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+18 October 2012. Summary of changes for version 20121018:
+
+
+1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:
+
+Updated support for the ACPI 5.0 MPST table. Fixes some problems 
+introduced by late changes to the table as it was added to the ACPI 5.0 
+specification. Includes header, disassembler, and data table compiler 
+support as well as a new version of the MPST template.
+
+AcpiGetObjectInfo: Enhanced the device object support to include the ACPI 
+5.0 _SUB method. Now calls _SUB in addition to the other PNP-related ID 
+methods: _HID, _CID, and _UID.
+
+Changed ACPI_DEVICE_ID to ACPI_PNP_DEVICE_ID. Also changed 
+ACPI_DEVICE_ID_LIST to ACPI_PNP_DEVICE_ID_LIST. These changes prevent 
+name collisions on hosts that reserve the *_DEVICE_ID (or *DeviceId) 
+names for their various drivers. Affects the AcpiGetObjectInfo external 
+interface, and other internal interfaces as well.
+
+Added and deployed a new macro for ACPI_NAME management: ACPI_MOVE_NAME. 
+This macro resolves to a simple 32-bit move of the 4-character ACPI_NAME 
+on machines that support non-aligned transfers. Optimizes for this case 
+rather than using a strncpy. With assistance from Zheng Lv.
+
+Resource Manager: Small fix for buffer size calculation. Fixed a one byte 
+error in the output buffer calculation. Feng Tang. ACPICA BZ 849.
+
+Added a new debug print message for AML mutex objects that are force-
+released. At control method termination, any currently acquired mutex 
+objects are force-released. Adds a new debug-only message for each one 
+that is released.
+
+Audited/updated all ACPICA return macros and the function debug depth 
+counter: 1) Ensure that all functions that use the various TRACE macros 
+also use the appropriate ACPICA return macros. 2) Ensure that all normal 
+return statements surround the return expression (value) with parens to 
+ensure consistency across the ACPICA code base. Guan Chao, Tang Feng, 
+Zheng Lv, Bob Moore. ACPICA Bugzilla 972.
+
+Global source code changes/maintenance: All extra lines at the start and 
+end of each source file have been removed for consistency. Also, within 
+comments, all new sentences start with a single space instead of a double 
+space, again for consistency across the code base.
+
+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:  93.7K Code, 25.3K Data, 119.0K Total
+    Debug Version:     175.0K Code, 74.4K Data, 249.4K Total
+  Current Release:
+    Non-Debug Version:  93.9K Code, 25.2K Data, 119.1K Total
+    Debug Version:     175.5K Code, 74.5K Data, 250.0K Total
+
+
+2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
+
+AcpiExec: Improved the algorithm used for memory leak/corruption 
+detection. Added some intelligence to the code that maintains the global 
+list of allocated memory. The list is now ordered by allocated memory 
+address, significantly improving performance. When running AcpiExec on 
+the ASLTS test suite, speed improvements of 3X to 5X are seen, depending 
+on the platform and/or the environment. Note, this performance 
+enhancement affects the AcpiExec utility only, not the kernel-resident 
+ACPICA code.
+
+Enhanced error reporting for invalid AML opcodes and bad ACPI_NAMEs. For 
+the disassembler, dump the 48 bytes surrounding the invalid opcode. Fix 
+incorrect table offset reported for invalid opcodes. Report the original 
+32-bit value for bad ACPI_NAMEs (as well as the repaired name.)
+
+Disassembler: Enhanced the -vt option to emit the binary table data in 
+hex format to assist with debugging.
+
+Fixed a potential filename buffer overflow in osunixdir.c. Increased the 
+size of file structure. Colin Ian King.
+
+----------------------------------------
 13 September 2012. Summary of changes for version 20120913:
 
-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:
 
 ACPI 5.0: Added two new notify types for the Hardware Error Notification 
-Structure within the Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) table -- CMCI(5) and 
+Structure within the Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) table -- CMCI(5) 
+and 
 MCE(6).
  
 Table Manager: Merged/removed duplicate code in the root table resize 
-functions. One function is external, the other is internal. Lv Zheng, ACPICA 
+functions. One function is external, the other is internal. Lv Zheng, 
+ACPICA 
 BZ 846.
 
 Makefiles: Completely removed the obsolete "Linux" makefiles under 
-acpica/generate/linux. These makefiles are obsolete and have been replaced by 
+acpica/generate/linux. These makefiles are obsolete and have been replaced 
+by 
 the generic unix makefiles under acpica/generate/unix.
 
-Makefiles: Ensure that binary files always copied properly. Minor rule change 
+Makefiles: Ensure that binary files always copied properly. Minor rule 
+change 
 to ensure that the final binary output files are always copied up to the 
 appropriate binary directory (bin32 or bin64.)
 
 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 
+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:
@@ -42,27 +127,37 @@ descriptors when a second parse is required because of the invocation of
 external control methods within the table. With assistance from 
 adq@lidskialf.net. ACPICA BZ 976.
 
-iASL: Fixed a namepath optimization problem. An error can occur if the parse 
-node that contains the namepath to be optimized does not have a parent node 
+iASL: Fixed a namepath optimization problem. An error can occur if the 
+parse 
+node that contains the namepath to be optimized does not have a parent 
+node 
 that is a named object. This change fixes the problem.
 
-iASL: Fixed a regression where the AML file is not deleted on errors. The AML 
-output file should be deleted if there are any errors during the compiler. The 
+iASL: Fixed a regression where the AML file is not deleted on errors. The 
+AML 
+output file should be deleted if there are any errors during the compiler. 
+The 
 only exception is if the -f (force output) option is used. ACPICA BZ 974.
 
-iASL: Added a feature to automatically increase internal line buffer sizes. 
+iASL: Added a feature to automatically increase internal line buffer 
+sizes. 
 Via realloc(), automatically increase the internal line buffer sizes as 
-necessary to support very long source code lines. The current version of the 
-preprocessor requires a buffer long enough to contain full source code lines. 
+necessary to support very long source code lines. The current version of 
+the 
+preprocessor requires a buffer long enough to contain full source code 
+lines. 
 This change increases the line buffer(s) if the input lines go beyond the 
-current buffer size. This eliminates errors that occurred when a source code 
+current buffer size. This eliminates errors that occurred when a source 
+code 
 line was longer than the buffer.
 
 iASL: Fixed a problem with constant folding in method declarations. The 
-SyncLevel term is a ByteConstExpr, and incorrect code would be generated if a 
+SyncLevel term is a ByteConstExpr, and incorrect code would be generated 
+if a 
 Type3 opcode was used.
 
-Debugger: Improved command help support. For incorrect argument count, display 
+Debugger: Improved command help support. For incorrect argument count, 
+display 
 full help for the command. For help command itself, allow an argument to 
 specify a command.
 
@@ -72,20 +167,24 @@ errors during execution of the suite. Guan Chao.
 ----------------------------------------
 16 August 2012. Summary of changes for version 20120816:
 
-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:
 
-Removed all use of the deprecated _GTS and _BFS predefined methods. The _GTS 
+Removed all use of the deprecated _GTS and _BFS predefined methods. The 
+_GTS 
 (Going To Sleep) and _BFS (Back From Sleep) methods are essentially 
-deprecated and will probably be removed from the ACPI specification. Windows 
-does not invoke them, and reportedly never will. The final nail in the coffin 
+deprecated and will probably be removed from the ACPI specification. 
+Windows 
+does not invoke them, and reportedly never will. The final nail in the 
+coffin 
 is that the ACPI specification states that these methods must be run with 
-interrupts off, which is not going to happen in a kernel interpreter. Note: 
+interrupts off, which is not going to happen in a kernel interpreter. 
+Note: 
 Linux has removed all use of the methods also. It was discovered that 
-invoking these functions caused failures on some machines, probably because 
-they were never tested since Windows does not call them. Affects two external 
+invoking these functions caused failures on some machines, probably 
+because 
+they were never tested since Windows does not call them. Affects two 
+external 
 interfaces, AcpiEnterSleepState and AcpiLeaveSleepStatePrep. Tang Feng. 
 ACPICA BZ 969.
 
@@ -93,20 +192,26 @@ Implemented support for complex bit-packed buffers returned from the _PLD
 (Physical Location of Device) predefined method. Adds a new external 
 interface, AcpiDecodePldBuffer that parses the buffer into a more usable C 
 structure. Note: C Bitfields cannot be used for this type of predefined 
-structure since the memory layout of individual bitfields is not defined by 
-the C language. In addition, there are endian concerns where a compiler will 
+structure since the memory layout of individual bitfields is not defined 
+by 
+the C language. In addition, there are endian concerns where a compiler 
+will 
 change the bitfield ordering based on the machine type. The new ACPICA 
 interface eliminates these issues, and should be called after _PLD is 
 executed. ACPICA BZ 954.
 
-Implemented a change to allow a scope change to root (via "Scope (\)") during 
+Implemented a change to allow a scope change to root (via "Scope (\)") 
+during 
 execution of module-level ASL code (code that is executed at table load 
 time.) Lin Ming.
 
-Added the Windows8/Server2012 string for the _OSI method. This change adds a 
-new _OSI string, "Windows 2012" for both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
+Added the Windows8/Server2012 string for the _OSI method. This change adds 
+a 
+new _OSI string, "Windows 2012" for both Windows 8 and Windows Server 
+2012.
 
-Added header support for the new ACPI tables DBG2 (Debug Port Table Type 2) 
+Added header support for the new ACPI tables DBG2 (Debug Port Table Type 
+2) 
 and CSRT (Core System Resource Table).
 
 Added struct header support for the _FDE, _GRT, _GTM, and _SRT predefined 
@@ -118,7 +223,8 @@ internal GPE functions. Tang Feng.
 
 Removed the linux makefiles from the unix packages. The generate/linux 
 makefiles are obsolete and have been removed from the unix tarball release 
-packages. The replacement makefiles are under generate/unix, and there is a 
+packages. The replacement makefiles are under generate/unix, and there is 
+a 
 top-level makefile under the main acpica directory. ACPICA BZ 967, 912.
 
 Updates for Unix makefiles:
@@ -131,7 +237,8 @@ utxface.c to improve modularity and reduce file size.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -147,7 +254,8 @@ much larger code and data size.
 iASL: Fixed a problem with constant folding for fixed-length constant 
 expressions. The constant-folding code was not being invoked for constant 
 expressions that allow the use of type 3/4/5 opcodes to generate constants 
-for expressions such as ByteConstExpr, WordConstExpr, etc. This could result 
+for expressions such as ByteConstExpr, WordConstExpr, etc. This could 
+result 
 in the generation of invalid AML bytecode. ACPICA BZ 970.
 
 iASL: Fixed a generation issue on newer versions of Bison. Newer versions 
@@ -156,7 +264,8 @@ handles these versions in order to eliminate generation warnings.
 
 Disassembler: Added support to decode the DBG2 and CSRT ACPI tables.
 
-Disassembler: Add support to decode _PLD buffers. The decoded buffer appears 
+Disassembler: Add support to decode _PLD buffers. The decoded buffer 
+appears 
 within comments in the output file.
 
 Debugger: Fixed a regression with the "Threads" command where 
@@ -165,56 +274,71 @@ AE_BAD_PARAMETER was always returned.
 ----------------------------------------
 11 July 2012. Summary of changes for version 20120711:
 
-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:
 
 Fixed a possible fault in the return package object repair code. Fixes a 
 problem that can occur when a lone package object is wrapped with an outer 
-package object in order to force conformance to the ACPI specification. Can 
-affect these predefined names: _ALR, _MLS, _PSS, _TRT, _TSS, _PRT, _HPX, _DLM, 
+package object in order to force conformance to the ACPI specification. 
+Can 
+affect these predefined names: _ALR, _MLS, _PSS, _TRT, _TSS, _PRT, _HPX, 
+_DLM, 
 _CSD, _PSD, _TSD.
 
 Removed code to disable/enable bus master arbitration (ARB_DIS bit in the 
 PM2_CNT register) in the ACPICA sleep/wake interfaces. Management of the 
-ARB_DIS bit must be implemented in the host-dependent C3 processor power state 
-support. Note, ARB_DIS is obsolete and only applies to older chipsets, both 
+ARB_DIS bit must be implemented in the host-dependent C3 processor power 
+state 
+support. Note, ARB_DIS is obsolete and only applies to older chipsets, 
+both 
 Intel and other vendors. (for Intel: ICH4-M and earlier)
 
-This change removes the code to disable/enable bus master arbitration during 
-suspend/resume. Use of the ARB_DIS bit in the optional PM2_CNT register causes 
-resume problems on some machines. The change has been in use for over seven 
+This change removes the code to disable/enable bus master arbitration 
+during 
+suspend/resume. Use of the ARB_DIS bit in the optional PM2_CNT register 
+causes 
+resume problems on some machines. The change has been in use for over 
+seven 
 years within Linux.
 
