standardized the C library configuration for ACPICA,
resulting in the various configuration options below. This includes a
global restructuring of the compiler-dependent and platform-dependent
include files. These changes may affect the existing platform-dependent
configuration files on some hosts. Lv Zheng.
The current C library configuration options appear below. For any issues,
it may be helpful to examine the existing compiler-dependent and
platform-dependent files as examples. Lv Zheng.
1) Linux kernel:
ACPI_USE_STANDARD_HEADERS=n in order not to use system-provided C
library.
ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_CLIBRARY=y in order not to use ACPICA mini C library.
2) Unix/Windows/BSD applications:
ACPI_USE_STANDARD_HEADERS=y in order to use system-provided C
library.
ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_CLIBRARY=y in order not to use ACPICA mini C library.
3) UEFI applications:
ACPI_USE_STANDARD_HEADERS=n in order not to use system-provided C
library.
ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_CLIBRARY=n in order to use ACPICA mini C library.
4) UEFI applications (EDK2/StdLib):
ACPI_USE_STANDARD_HEADERS=y in order to use EDK2 StdLib C library.
ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_CLIBRARY=y in order to use EDK2 StdLib C library.
AML interpreter: "module-level code" support. Allows for execution of so-
called "executable" AML code (math/logical operations, etc.) outside of
control methods not just at the module level (top level) but also within
any scope declared outside of a control method - Scope{}, Device{},
Processor{}, PowerResource{}, and ThermalZone{}. Lv Zheng.
Simplified the configuration of the "maximum AML loops" global option by
adding a global public variable, "AcpiGbl_MaxLoopIterations" which can be
modified at runtime.
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: 139.1K Code, 22.9K Data, 162.0K Total
Debug Version: 199.0K Code, 81.8K Data, 280.8K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Add full support for the RASF ACPI table (RAS Features Table).
Includes disassembler, data table compiler, and header support.
iASL Expand "module-level code" support. Allows for
compilation/disassembly of so-called "executable" AML code (math/logical
operations, etc.) outside of control methods not just at the module level
(top level) but also within any scope declared outside of a control
method - Scope{}, Device{}, Processor{}, PowerResource{}, and
ThermalZone{}.
AcpiDump: Added support for dumping all SSDTs on newer versions of
Windows. These tables are now easily available -- SSDTs are not available
through the registry on older versions.
Sync with HEAD
22 April 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160422:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fixed a regression in the GAS (generic address structure) arbitrary bit
support in AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite. Problem could cause incorrect behavior
and incorrect return values. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1270.
ACPI 6.0: Added support for new/renamed resource macros. One new argument
was added to each of these macros, and the original name has been
deprecated. The AML disassembler will always disassemble to the new
names. Support for the new macros was added to iASL, disassembler,
resource manager, and the acpihelp utility. ACPICA BZ 1274.
I2cSerialBus -> I2cSerialBusV2
SpiSerialBus -> SpiSerialBusV2
UartSerialBus -> UartSerialBusV2
ACPI 6.0: Added support for a new integer field that was appended to the
package object returned by the _BIX method. This adds iASL compile-time
and AML runtime error checking. ACPICA BZ 1273.
ACPI 6.1: Added support for a new PCCT subtable, "HW-Reduced Comm
Subspace Type2" (Headers, Disassembler, and data table compiler).
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: 137.4K Code, 52.6K Data, 190.0K Total
Debug Version: 201.5K Code, 82.2K Data, 283.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Implemented an ASL grammar extension to allow/enable executable
"module-level code" to be created and executed under the various
operators that create new scopes. This type of AML code is already
supported in all known AML interpreters, and the grammar change will
appear in the next version of the ACPI specification. Simplifies the
conditional runtime creation of named objects under these object types:
Device
PowerResource
Processor
Scope
ThermalZone
iASL: Implemented a new ASL extension, a "For" loop macro to add greater
ease-of-use to the ASL language. The syntax is similar to the
corresponding C operator, and is implemented with the existing AML While
opcode -- thus requiring no changes to existing AML interpreters.
For (Initialize, Predicate, Update) {TermList}
Grammar:
ForTerm :=
For (
Initializer // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Predicate // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
Update // Nothing | TermArg => ComputationalData
) {TermList}
iASL: The _HID/_ADR detection and validation has been enhanced to search
under conditionals in order to allow these objects to be conditionally
created at runtime.
iASL: Fixed several issues with the constant folding feature. The
improvement allows better detection and resolution of statements that can
be folded at compile time. ACPICA BZ 1266.
iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a couple issues with the Else{If{}...}
conversion to the ASL ElseIf operator where incorrect ASL code could be
generated.
iASL/Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the ASL+ code disassembly where
sometimes an extra (and extraneous) set of parentheses were emitted for
some combinations of operators. Although this did not cause any problems
with recompilation of the disassembled code, it made the code more
difficult to read. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1231.
iASL: Changed to ignore the unreferenced detection for predefined names
of resource descriptor elements, when the resource descriptor is
created/defined within a control method.
iASL: Disassembler: Fix a possible fault with externally declared Buffer
objects.
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18 March 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160318:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Added support for arbitrary bit lengths and bit offsets for registers
defined by the Generic Address Structure. Previously, only aligned bit
lengths of 8/16/32/64 were supported. This was sufficient for many years,
but recently some machines have been seen that require arbitrary bit-
level support. ACPICA BZ 1240. Lv Zheng.
Fixed an issue where the \_SB._INI method sometimes must be evaluated
before any _REG methods are evaluated. Lv Zheng.
Implemented several changes related to ACPI table support
(Headers/Disassembler/TableCompiler):
NFIT: For ACPI 6.1, updated to add some additional new fields and
constants.
FADT: Updated a warning message and set compliance to ACPI 6.1 (Version
6).
DMAR: Added new constants per the 10/2014 DMAR spec.
IORT: Added new subtable per the 10/2015 IORT spec.
HEST: For ACPI 6.1, added new constants and new subtable.
DBG2: Added new constants per the 12/2015 DBG2 spec.
FPDT: Fixed several incorrect fields, add the FPDT boot record structure.
ACPICA BZ 1249.
ERST/EINJ: Updated disassembler with new "Execute Timings" actions.
Updated header support for the DMAR table to match the current version of
the related spec.
Added extensions to the ASL Concatenate operator to allow any ACPI object
to be passed as an operand. Any object other than Integer/String/Buffer
simply returns a string containing the object type. This extends the
usefulness of the Printf macros. Previously, Concatenate would abort the
control method if a non-data object was encountered.
ACPICA source code: Deployed the C "const" keyword across the source code
where appropriate. ACPICA BZ 732. Joerg Sonnenberger (NetBSD).
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: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
Debug Version: 201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 136.2K Code, 51.5K Data, 187.7K Total
Debug Version: 200.4K Code, 82.0K Data, 282.4K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL/Disassembler: Improved the heuristic used to determine the number of
arguments for an externally defined control method (a method in another
table). Although this is an improvement, there is no deterministic way to
"guess" the number of method arguments. Only the ACPI 6.0 External opcode
will completely solve this problem as it is deployed (automatically) in
newer BIOS code.
iASL/Disassembler: Fixed an ordering issue for emitted External() ASL
statements that could cause errors when the disassembled file is
compiled. ACPICA BZ 1243. David Box.
iASL: Fixed a regression caused by the merger of the two versions of the
local strtoul64. Because of a dependency on a global variable, strtoul64
could return an error for integers greater than a 32-bit value. ACPICA BZ
1260.
iASL: Fixed a regression where a fault could occur for an ASL Return
statement if it invokes a control method that is not resolved. ACPICA BZ
1264.
AcpiXtract: Improved input file validation: detection of binary files and
non-acpidump text files.
----------------------------------------
12 February 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160212:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Implemented full support for the ACPI 6.1 specification (released in
January). This version of the specification is available at:
http://www.uefi.org/specifications
Only a relatively small number of changes were required in ACPICA to
support ACPI 6.1, in these areas:
- New predefined names
- New _HID values
- A new subtable for HEST
- A few other header changes for new values
Ensure \_SB_._INI is executed before any _REG methods are executed. There
appears to be existing BIOS code that relies on this behavior. Lv Zheng.
Reverted a change made in version 20151218 which enabled method
invocations to be targets of various ASL operators (SuperName and Target
grammar elements). While the new behavior is supported by the ACPI
specification, other AML interpreters do not support this behavior and
never will. The ACPI specification will be updated for ACPI 6.2 to remove
this support. Therefore, the change was reverted to the original ACPICA
behavior.
ACPICA now supports the GCC 6 compiler.
Current Release: (Note: build changes increased sizes)
Non-Debug Version: 136.2K Code, 51.5K Data, 187.7K Total
Debug Version: 200.4K Code, 82.0K Data, 282.4K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 102.7K Code, 28.4K Data, 131.1K Total
Debug Version: 200.4K Code, 81.9K Data, 282.3K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
Completed full support for the ACPI 6.0 External() AML opcode. The
compiler emits an external AML opcode for each ASL External statement.
This opcode is used by the disassembler to assist with the disassembly of
external control methods by specifying the required number of arguments
for the method. AML interpreters do not use this opcode. To ensure that
interpreters do not even see the opcode, a block of one or more external
opcodes is surrounded by an "If(0)" construct. As this feature becomes
commonly deployed in BIOS code, the ability of disassemblers to correctly
disassemble AML code will be greatly improved. David Box.
iASL: Implemented support for an optional cross-reference output file.
The -lx option will create a the cross-reference file with the suffix
"xrf". Three different types of cross-reference are created in this file:
- List of object references made from within each control method
- Invocation (caller) list for each user-defined control method
- List of references to each non-method object in the namespace
iASL: Method invocations as ASL Target operands are now disallowed and
flagged as errors in preparation for ACPI 6.2 (see the description of the
problem above).
Sync with HEAD
import new acpica:
----------------------------------------
8 January 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160108:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Updated all ACPICA copyrights and signons to 2016: Added the 2016
copyright to all source code module headers and utility/tool signons.
This includes the standard Linux dual-license header. This affects
virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, all
ACPICA utilities, and the ACPICA test suite.
Fixed a regression introduced in version 20151218 concerning the
execution of so-called module-level ASL/AML code. Namespace objects
created under a module-level If() construct were not properly/fully
entered into the namespace and could cause an interpreter fault when
accessed.
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: 102.7K Code, 28.4K Data, 131.1K Total
Debug Version: 200.4K Code, 81.9K Data, 282.4K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 102.6K Code, 28.4K Data, 131.0K Total
Debug Version: 200.3K Code, 81.9K Data, 282.3K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
Fixed a problem with the compilation of the GpioIo and GpioInt resource
descriptors. The _PIN field name was incorrectly defined to be an array
of 32-bit values, but the _PIN values are in fact 16 bits each. This
would cause incorrect bit width warnings when using Word (16-bit) fields
to access the descriptors.
----------------------------------------
18 December 2015. Summary of changes for version 20151218:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Implemented per-AML-table execution of "module-level code" as individual
ACPI tables are loaded into the namespace during ACPICA initialization.
In other words, any module-level code within an AML table is executed
immediately after the table is loaded, instead of batched and executed
after all of the tables have been loaded. This provides compatibility
with other ACPI implementations. ACPICA BZ 1219. Bob Moore, Lv Zheng,
David Box.
To fully support the feature above, the default operation region handlers
for the SystemMemory, SystemIO, and PCI_Config address spaces are now
installed before any ACPI tables are loaded. This enables module-level
code to access these address spaces during the table load and module-
level code execution phase. ACPICA BZ 1220. Bob Moore, Lv Zheng, David
Box.
Implemented several changes to the internal _REG support in conjunction
with the changes above. Also, changes to the AcpiExec/AcpiNames/Examples
utilities for the changes above. Although these tools were changed, host
operating systems that simply use the default handlers for SystemMemory,
SystemIO, and PCI_Config spaces should not require any update. Lv Zheng.
For example, in the code below, DEV1 is conditionally added to the
namespace by the DSDT via module-level code that accesses an operation
region. The SSDT references DEV1 via the Scope operator. DEV1 must be
created immediately after the DSDT is loaded in order for the SSDT to
successfully reference DEV1. Previously, this code would cause an
AE_NOT_EXIST exception during the load of the SSDT. Now, this code is
fully supported by ACPICA.
DefinitionBlock ("", "DSDT", 2, "Intel", "DSDT1", 1)
{
OperationRegion (OPR1, SystemMemory, 0x400, 32)
Field (OPR1, AnyAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
{
FLD1, 1
}
If (FLD1)
{
Device (\DEV1)
{
}
}
}
DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 2, "Intel", "SSDT1", 1)
{
External (\DEV1, DeviceObj)
Scope (\DEV1)
{
}
}
Fixed an AML interpreter problem where control method invocations were
not handled correctly when the invocation was itself a SuperName argument
to another ASL operator. In these cases, the method was not invoked.
ACPICA BZ 1002. Affects the following ASL operators that have a SuperName
argument:
Store
Acquire, Wait
CondRefOf, RefOf
Decrement, Increment
Load, Unload
Notify
Signal, Release, Reset
SizeOf
Implemented automatic String-to-ObjectReference conversion support for
packages returned by predefined names (such as _DEP). A common BIOS error
is to add double quotes around an ObjectReference namepath, which turns
the reference into an unexpected string object. This support detects the
problem and corrects it before the package is returned to the caller that
invoked the method. Lv Zheng.
Implemented extensions to the Concatenate operator. Concatenate now
accepts any type of object, it is not restricted to simply
Integer/String/Buffer. For objects other than these 3 basic data types,
the argument is treated as a string containing the name of the object
type. This expands the utility of Concatenate and the Printf/Fprintf
macros. ACPICA BZ 1222.
Cleaned up the output of the ASL Debug object. The timer() value is now
optional and no longer emitted by default. Also, the basic data types of
Integer/String/Buffer are simply emitted as their values, without a data
type string -- since the data type is obvious from the output. ACPICA BZ
1221.
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: 102.6K Code, 28.4K Data, 131.0K Total
Debug Version: 200.3K Code, 81.9K Data, 282.3K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 102.0K Code, 28.3K Data, 130.3K Total
Debug Version: 199.6K Code, 81.8K Data, 281.4K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Fixed some issues with the ASL Include() operator. This operator
was incorrectly defined in the iASL parser rules, causing a new scope to
be opened for the code within the include file. This could lead to
several issues, including allowing ASL code that is technically illegal
and not supported by AML interpreters. Note, this does not affect the
related #include preprocessor operator. ACPICA BZ 1212.
iASL/Disassembler: Implemented support for the ASL ElseIf operator. This
operator is essentially an ASL macro since there is no AML opcode
associated with it. The code emitted by the iASL compiler for ElseIf is
an Else opcode followed immediately by an If opcode. The disassembler
will now emit an ElseIf if it finds an Else immediately followed by an
If. This simplifies the decoded ASL, especially for deeply nested
If..Else and large Switch constructs. Thus, the disassembled code more
closely follows the original source ASL. ACPICA BZ 1211. Example:
Old disassembly:
Else
{
If (Arg0 == 0x02)
{
Local0 = 0x05
}
}
New disassembly:
ElseIf (Arg0 == 0x02)
{
Local0 = 0x05
}
AcpiExec: Added support for the new module level code behavior and the
early region installation. This required a small change to the
initialization, since AcpiExec must install its own operation region
handlers.
AcpiExec: Added support to make the debug object timer optional. Default
is timer disabled. This cleans up the debug object output -- the timer
data is rarely used.
AcpiExec: Multiple ACPI tables are now loaded in the order that they
appear on the command line. This can be important when there are
interdependencies/references between the tables.
iASL/Templates. Add support to generate template files with multiple
SSDTs within a single output file. Also added ommand line support to
specify the number of SSDTs (in addition to a single DSDT). ACPICA BZ
1223, 1225.
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24 November 2015. Summary of changes for version 20151124:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fixed a possible regression for a previous update to FADT handling. The
FADT no longer has a fixed table ID, causing some issues with code that
was hardwired to a specific ID. Lv Zheng.
Fixed a problem where the method auto-serialization could interfere with
the current SyncLevel. This change makes the auto-serialization support
transparent to the SyncLevel support and management.
Removed support for the _SUB predefined name in AcpiGetObjectInfo. This
interface is intended for early access to the namespace during the
initial namespace device discovery walk. The _SUB method has been seen to
access operation regions in some cases, causing errors because the
operation regions are not fully initialized.
AML Debugger: Fixed some issues with the terminate/quit/exit commands
that can cause faults. Lv Zheng.
AML Debugger: Add thread ID support so that single-step mode only applies
to the AML Debugger thread. This prevents runtime errors within some
kernels. Lv Zheng.
Eliminated extraneous warnings from AcpiGetSleepTypeData. Since the _Sx
methods that are invoked by this interface are optional, removed warnings
emitted for the case where one or more of these methods do not exist.
ACPICA BZ 1208, original change by Prarit Bhargava.
Made a major pass through the entire ACPICA source code base to
standardize formatting that has diverged a bit over time. There are no
functional changes, but this will of course cause quite a few code
differences from the previous ACPICA release.
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: 102.0K Code, 28.3K Data, 130.3K Total
Debug Version: 199.6K Code, 81.8K Data, 281.4K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 101.7K Code, 27.9K Data, 129.6K Total
Debug Version: 199.3K Code, 81.4K Data, 280.7K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL/acpiexec/acpixtract/disassembler: Added support to allow multiple
definition blocks within a single ASL file and the resulting AML file.
Support for this type of file was also added to the various tools that
use binary AML files: acpiexec, acpixtract, and the AML disassembler. The
example code below shows two definition blocks within the same file:
DefinitionBlock ("dsdt.aml", "DSDT", 2, "Intel", "Template",
0x12345678)
{
}
DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 2, "Intel", "Template", 0xABCDEF01)
{
}
iASL: Enhanced typechecking for the Name() operator. All expressions for
the value of the named object must be reduced/folded to a single constant
at compile time, as per the ACPI specification (the AML definition of
Name()).
iASL: Fixed some code indentation issues for the -ic and -ia options (C
and assembly headers). Now all emitted code correctly begins in column 1.
iASL: Added an error message for an attempt to open a Scope() on an
object defined in an SSDT. The DSDT is always loaded into the namespace
first, so any attempt to open a Scope on an SSDT object will fail at
runtime.
----------------------------------------
30 September 2015. Summary of changes for version 20150930:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Debugger: Implemented several changes and bug fixes to assist support for
the in-kernel version of the AML debugger. Lv Zheng.
- Fix the "predefined" command for in-kernel debugger.
- Do not enter debug command loop for the help and version commands.
- Disallow "execute" command during execution/single-step of a method.
Interpreter: Updated runtime typechecking for all operators that have
target operands. The operand is resolved and validated that it is legal.
For example, the target cannot be a non-data object such as a Device,
Mutex, ThermalZone, etc., as per the ACPI specification.
Debugger: Fixed the double-mutex user I/O handshake to work when local
deadlock detection is enabled.
Debugger: limited display of method locals and arguments (LocalX and
ArgX) to only those that have actually been initialized. This prevents
lines of extraneous output.
Updated the definition of the NFIT table to correct the bit polarity of
one flag: ACPI_NFIT_MEM_ARMED --> ACPI_NFIT_MEM_NOT_ARMED
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: 101.7K Code, 27.9K Data, 129.6K Total
Debug Version: 199.3K Code, 81.4K Data, 280.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 101.3K Code, 27.7K Data, 129.0K Total
Debug Version: 198.6K Code, 80.9K Data, 279.5K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Improved the compile-time typechecking for operands of many of the
ASL operators:
-- Added an option to disable compiler operand/operator typechecking (-
ot).
-- For the following operators, the TermArg operands are now validated
when possible to be Integer data objects: BankField, OperationRegion,
DataTableRegion, Buffer, and Package.
-- Store (Source, Target): Both the source and target operands are
resolved and checked that the operands are both legal. For example,
neither operand can be a non-data object such as a Device, Mutex,
ThermalZone, etc. Note, as per the ACPI specification, the CopyObject
operator can be used to store an object to any type of target object.
-- Store (Source, Target): If the source is a Package object, the target
must be a Package object, LocalX, ArgX, or Debug. Likewise, if the target
is a Package, the source must also be a Package.
-- Store (Source, Target): A warning is issued if the source and target
resolve to the identical named object.
-- Store (Source, <method invocation>): An error is generated for the
target method invocation, as this construct is not supported by the AML
interpreter.
-- For all ASL math and logic operators, the target operand must be a
data object (Integer, String, Buffer, LocalX, ArgX, or Debug). This
includes the function return value also.
-- External declarations are also included in the typechecking where
possible. External objects defined using the UnknownObj keyword cannot be
typechecked, however.
iASL and Disassembler: Added symbolic (ASL+) support for the ASL Index
operator:
- Legacy code: Index(PKG1, 3)
- New ASL+ code: PKG1[3]
This completes the ACPI 6.0 ASL+ support as it was the only operator not
supported.
iASL: Fixed the file suffix for the preprocessor output file (.i). Two
spaces were inadvertently appended to the filename, causing file access
and deletion problems on some systems.
ASL Test Suite (ASLTS): Updated the master makefile to generate all
possible compiler output files when building the test suite -- thus
exercising these features of the compiler. These files are automatically
deleted when the test suite exits.
----------------------------------------
18 August 2015. Summary of changes for version 20150818:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fix a regression for AcpiGetTableByIndex interface causing it to fail. Lv
Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1186.
Completed development to ensure that the ACPICA Disassembler and Debugger
are fully standalone components of ACPICA. Removed cross-component
dependences. Lv Zheng.
The max-number-of-AML-loops is now runtime configurable (previously was
compile-time only). This is essentially a loop timeout to force-abort
infinite AML loops. ACPCIA BZ 1192.
Debugger: Cleanup output to dump ACPI names and namepaths without any
trailing underscores. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1135.
Removed unnecessary conditional compilations across the Debugger and
Disassembler components where entire modules could be left uncompiled.
The aapits test is deprecated and has been removed from the ACPICA git
tree. The test has never been completed and has not been maintained, thus
becoming rather useless. ACPICA BZ 1015, 794.
A batch of small changes to close bugzilla and other reports:
- Remove duplicate code for _PLD processing. ACPICA BZ 1176.
- Correctly cleanup after a ACPI table load failure. ACPICA BZ 1185.
- iASL: Support POSIX yacc again in makefile. Jung-uk Kim.
- ACPI table support: general cleanup and simplification. Lv Zheng, Bob
Moore.
- ACPI table support: fix for a buffer read overrun in AcpiTbFindTable.
ACPICA BZ 1184.
- Enhance parameter validation for DataTableRegion and LoadTable ASL/AML
operators.
- Debugger: Split debugger initialization/termination interfaces. Lv
Zheng.
- AcpiExec: Emit OemTableId for SSDTs during the load phase for table
identification.
- AcpiExec: Add debug message during _REG method phase during table
load/init.
- AcpiNames: Fix a regression where some output was missing and no longer
emitted.
- Debugger: General cleanup and simplification. Lv Zheng.
- Disassembler: Cleanup use of several global option variables. 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: 101.3K Code, 27.7K Data, 129.0K Total
Debug Version: 198.6K Code, 80.9K Data, 279.5K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 100.9K Code, 24.5K Data, 125.4K Total
Debug Version: 197.8K Code, 81.5K Data, 279.3K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
AcpiExec: Fixed a problem where any more than 32 ACPI tables in the XSDT
were not handled properly and caused load errors. Now, properly invoke
and use the ACPICA auto-reallocate mechanism for ACPI table data
structures. ACPICA BZ 1188
AcpiNames: Add command-line wildcard support for ACPI table files. ACPICA
BZ 1190.
AcpiExec and AcpiNames: Add -l option to load ACPI tables only. For
AcpiExec, this means that no control methods (like _REG/_INI/_STA) are
executed during initialization. ACPICA BZ 1187, 1189.
iASL/Disassembler: Implemented a prototype "listing" mode that emits AML
that corresponds to each disassembled ASL statement, to simplify
debugging. ACPICA BZ 1191.
Debugger: Add option to the "objects" command to display a summary of the
current namespace objects (Object type and count). This is displayed if
the command is entered with no arguments.
AcpiNames: Add -x option to specify debug level, similar to AcpiExec.
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26 September 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140926:
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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28 August 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140828:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fixed a problem related to the internal use of the Timer() operator where
a 64-bit divide could cause an attempted link to a double-precision math
library. This divide is not actually necessary, so the code was
restructured to eliminate it. Lv Zheng.
ACPI 5.1: Added support for the runtime validation of the _DSD package
(similar to the iASL support).
ACPI 5.1/Headers: Added support for the GICC affinity subtable to the
SRAT table. Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org>.
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: 98.8K Code, 27.3K Data, 126.1K Total
Debug Version: 192.1K Code, 79.8K Data, 271.9K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 98.7K Code, 27.3K Data, 126.0K Total1
Debug Version: 192.0K Code, 79.7K Data, 271.7K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
AcpiExec: Fixed a problem on unix systems where the original terminal
state was not always properly restored upon exit. Seen when using the -v
option. ACPICA BZ 1104.
iASL: Fixed a problem with the validation of the ranges/length within the
Memory24 resource descriptor. There was a boundary condition when the
range was equal to the (length -1) caused by the fact that these values
are defined in 256-byte blocks, not bytes. ACPICA BZ 1098
Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the GpioInt descriptor interrupt
polarity
flags. The flags are actually 2 bits, not 1, and the "ActiveBoth" keyword
is
now supported properly.
ACPI 5.1: Added the GICC affinity subtable to the SRAT table. Supported
in the disassembler, data table compiler, and table template generator.
iASL: Added a requirement for Device() objects that one of either a _HID
or _ADR must exist within the scope of a Device, as per the ACPI
specification. Remove a similar requirement that was incorrectly in place
for the _DSD object.
iASL: Added error detection for illegal named references within control
methods that would cause runtime failures. Now trapped as errors are: 1)
References to objects within a non-parent control method. 2) Forward
references (within a method) -- for control methods, AML interpreters use
a one-pass parse of control methods. ACPICA BZ 1008.
iASL: Added error checking for dependencies related to the _PSx power
methods. ACPICA BZ 1029.
1) For _PS0, one of these must exist within the same scope: _PS1, _PS2,
_PS3.
2) For _PS1, _PS2, and PS3: A _PS0 object must exist within the same
scope.
iASL and table compiler: Cleanup miscellaneous memory leaks by fully
deploying the existing object and string caches and adding new caches for
the table compiler.
iASL: Split the huge parser source file into multiple subfiles to improve
manageability. Generation now requires the M4 macro preprocessor, which
is part of the Bison distribution on both unix and windows platforms.
AcpiSrc: Fixed and removed all extraneous warnings generated during
entire ACPICA source code scan and/or conversion.
----------------------------------------
24 July 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140724:
The ACPI 5.1 specification has been released and is available at:
http://uefi.org/specs/access
0) ACPI 5.1 support in ACPICA:
ACPI 5.1 is fully supported in ACPICA as of this release.
New predefined names. Support includes iASL and runtime ACPICA
validation.
_CCA (Cache Coherency Attribute).
_DSD (Device-Specific Data). David Box.
Modifications to existing ACPI tables. Support includes headers, iASL
Data Table compiler, disassembler, and the template generator.
FADT - New fields and flags. Graeme Gregory.
GTDT - One new subtable and new fields. Tomasz Nowicki.
MADT - Two new subtables. Tomasz Nowicki.
PCCT - One new subtable.
Miscellaneous.
New notification type for System Resource Affinity change events.
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Fixed a regression introduced in 20140627 where a fault can happen during
the deletion of Alias AML namespace objects. The problem affected both
the core ACPICA and the ACPICA tools including iASL and AcpiExec.
Implemented a new GPE public interface, AcpiMarkGpeForWake. Provides a
simple mechanism to enable wake GPEs that have no associated handler or
control method. Rafael Wysocki.
Updated the AcpiEnableGpe interface to disallow the enable if there is no
handler or control method associated with the particular GPE. This will
help avoid meaningless GPEs and even GPE floods. Rafael Wysocki.
Updated GPE handling and dispatch by disabling the GPE before clearing
the status bit for edge-triggered GPEs. Lv Zheng.
Added Timer() support to the AML Debug object. The current timer value is
now displayed with each invocation of (Store to) the debug object to
enable simple generation of execution times for AML code (method
execution for example.) ACPICA BZ 1093.
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: 98.7K Code, 27.3K Data, 126.0K Total
Debug Version: 192.0K Code, 79.7K Data, 271.7K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 98.7K Code, 27.2K Data, 125.9K Total
Debug Version: 191.7K Code, 79.6K Data, 271.3K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
Fixed an issue with the recently added local printf implementation,
concerning width/precision specifiers that could cause incorrect output.
Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1094.
Disassembler: Added support to detect buffers that contain UUIDs and
disassemble them to an invocation of the ToUUID operator. Also emit
commented descriptions of known ACPI-related UUIDs.
AcpiHelp: Added support to display known ACPI-related UUIDs. New option,
-u. Adds three new files.
iASL: Update table compiler and disassembler for DMAR table changes that
were introduced in September 2013. With assistance by David Woodhouse.
----------------------------------------
27 June 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140627:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Formatted Output: Implemented local versions of standard formatted output
utilities such as printf, etc. Over time, it has been discovered that
there are in fact many portability issues with printf, and the addition
of this feature will fix/prevent these issues once and for all. Some
known issues are summarized below:
1) Output of 64-bit values is not portable. For example, UINT64 is %ull
for the Linux kernel and is %uI64 for some MSVC versions.
2) Invoking printf consistently in a manner that is portable across both
32-bit and 64-bit platforms is difficult at best in many situations.
3) The output format for pointers varies from system to system (leading
zeros especially), and leads to inconsistent output from ACPICA across
platforms.
4) Certain platform-specific printf formats may conflict with ACPICA use.
5) If there is no local C library available, ACPICA now has local support
for printf.
-- To address these printf issues in a complete manner, ACPICA now
directly implements a small subset of printf format specifiers, only
those that it requires. Adds a new file, utilities/utprint.c. Lv Zheng.
Implemented support for ACPICA generation within the EFI environment.
Initially, the AcpiDump utility is supported in the UEFI shell
environment. Lv Zheng.
Added a new external interface, AcpiLogError, to improve ACPICA
portability. This allows the host to redirect error messages from the
ACPICA utilities. Lv Zheng.
Added and deployed new OSL file I/O interfaces to improve ACPICA
portability:
AcpiOsOpenFile
AcpiOsCloseFile
AcpiOsReadFile
AcpiOsWriteFile
AcpiOsGetFileOffset
AcpiOsSetFileOffset
There are C library implementations of these functions in the new file
service_layers/oslibcfs.c -- however, the functions can be implemented by
the local host in any way necessary. Lv Zheng.
Implemented a mechanism to disable/enable ACPI table checksum validation
at runtime. This can be useful when loading tables very early during OS
initialization when it may not be possible to map the entire table in
order to compute the checksum. Lv Zheng.
Fixed a buffer allocation issue for the Generic Serial Bus support.
Originally, a fixed buffer length was used. This change allows for
variable-length buffers based upon the protocol indicated by the field
access attributes. Reported by Lan Tianyu. Lv Zheng.
Fixed a problem where an object detached from a namespace node was not
properly terminated/cleared and could cause a circular list problem if
reattached. ACPICA BZ 1063. David Box.
Fixed a possible recursive lock acquisition in hwregs.c. Rakib Mullick.
Fixed a possible memory leak in an error return path within the function
AcpiUtCopyIobjectToIobject. ACPICA BZ 1087. Colin Ian King.
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: 98.7K Code, 27.2K Data, 125.9K Total
Debug Version: 191.7K Code, 79.6K Data, 271.3K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 96.8K Code, 27.2K Data, 124.0K Total
Debug Version: 189.5K Code, 79.7K Data, 269.2K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
Disassembler: Add dump of ASCII equivalent text within a comment at the
end of each line of the output for the Buffer() ASL operator.
AcpiDump: Miscellaneous changes:
Fixed repetitive table dump in -n mode.
For older EFI platforms, use the ACPI 1.0 GUID during RSDP search if
the ACPI 2.0 GUID fails.
iASL: Fixed a problem where the compiler could fault if incorrectly given
an acpidump output file as input. ACPICA BZ 1088. David Box.
AcpiExec/AcpiNames: Fixed a problem where these utilities could fault if
they are invoked without any arguments.
Debugger: Fixed a possible memory leak in an error return path. ACPICA BZ
1086. Colin Ian King.
Disassembler: Cleaned up a block of code that extracts a parent Op
object. Added a comment that explains that the parent is guaranteed to be
valid in this case. ACPICA BZ 1069.
----------------------------------------
24 April 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140424:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Implemented support to skip/ignore NULL address entries in the RSDT/XSDT.
Some of these tables are known to contain a trailing NULL entry. Lv
Zheng.
