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diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt index 6ac171f..9bb84d4 100644 --- a/changes.txt +++ b/changes.txt @@ -1,4 +1,68 @@ ---------------------------------------- +15 September 2010. Summary of changes for version 20100915: + +This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads + +1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: + +Removed the AcpiOsDerivePciId OSL interface. The various host implementations +of this function were not OS-dependent and are now obsolete and can be +removed from all host OSLs. This function has been replaced by +AcpiHwDerivePciId, which is now part of the ACPICA core code. +AcpiHwDerivePciId has been implemented without recursion. Adds one new +module, hwpci.c. ACPICA BZ 857. + +Implemented a dynamic repair for _HID and _CID strings. The following +problems are now repaired at runtime: 1) Remove a leading asterisk in the +string, and 2) the entire string is uppercased. Both repairs are in +accordance with the ACPI specification and will simplify host driver code. +ACPICA BZ 871. + +The ACPI_THREAD_ID type is no longer configurable, internally it is now +always UINT64. This simplifies the ACPICA code, especially any printf output. +UINT64 is the only common data type for all thread_id types across all +operating systems. It is now up to the host OSL to cast the native thread_id +type to UINT64 before returning the value to ACPICA (via AcpiOsGetThreadId). +Lin Ming, Bob Moore. + +Added the ACPI_INLINE type to enhance the ACPICA configuration. The "inline" +keyword is not standard across compilers, and this type allows inline to be +configured on a per-compiler basis. Lin Ming. + +Made the system global AcpiGbl_SystemAwakeAndRunning publically available. +Added an extern for this boolean in acpixf.h. Some hosts utilize this value +during suspend/restore operations. ACPICA BZ 869. + +All code that implements error/warning messages with the "ACPI:" prefix has +been moved to a new module, utxferror.c. + +The UINT64_OVERLAY was moved to utmath.c, which is the only module where it +is used. ACPICA BZ 829. Lin Ming, Bob Moore. + +Example Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the OS-independent +acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. The +debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a +much larger code and data size. + + Previous Release: + Non-Debug Version: 89.1K Code, 19.0K Data, 108.1K Total + Debug Version: 165.1K Code, 51.9K Data, 217.0K Total + Current Release: + Non-Debug Version: 89.9K Code, 19.0K Data, 108.9K Total + Debug Version: 166.3K Code, 52.1K Data, 218.4K Total + +2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools: + +iASL/Disassembler: Write ACPI errors to stderr instead of the output file. +This keeps the output files free of random error messages that may originate +from within the namespace/interpreter code. Used this opportunity to merge +all ACPI:-style messages into a single new module, utxferror.c. ACPICA BZ +866. Lin Ming, Bob Moore. + +Tools: update some printfs for ansi warnings on size_t. Handle width change +of size_t on 32-bit versus 64-bit generations. Lin Ming. + +---------------------------------------- 06 August 2010. Summary of changes for version 20100806: 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: |