-Implemented two new external interfaces to support host-directed dynamic ACPI 
-table load and unload. They are intended to simplify the host implementation 
+Implemented two new external interfaces to support host-directed dynamic 
+ACPI 
+table load and unload. They are intended to simplify the host 
+implementation 
 of hot-plug support:
   AcpiLoadTable: Load an SSDT from a buffer into the namespace.
-  AcpiUnloadParentTable: Unload an SSDT via a named object owned by the table.
+  AcpiUnloadParentTable: Unload an SSDT via a named object owned by the 
+table.
 See the ACPICA reference for additional details. Adds one new file, 
 components/tables/tbxfload.c
 
-Implemented and deployed two new interfaces for errors and warnings that are 
+Implemented and deployed two new interfaces for errors and warnings that 
+are 
 known to be caused by BIOS/firmware issues:
   AcpiBiosError: Prints "ACPI Firmware Error" message.
   AcpiBiosWarning: Prints "ACPI Firmware Warning" message.
-Deployed these new interfaces in the ACPICA Table Manager code for ACPI table 
-and FADT errors. Additional deployment to be completed as appropriate in the 
+Deployed these new interfaces in the ACPICA Table Manager code for ACPI 
+table 
+and FADT errors. Additional deployment to be completed as appropriate in 
+the 
 future. The associated conditional macros are ACPI_BIOS_ERROR and 
-ACPI_BIOS_WARNING. See the ACPICA reference for additional details. ACPICA BZ 
+ACPI_BIOS_WARNING. See the ACPICA reference for additional details. ACPICA 
+BZ 
 843.
 
 Implicit notify support: ensure that no memory allocation occurs within a 
-critical region. This fix moves a memory allocation outside of the time that a 
+critical region. This fix moves a memory allocation outside of the time 
+that a 
 spinlock is held. Fixes issues on systems that do not allow this behavior. 
 Jung-uk Kim.
 
-Split exception code utilities and tables into a new file, utilities/utexcep.c
+Split exception code utilities and tables into a new file, 
+utilities/utexcep.c
 
 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 
+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:
@@ -227,41 +351,50 @@ larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Fixed a parser problem for hosts where EOF is defined as -1 instead of 
+iASL: Fixed a parser problem for hosts where EOF is defined as -1 instead 
+of 
 0. Jung-uk Kim.
 
-Debugger: Enhanced the "tables" command to emit additional information about 
+Debugger: Enhanced the "tables" command to emit additional information 
+about 
 the current set of ACPI tables, including the owner ID and flags decode.
 
 Debugger: Reimplemented the "unload" command to use the new 
-AcpiUnloadParentTable external interface. This command was disable previously 
+AcpiUnloadParentTable external interface. This command was disable 
+previously 
 due to need for an unload interface.
 
-AcpiHelp: Added a new option to decode ACPICA exception codes. The -e option 
+AcpiHelp: Added a new option to decode ACPICA exception codes. The -e 
+option 
 will decode 16-bit hex status codes (ACPI_STATUS) to name strings.
 
 ----------------------------------------
 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 
+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 
+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 
+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:
@@ -274,16 +407,21 @@ larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Disassembler: Added support to emit short, commented descriptions for the ACPI 
+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, 
+  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.)
+  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 
+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
@@ -292,16 +430,20 @@ underscores. ACPICA BZ 961. Also fixes translation problems such as these:
   local_fADT -> local_FADT
   execute_oSI -> execute_OSI
 
-iASL: Fixed a problem where null bytes were inadvertently emitted into some 
+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 
+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 
+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 
+iASL: Fixed the -ot option (display compile times/statistics). Was not 
+working 
 properly for standard output; only worked for the debug file case.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -310,21 +452,29 @@ properly for standard output; only worked for the debug file case.
 
 1) ACPICA Core Subsystem:
 
-Added a new OSL interface, AcpiOsWaitEventsComplete. This interface is defined 
-to block until asynchronous events such as notifies and GPEs have completed. 
+Added a new OSL interface, AcpiOsWaitEventsComplete. This interface is 
+defined 
+to block until asynchronous events such as notifies and GPEs have 
+completed. 
 Within ACPICA, it is only called before a notify or GPE handler is 
 removed/uninstalled. It also may be useful for the host OS within related 
-drivers such as the Embedded Controller driver. See the ACPICA reference for 
+drivers such as the Embedded Controller driver. See the ACPICA reference 
+for 
 additional information. ACPICA BZ 868.
 
