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diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt index d31e91405caa..21239371ccd8 100644 --- a/changes.txt +++ b/changes.txt @@ -1,4 +1,68 @@ ---------------------------------------- +20 June 2012. Summary of changes for version 20120620: + +This release is available at https://www.acpica.org/downloads +The ACPI 5.0 specification is available at www.acpi.info + +1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem: + +Implemented support to expand the "implicit notify" feature to allow multiple +devices to be notified by a single GPE. This feature automatically generates a +runtime device notification in the absence of a BIOS-provided GPE control +method (_Lxx/_Exx) or a host-installed handler for the GPE. Implicit notify is +provided by ACPICA for Windows compatibility, and is a workaround for BIOS AML +code errors. See the description of the AcpiSetupGpeForWake interface in the +APCICA reference. Bob Moore, Rafael Wysocki. ACPICA BZ 918. + +Changed some comments and internal function names to simplify and ensure +correctness of the Linux code translation. No functional changes. + +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. + + Previous Release: + Non-Debug Version: 93.0K Code, 25.1K Data, 118.1K Total + Debug Version: 172.7K Code, 73.6K Data, 246.3K Total + Current Release: + Non-Debug Version: 93.1K Code, 25.1K Data, 118.2K Total + Debug Version: 172.9K Code, 73.6K Data, 246.5K Total + + +2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools: + +Disassembler: Added support to emit short, commented descriptions for the ACPI +predefined names in order to improve the readability of the disassembled +output. ACPICA BZ 959. Changes include: + 1) Emit descriptions for all standard predefined names (_INI, _STA, _PRW, +etc.) + 2) Emit generic descriptions for the special names (_Exx, _Qxx, etc.) + 3) Emit descriptions for the resource descriptor names (_MIN, _LEN, etc.) + +AcpiSrc: Fixed several long-standing Linux code translation issues. Argument +descriptions in function headers are now translated properly to lower case and +underscores. ACPICA BZ 961. Also fixes translation problems such as these: +(old -> new) + i_aSL -> iASL + 00-7_f -> 00-7F + 16_k -> 16K + local_fADT -> local_FADT + execute_oSI -> execute_OSI + +iASL: Fixed a problem where null bytes were inadvertently emitted into some +listing files. + +iASL: Added the existing debug options to the standard help screen. There are +no longer two different help screens. ACPICA BZ 957. + +AcpiHelp: Fixed some typos in the various predefined name descriptions. Also +expand some of the descriptions where appropriate. + +iASL: Fixed the -ot option (display compile times/statistics). Was not working +properly for standard output; only worked for the debug file case. + +---------------------------------------- 18 May 2012. Summary of changes for version 20120518: |