From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8620684574582989973==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Jung-uk Kim Subject: Re: [Devel] ACPICA version 20150818 released Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:32:26 -0400 Message-ID: <55DCC2CA.7010406@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: 94F2FBAB4432B54E8AACC7DFDE6C92E37D32FD60@ORSMSX112.amr.corp.intel.com List-ID: To: devel@acpica.org --===============8620684574582989973== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 08/18/2015 16:27, Moore, Robert wrote: > 18 August 2015. Summary of changes for version 20150818: > = > This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads > = > 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. Unfortunately, AcpiNames does not build because source/tools/acpinames/acpinames.h is wrongly included as AcpiNames.h in the release tarballs. Jung-uk Kim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJV3MLFAAoJEHyflib82/FGeEMIAJDq/QxudIf9sWxM+2BuINzQ 7QButUDMtoZNdiNbwR2up62N4/5l6zBxrN04L17RhsjYmcSWMU9yiIgs5InRSQE6 XkEkCarqUbP9EIgTYR1x/YuOFCI5zBUz0YS7vEKK/gcBGaeyVeL8ivGuDTxf4y3w kHQTmNDSM8IyTGOJNf8pv9FsQJBLUc2BJtXIYwzgYlPrDx8EiIwZ4m838EUUO/7u T37pRhYWJpPNN6QWBBJQa3fkYLMcH/TtvErlZj3JBe3d7B8MXQQzmfZESTMIIr0R mRX+I3h91CzhOVPMBQFg7G++4tYVqlwIdo9JrBBLUW6zQ+Hqcpi4LEDly062cK4=3D =3DBoS3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --===============8620684574582989973==--