This change adds another group of predefined names to the list
of names eligible to have NULL package elements dynamically
removed. This group is the names that return a single
variable-length package containing simple data types such
as integers, buffers, strings. This includes: _ALx,_BCL,_CID,
_DOD,_EDL,_FIX,_PCL,_PLD,_PMD,_PRx,_PSL,_Sx, and _TZD.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=914Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

cast to u64.
Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

For the predefined methods that return fixed-length packages
(or subpackages), attempt repair for a NULL element. Create an
Integer of value 0, a NULL String, or a zero-length buffer as
appropriate.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=818Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Add 2010 copyright to all module headers and signons, including
the Linux header. This affects virtually every file in the ACPICA
core subsystem, iASL compiler, and all utilities.
Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Update comments for repair of _FDE and _GTM methods.
Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Repair mechanism was considered too wordy. Now, messages are only
unconditionally emitted if the return object cannot be repaired.
Existing messages for successful repairs were converted to
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT messages for now. ACPICA BZ 827.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=827Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Move code specific to _FDE and _GTM into the generic repair code.
Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

This change enhances the automatic repairs/conversions for
predefined name return values to make Integers, Strings, and
Buffers fully interchangeable. Also, a Buffer can be converted
to a Package of Integers if necessary. The nsrepair.c module was
completely restructured.
Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Since the object was successfully repaired, a Warning is too
severe.  Reduced to Info for now. We may eventually change these
messages to debug-only. ACPICA BZ 812.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=812Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

_MAT can inadvertently return an Integer instead of a Buffer
if the return value has been read from a Field whose width is
less than or equal to the global integer width (32 or 64 bits).
ACPICA BZ 810.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=810Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Add a repair for the "Oem Information" field which is often
mistakenly returned as an integer. It should always be a string.
ACPICA BZ 807.

http://www.acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=807Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Fixes a problem where a predefined method is defined to return
a variable-length Package of sub-packages. If the length is one,
the BIOS code occasionally creates a simple single package with
no sub-packages. This code attempts to fix the problem by wrapping
a new package object around the existing package. ACPICA BZ 790.

http://acpica.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

New file is nsrepair.c. This is in preparation for additional
errror correcting code.
Signed-off-by: NBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>