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+15 September 2010. Summary of changes for version 20100915:
+
+This release is available at www.acpica.org/downloads
+
+1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
+
+Removed the AcpiOsDerivePciId OSL interface. The various host implementations 
+of this function were not OS-dependent and are now obsolete and can be 
+removed from all host OSLs. This function has been replaced by 
+AcpiHwDerivePciId, which is now part of the ACPICA core code. 
+AcpiHwDerivePciId has been implemented without recursion. Adds one new 
+module, hwpci.c. ACPICA BZ 857.
+
+Implemented a dynamic repair for _HID and _CID strings. The following 
+problems are now repaired at runtime: 1) Remove a leading asterisk in the 
+string, and 2) the entire string is uppercased. Both repairs are in 
+accordance with the ACPI specification and will simplify host driver code. 
+ACPICA BZ 871.
+
+The ACPI_THREAD_ID type is no longer configurable, internally it is now 
+always UINT64. This simplifies the ACPICA code, especially any printf output. 
+UINT64 is the only common data type for all thread_id types across all 
+operating systems. It is now up to the host OSL to cast the native thread_id 
+type to UINT64 before returning the value to ACPICA (via AcpiOsGetThreadId). 
+Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
+
+Added the ACPI_INLINE type to enhance the ACPICA configuration. The "inline" 
+keyword is not standard across compilers, and this type allows inline to be 
+configured on a per-compiler basis. Lin Ming.
+
+Made the system global AcpiGbl_SystemAwakeAndRunning publically available. 
+Added an extern for this boolean in acpixf.h. Some hosts utilize this value 
+during suspend/restore operations. ACPICA BZ 869.
+
+All code that implements error/warning messages with the "ACPI:" prefix has 
+been moved to a new module, utxferror.c.
+
+The UINT64_OVERLAY was moved to utmath.c, which is the only module where it 
+is used. ACPICA BZ 829. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
+
+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:  89.1K Code, 19.0K Data, 108.1K Total
+    Debug Version:     165.1K Code, 51.9K Data, 217.0K 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/Disassembler: Write ACPI errors to stderr instead of the output file. 
+This keeps the output files free of random error messages that may originate 
+from within the namespace/interpreter code. Used this opportunity to merge 
+all ACPI:-style messages into a single new module, utxferror.c. ACPICA BZ 
+866. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
+
+Tools: update some printfs for ansi warnings on size_t. Handle width change 
+of size_t on 32-bit versus 64-bit generations. Lin Ming.
+
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 06 August 2010. Summary of changes for version 20100806:
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem: