[ACPI] ACPICA 20051216

Implemented optional support to allow unresolved names
within ASL Package objects. A null object is inserted in
the package when a named reference cannot be located in
the current namespace. Enabled via the interpreter slack
flag which Linux has enabled by default (acpi=strict
to disable slack).  This should eliminate AE_NOT_FOUND
exceptions seen on machines that contain such code.

Implemented an optimization to the initialization
sequence that can improve boot time. During ACPI device
initialization, the _STA method is now run if and only
if the _INI method exists. The _STA method is used to
determine if the device is present; An _INI can only be
run if _STA returns present, but it is a waste of time to
run the _STA method if the _INI does not exist. (Prototype
and assistance from Dong Wei)

Implemented use of the C99 uintptr_t for the pointer
casting macros if it is available in the current
compiler. Otherwise, the default (void *) cast is used
as before.

Fixed some possible memory leaks found within the
execution path of the Break, Continue, If, and CreateField
operators. (Valery Podrezov)

Fixed a problem introduced in the 20051202 release where
an exception is generated during method execution if a
control method attempts to declare another method.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/acpi/acdispat.h b/include/acpi/acdispat.h
index 065f24a77cfc..cc6407eef701 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acdispat.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acdispat.h
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ acpi_ds_begin_method_execution(struct acpi_namespace_node *method_node,
                                union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
                                struct acpi_namespace_node *calling_method_node);
 
+acpi_status
+acpi_ds_method_error(acpi_status status, struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state);
+
 /*
  * dsinit
  */