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diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt index d8127f24da8b..60620ce4f76b 100644 --- a/changes.txt +++ b/changes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,55 @@ ---------------------------------------- -14 December 2009. Summary of changes for version 20091214: +21 January 2010. Summary of changes for version 20100121: + +1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: + +Added the 2010 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects +virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, the iASL compiler, the +tools/utilities, and the test suites. + +Implemented a change to the AcpiGetDevices interface to eliminate unnecessary +invocations of the _STA method. In the case where a specific _HID is +requested, do not run _STA until a _HID match is found. This eliminates +potentially dozens of _STA calls during a search for a particular device/HID, +which in turn can improve boot times. ACPICA BZ 828. Lin Ming. + +Implemented an additional repair for predefined method return values. Attempt +to repair unexpected NULL elements within returned Package objects. Create an +Integer of value zero, a NULL String, or a zero-length Buffer as appropriate. +ACPICA BZ 818. Lin Ming, Bob Moore. + +Removed the obsolete ACPI_INTEGER data type. This type was introduced as the +code was migrated from ACPI 1.0 (with 32-bit AML integers) to ACPI 2.0 (with +64-bit AML integers). It is now obsolete and this change removes it from the +ACPICA code base, replaced by UINT64. The original typedef has been retained +for now for compatibility with existing device driver code. ACPICA BZ 824. + +Removed the unused UINT32_STRUCT type, and the obsolete Integer64 field in +the parse tree object. + +Added additional warning options for the gcc-4 generation. Updated the source +accordingly. This includes some code restructuring to eliminate unreachable +code, elimination of some gotos, elimination of unused return values, some +additional casting, and removal of redundant declarations. + +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. -This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads + Previous Release: + Non-Debug Version: 87.0K Code, 18.0K Data, 105.0K Total + Debug Version: 163.4K Code, 50.8K Data, 214.2K Total + Current Release: + Non-Debug Version: 87.1K Code, 18.0K Data, 105.1K Total + Debug Version: 163.5K Code, 50.9K Data, 214.4K Total + +2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools: + +No functional changes for this release. + +---------------------------------------- +14 December 2009. Summary of changes for version 20091214: 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: @@ -68,8 +116,6 @@ depend on a specific initial value for a region or field. ---------------------------------------- 12 November 2009. Summary of changes for version 20091112: -This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads - 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: Implemented a post-order callback to AcpiWalkNamespace. The existing @@ -141,8 +187,6 @@ level set very high. ---------------------------------------- 13 October 2009. Summary of changes for version 20091013: -This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads - 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: Fixed a problem where an Operation Region _REG method could be executed more @@ -1037,9 +1081,6 @@ header. 29 July 2008. Summary of changes for version 20080729: -This release is available at http://acpica.org/downloads -Direct git access via http://www.acpica.org/repos/acpica.git - 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: Fix a possible deadlock in the GPE dispatch. Remove call to @@ -1129,9 +1170,6 @@ completion message. Previously, no message was displayed in this case. ---------------------------------------- 01 July 2008. Summary of changes for version 20080701: -This release is available at http://acpica.org/downloads -Direct git access via http://www.acpica.org/repos/acpica.git - 0) Git source tree / acpica.org Fixed a problem where a git-clone from http would not transfer the entire |