-ACPI Tables: Added a new error message for a possible overflow failure during 
-the conversion of FADT 32-bit legacy register addresses to internal common 64-
-bit GAS structure representation. The GAS has a one-byte "bit length" field, 
+ACPI Tables: Added a new error message for a possible overflow failure 
+during 
+the conversion of FADT 32-bit legacy register addresses to internal common 
+64-
+bit GAS structure representation. The GAS has a one-byte "bit length" 
+field, 
 thus limiting the register length to 255 bits. ACPICA BZ 953.
 
 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 
+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:
@@ -337,34 +487,44 @@ larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Added the ACPI 5.0 "PCC" keyword for use in the Register() ASL macro. 
+iASL: Added the ACPI 5.0 "PCC" keyword for use in the Register() ASL 
+macro. 
 This keyword was added late in the ACPI 5.0 release cycle and was not 
 implemented until now.
 
 Disassembler: Added support for Operation Region externals. Adds missing 
 support for operation regions that are defined in another table, and 
-referenced locally via a Field or BankField ASL operator. Now generates the 
+referenced locally via a Field or BankField ASL operator. Now generates 
+the 
 correct External statement.
 
-Disassembler: Several additional fixes for the External() statement generation 
+Disassembler: Several additional fixes for the External() statement 
+generation 
 related to some ASL operators. Also, order the External() statements 
-alphabetically in the disassembler output. Fixes the External() generation for 
+alphabetically in the disassembler output. Fixes the External() generation 
+for 
 the Create* field, Alias, and Scope operators:
- 1) Create* buffer field operators - fix type mismatch warning on disassembly
+ 1) Create* buffer field operators - fix type mismatch warning on 
+disassembly
  2) Alias - implement missing External support
  3) Scope - fix to make sure all necessary externals are emitted.
 
-iASL: Improved pathname support. For include files, merge the prefix pathname 
+iASL: Improved pathname support. For include files, merge the prefix 
+pathname 
 with the file pathname and eliminate unnecessary components. Convert 
-backslashes in all pathnames to forward slashes, for readability. Include file 
+backslashes in all pathnames to forward slashes, for readability. Include 
+file 
 pathname changes affect both #include and Include() type operators.
 
-iASL/DTC/Preprocessor: Gracefully handle early EOF. Handle an EOF at the end 
-of a valid line by inserting a newline and then returning the EOF during the 
+iASL/DTC/Preprocessor: Gracefully handle early EOF. Handle an EOF at the 
+end 
+of a valid line by inserting a newline and then returning the EOF during 
+the 
 next call to GetNextLine. Prevents the line from being ignored due to EOF 
 condition.
 
-iASL: Implemented some changes to enhance the IDE support (-vi option.) Error 
+iASL: Implemented some changes to enhance the IDE support (-vi option.) 
+Error 
 and Warning messages are now correctly recognized for both the source code 
 browser and the global error and warning counts.
 
@@ -374,13 +534,17 @@ browser and the global error and warning counts.
 
 1) ACPICA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented support for multiple notify handlers. This change adds support to 
-allow multiple system and device notify handlers on Device, Thermal Zone, and 
-Processor objects. This can simplify the host OS notification implementation. 
+Implemented support for multiple notify handlers. This change adds support 
+to 
+allow multiple system and device notify handlers on Device, Thermal Zone, 
+and 
+Processor objects. This can simplify the host OS notification 
+implementation. 
 Also re-worked and restructured the entire notify support code to simplify 
 handler installation, handler removal, notify event queuing, and notify 
 dispatch to handler(s). Note: there can still only be two global notify 
-handlers - one for system notifies and one for device notifies. There are no 
+handlers - one for system notifies and one for device notifies. There are 
+no 
 changes to the existing handler install/remove interfaces. Lin Ming, Bob 
 Moore, Rafael Wysocki.
 
@@ -388,12 +552,14 @@ Fixed a regression in the package repair code where the object reference
 count was calculated incorrectly. Regression was introduced in the commit 
 "Support to add Package wrappers".
 