Removed an extraneous error message for the case where there are a large
number of system GPEs (> 124). This was the "32-bit FADT register is too
long to convert to GAS struct" message, which is irrelevant for GPEs
since the GPEx_BLK_LEN fields of the FADT are always used instead of the
(limited capacity) GAS bit length. Also, several changes to ensure proper
support for GPE numbers > 255, where some "GPE number" fields were 8-bits
internally.
Implemented and deployed additional configuration support for the public
ACPICA external interfaces. Entire classes of interfaces can now be
easily modified or configured out, replaced by stubbed inline functions
by default. Lv Zheng.
Moved all public ACPICA runtime configuration globals to the public
ACPICA external interface file for convenience. Also, removed some
obsolete/unused globals. See the file acpixf.h. Lv Zheng.
Documentation: Added a new section to the ACPICA reference describing the
maximum number of GPEs that can be supported by the FADT-defined GPEs in
block zero and one. About 1200 total. See section 4.4.1 of the ACPICA
reference.
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: 96.8K Code, 27.2K Data, 124.0K Total
Debug Version: 189.5K Code, 79.7K Data, 269.2K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 97.0K Code, 27.2K Data, 124.2K Total
Debug Version: 189.7K Code, 79.5K Data, 269.2K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL and disassembler: Add full support for the LPIT table (Low Power
Idle Table). Includes support in the disassembler, data table compiler,
and template generator.
AcpiDump utility:
1) Add option to force the use of the RSDT (over the XSDT).
2) Improve validation of the RSDP signature (use 8 chars instead of 4).
iASL: Add check for predefined packages that are too large. For
predefined names that contain subpackages, check if each subpackage is
too large. (Check for too small already exists.)
Debugger: Updated the GPE command (which simulates a GPE by executing the
GPE code paths in ACPICA). The GPE device is now optional, and defaults
to the GPE 0/1 FADT-defined blocks.
Unix application OSL: Update line-editing support. Add additional error
checking and take care not to reset terminal attributes on exit if they
were never set. This should help guarantee that the terminal is always
left in the previous state on program exit.
----------------------------------------
25 March 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140325:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Updated the auto-serialize feature for control methods. This feature
automatically serializes all methods that create named objects in order
to prevent runtime errors. The update adds support to ignore the
currently executing AML SyncLevel when invoking such a method, in order
to prevent disruption of any existing SyncLevel priorities that may exist
in the AML code. Although the use of SyncLevels is relatively rare, this
change fixes a regression where an AE_AML_MUTEX_ORDER exception can
appear on some machines starting with the 20140214 release.
Added a new external interface to allow the host to install ACPI tables
very early, before the namespace is even created. AcpiInstallTable gives
the host additional flexibility for ACPI table management. Tables can be
installed directly by the host as if they had originally appeared in the
XSDT/RSDT. Installed tables can be SSDTs or other ACPI data tables
(anything except the DSDT and FACS). Adds a new file, tbdata.c, along
with additional internal restructuring and cleanup. See the ACPICA
Reference for interface details. Lv Zheng.
Added validation of the checksum for all incoming dynamically loaded
tables (via external interfaces or via AML Load/LoadTable operators). Lv
Zheng.
Updated the use of the AcpiOsWaitEventsComplete interface during Notify
and GPE handler removal. Restructured calls to eliminate possible race
conditions. Lv Zheng.
Added a warning for the use/execution of the ASL/AML Unload (table)
operator. This will help detect and identify machines that use this
operator if and when it is ever used. This operator has never been seen
in the field and the usage model and possible side-effects of the drastic
runtime action of a full table removal are unknown.
Reverted the use of #pragma push/pop which was introduced in the 20140214
release. It appears that push and pop are not implemented by enough
compilers to make the use of this feature feasible for ACPICA at this
time. However, these operators may be deployed in a future ACPICA
release.
Added the missing EXPORT_SYMBOL macros for the install and remove SCI
handler interfaces.
Source code generation:
1) Disabled the use of the "strchr" macro for the gcc-specific
generation. For some versions of gcc, this macro can periodically expose
a compiler bug which in turn causes compile-time error(s).
2) Added support for PPC64 compilation. Colin Ian King.
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: 97.0K Code, 27.2K Data, 124.2K Total
Debug Version: 189.7K Code, 79.5K Data, 269.2K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 96.5K Code, 27.2K Data, 123.7K Total
Debug Version: 188.6K Code, 79.0K Data, 267.6K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
Disassembler: Added several new features to improve the readability of
the resulting ASL code. Extra information is emitted within comment
fields in the ASL code:
1) Known _HID/_CID values are decoded to descriptive text.
2) Standard values for the Notify() operator are decoded to descriptive
text.
3) Target operands are expanded to full pathnames (in a comment) when
possible.
Disassembler: Miscellaneous updates for extern() handling:
1) Abort compiler if file specified by -fe option does not exist.
2) Silence unnecessary warnings about argument count mismatches.
3) Update warning messages concerning unresolved method externals.
4) Emit "UnknownObj" keyword for externals whose type cannot be
determined.
AcpiHelp utility:
1) Added the -a option to display both the ASL syntax and the AML
encoding for an input ASL operator. This effectively displays all known
information about an ASL operator with one AcpiHelp invocation.
2) Added substring match support (similar to a wildcard) for the -i
(_HID/PNP IDs) option.
iASL/Disassembler: Since this tool does not yet support execution on big-
endian machines, added detection of endianness and an error message if
execution is attempted on big-endian. Support for big-endian within iASL
is a feature that is on the ACPICA to-be-done list.
AcpiBin utility:
1) Remove option to extract binary files from an acpidump; this function
is made obsolete by the AcpiXtract utility.
2) General cleanup of open files and allocated buffers.
