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+13 October 2010. Summary of changes for version 20101013:
+
+This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads
+
+1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
+
+Added support to clear the PCIEXP_WAKE event. When clearing ACPI events, now 
+clear the PCIEXP_WAKE_STS bit in the ACPI PM1 Status Register, via 
+HwClearAcpiStatus. Original change from Colin King. ACPICA BZ 880.
+
+Changed the type of the predefined namespace object _TZ from ThermalZone to 
+Device. This was found to be confusing to the host software that processes 
+the various thermal zones, since _TZ is not really a ThermalZone. However, a 
+Notify() can still be performed on it. ACPICA BZ 876. Suggestion from Rui 
+Zhang.
+
+Added Windows Vista SP2 to the list of supported _OSI strings. The actual 
+string is "Windows 2006 SP2".
+
+Eliminated duplicate code in AcpiUtExecute* functions. Now that the nsrepair 
+code automatically repairs _HID-related strings, this type of code is no 
+longer needed in Execute_HID, Execute_CID, and Execute_UID. ACPICA BZ 878.
+
+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:  89.9K Code, 19.0K Data, 108.9K Total
+    Debug Version:     166.3K Code, 52.1K Data, 218.4K 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: Implemented additional compile-time validation for _HID strings. The 
+non-hex prefix (such as "PNP" or "ACPI") must be uppercase, and the length of 
+the string must be exactly seven or eight characters. For both _HID and _CID 
+strings, all characters must be alphanumeric. ACPICA BZ 874.
+
+iASL: Allow certain "null" resource descriptors. Some BIOS code creates 
+descriptors that are mostly or all zeros, with the expectation that they will 
+be filled in at runtime. iASL now allows this as long as there is a "resource 
+tag" (name) associated with the descriptor, which gives the ASL a handle 
+needed to modify the descriptor. ACPICA BZ 873.
+
+Added single-thread support to the generic Unix application OSL. Primarily 
+for iASL support, this change removes the use of semaphores in the single-
+threaded ACPICA tools/applications - increasing performance. The 
+_MULTI_THREADED option was replaced by the (reverse) ACPI_SINGLE_THREADED 
+option. ACPICA BZ 879.
+
+AcpiExec: several fixes for the 64-bit version. Adds XSDT support and support 
+for 64-bit DSDT/FACS addresses in the FADT. Lin Ming.
+
+iASL: Moved all compiler messages to a new file, aslmessages.h.
+
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 15 September 2010. Summary of changes for version 20100915:
 
 This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads