- Update to version 20180508
ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
* Completed the new (recently deployed) package resolution
mechanism for the Load and LoadTable ASL/AML operators. This
fixes a regression that was introduced in version 20180209
that could result in an AE_AML_INTERNAL exception during the
loading of a dynamic ACPI/AML table (SSDT) that contains
package objects.
iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
* AcpiDump and AcpiXtract: Implemented support for ACPI tables
larger than 1 MB. This change allows for table offsets within
the acpidump file to be up to 8 characters. These changes are
backwards compatible with existing acpidump files.
version 20180427
ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
* Debugger: Added support for Package objects in the "Test
Objects" command. This command walks the entire namespace and
evaluates all named data objects (Integers, Strings, Buffers,
and now Packages).
* Improved error messages for the namespace root node.
Originally, the root was referred to by the confusing string
"\___". This has been replaced by "Namespace Root" for
clarification.
* Fixed a potential infinite loop in the AcpiRsDumpByteList
function. Colin Ian King .
iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
* iASL: Implemented support to detect and flag illegal forward
references. For compatibility with other ACPI implementations,
these references are now illegal at the root level of the DSDT
or SSDTs. Forward references have always been illegal within
control methods. This change should not affect existing
ASL/AML code because of the fact that these references
have always been illegal in the other ACPI implementation.
* iASL: Added error messages for the case where a table OEM ID
and OEM TABLE ID strings are longer than the ACPI-defined length.
Previously, these strings were simply silently truncated.
* iASL: Enhanced the -tc option (which creates an AML hex file
in C, suitable for import into a firmware project):
1) Create a unique name for the table, to simplify use of
multiple SSDTs.
2) Add a protection #ifdef in the file, similar to a .h
header file. With assistance from Sami Mujawar,
sami.mujawar@arm.com and Evan Lloyd, evan.lloyd@arm.com
* AcpiExec: Added a new option, -df, to disable the local
fault handler. This is useful during debugging, where it may
be desired to drop into a debugger on a fault.