----------------------------------------
14 February 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140214:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Implemented a new mechanism to proactively prevent problems with ill-
behaved reentrant control methods that create named ACPI objects. This
behavior is illegal as per the ACPI specification, but is nonetheless
frequently seen in the field. Previously, this could lead to an
AE_ALREADY_EXISTS exception if the method was actually entered by more
than one thread. This new mechanism detects such methods at table load
time and marks them "serialized" to prevent reentrancy. A new global
option, AcpiGbl_AutoSerializeMethods, has been added to disable this
feature if desired. This mechanism and global option obsoletes and
supersedes the previous AcpiGbl_SerializeAllMethods option.
Added the "Windows 2013" string to the _OSI support. ACPICA will now
respond TRUE to _OSI queries with this string. It is the stated policy of
ACPICA to add new strings to the _OSI support as soon as possible after
they are defined. See the full ACPICA _OSI policy which has been added to
the utilities/utosi.c file.
Hardened/updated the _PRT return value auto-repair code:
1) Do not abort the repair on a single subpackage failure, continue to
check all subpackages.
2) Add check for the minimum subpackage length (4).
3) Properly handle extraneous NULL package elements.
Added support to avoid the possibility of infinite loops when traversing
object linked lists. Never allow an infinite loop, even in the face of
corrupted object lists.
ACPICA headers: Deployed the use of #pragma pack(push) and #pragma
pack(pop) directives to ensure that the ACPICA headers are independent of
compiler settings or other host headers.
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: 96.5K Code, 27.2K Data, 123.7K Total
Debug Version: 188.6K Code, 79.0K Data, 267.6K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 96.2K Code, 27.0K Data, 123.2K Total
Debug Version: 187.5K Code, 78.3K Data, 265.8K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL/Table-compiler: Fixed a problem with support for the SPMI table. The
first reserved field was incorrectly forced to have a value of zero. This
change correctly forces the field to have a value of one. ACPICA BZ 1081.
Debugger: Added missing support for the "Extra" and "Data" subobjects
when displaying object data.
Debugger: Added support to display entire object linked lists when
displaying object data.
iASL: Removed the obsolete -g option to obtain ACPI tables from the
Windows registry. This feature has been superseded by the acpidump
utility.
----------------------------------------
14 January 2014. Summary of changes for version 20140114:
1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
Updated all ACPICA copyrights and signons to 2014. Added the 2014
copyright to all module headers and signons, including the standard Linux
header. This affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem,
iASL compiler, all ACPICA utilities, and the test suites.
Improved parameter validation for AcpiInstallGpeBlock. Added the
following checks:
1) The incoming device handle refers to type ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE.
2) There is not already a GPE block attached to the device.
Likewise, with AcpiRemoveGpeBlock, ensure that the incoming object is a
device.
Correctly support "references" in the ACPI_OBJECT. This change fixes the
support to allow references (namespace nodes) to be passed as arguments
to control methods via the evaluate object interface. This is probably
most useful for testing purposes, however.
Improved support for 32/64 bit physical addresses in printf()-like
output. This change improves the support for physical addresses in printf
debug statements and other output on both 32-bit and 64-bit hosts. It
consistently outputs the appropriate number of bytes for each host. The
%p specifier is unsatisfactory since it does not emit uniform output on
all hosts/clib implementations (on some, leading zeros are not supported,
leading to difficult-to-read output).
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: 96.2K Code, 27.0K Data, 123.2K Total
Debug Version: 187.5K Code, 78.3K Data, 265.8K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 96.1K Code, 27.0K Data, 123.1K Total
Debug Version: 185.6K Code, 77.3K Data, 262.9K Total
2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
iASL: Fix a possible fault when using the Connection() operator. Fixes a
problem if the parent Field definition for the Connection operator refers
to an operation region that does not exist. ACPICA BZ 1064.
AcpiExec: Load of local test tables is now optional. The utility has the
capability to load some various tables to test features of ACPICA.
However, there are enough of them that the output of the utility became
confusing. With this change, only the required local tables are displayed
(RSDP, XSDT, etc.) along with the actual tables loaded via the command
line specification. This makes the default output simler and easier to
understand. The -el command line option restores the original behavior
for testing purposes.
AcpiExec: Added support for overlapping operation regions. This change
expands the simulation of operation regions by supporting regions that
overlap within the given address space. Supports SystemMemory and
SystemIO. ASLTS test suite updated also. David Box. ACPICA BZ 1031.
AcpiExec: Added region handler support for PCI_Config and EC spaces. This
allows AcpiExec to simulate these address spaces, similar to the current
support for SystemMemory and SystemIO.
Debugger: Added new command to read/write/compare all namespace objects.
The command "test objects" will exercise the entire namespace by writing
new values to each data object, and ensuring that the write was
successful. The original value is then restored and verified.
Debugger: Added the "test predefined" command. This change makes this
test public and puts it under the new "test" command. The test executes
each and every predefined name within the current namespace.
Rebase to HEAD as of a few days ago.
sync with head.
for a reference, the tree before this commit was tagged
as yamt-pagecache-tag8.
this commit was splitted into small chunks to avoid
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import new acpica
Import ACPICA 20110623. Selected changes since 20110211 include, among other things, fixes to _PRW parsing, fix to a regression with the Load() operator, improvements in NULL package element removal, support for "spurious" global lock interrupts, execution of orphaned _REG methods under acpiec(4), and smaller iasl(8) improvements.
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file Makefile was added on branch jruoho-x86intr on 2011-06-06 09:08:58 +0000
file Makefile was added on branch rmind-uvmplock on 2011-03-05 20:54:32 +0000
file Makefile was added on branch bouyer-quota2 on 2011-02-17 12:00:25 +0000
Import 20110211.
Initial revision