-Fixed a couple possible memory leaks in the AML parser, in the error recovery 
+Fixed a couple possible memory leaks in the AML parser, in the error 
+recovery 
 path. Jesper Juhl, Lin Ming.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -406,17 +572,22 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Fixed a problem with the resource descriptor support where the length 
+iASL: Fixed a problem with the resource descriptor support where the 
+length 
 of the StartDependentFn and StartDependentFnNoPrio descriptors were not 
-included in cumulative descriptor offset, resulting in incorrect values for 
-resource tags within resource descriptors appearing after a StartDependent* 
+included in cumulative descriptor offset, resulting in incorrect values 
+for 
+resource tags within resource descriptors appearing after a 
+StartDependent* 
 descriptor. Reported by Petr Vandrovec. ACPICA BZ 949.
 
 iASL and Preprocessor: Implemented full support for the #line directive to 
-correctly track original source file line numbers through the .i preprocessor 
+correctly track original source file line numbers through the .i 
+preprocessor 
 output file - for error and warning messages.
 
-iASL: Expand the allowable byte constants for address space IDs. Previously, 
+iASL: Expand the allowable byte constants for address space IDs. 
+Previously, 
 the allowable range was 0x80-0xFF (user-defined spaces), now the range is 
 0x0A-0xFF to allow for custom and new IDs without changing the compiler.
 
@@ -427,7 +598,8 @@ iASL: Add option to completely disable the preprocessor (-Pn).
 iASL: Now emit all error/warning messages to standard error (stderr) by 
 default (instead of the previous stdout).
 
-ASL Test Suite (ASLTS): Reduce iASL warnings due to use of Switch(). Update 
+ASL Test Suite (ASLTS): Reduce iASL warnings due to use of Switch(). 
+Update 
 for resource descriptor offset fix above. Update/cleanup error output 
 routines. Enable and send iASL errors/warnings to an error logfile 
 (error.txt). Send all other iASL output to a logfile (compiler.txt). Fixed 
@@ -443,42 +615,60 @@ Enhanced the sleep/wake interfaces to optionally execute the _GTS method
 (Going To Sleep) and the _BFS method (Back From Sleep). Windows apparently 
 does not execute these methods, and therefore these methods are often 
 untested. It has been seen on some systems where the execution of these 
-methods causes errors and also prevents the machine from entering S5. It is 
-therefore suggested that host operating systems do not execute these methods 
-by default. In the future, perhaps these methods can be optionally executed 
-based on the age of the system and/or what is the newest version of Windows 
-that the BIOS asks for via _OSI. Changed interfaces: AcpiEnterSleepState and 
+methods causes errors and also prevents the machine from entering S5. It 
+is 
+therefore suggested that host operating systems do not execute these 
+methods 
+by default. In the future, perhaps these methods can be optionally 
+executed 
+based on the age of the system and/or what is the newest version of 
+Windows 
+that the BIOS asks for via _OSI. Changed interfaces: AcpiEnterSleepState 
+and 
 AcpileaveSleepStatePrep. See the ACPICA reference and Linux BZ 13041. Lin 
 Ming.
 
-Fixed a problem where the length of the local/common FADT was set too early. 
+Fixed a problem where the length of the local/common FADT was set too 
+early. 
 The local FADT table length cannot be set to the common length until the 
-original length has been examined. There is code that checks the table length 
+original length has been examined. There is code that checks the table 
+length 
 and sets various fields appropriately. This can affect older machines with 
 early FADT versions. For example, this can cause inadvertent writes to the 
 CST_CNT register. Julian Anastasov.
 
-Fixed a mapping issue related to a physical table override. Use the deferred 
-mapping mechanism for tables loaded via the physical override OSL interface. 
-This allows for early mapping before the virtual memory manager is available. 
+Fixed a mapping issue related to a physical table override. Use the 
+deferred 
+mapping mechanism for tables loaded via the physical override OSL 
+interface. 
+This allows for early mapping before the virtual memory manager is 
+available. 
 Thomas Renninger, Bob Moore.
 
-Enhanced the automatic return-object repair code: Repair a common problem with 
+Enhanced the automatic return-object repair code: Repair a common problem 
+with 
 predefined methods that are defined to return a variable-length Package of 
-sub-objects. If there is only one sub-object, some BIOS ASL code mistakenly 
+sub-objects. If there is only one sub-object, some BIOS ASL code 
+mistakenly 
 simply returns the single object instead of a Package with one sub-object. 
-This new support will repair this error by wrapping a Package object around 
-the original object, creating the correct and expected Package with one sub-
-object. Names that can be repaired in this manner include: _ALR, _CSD, _HPX, 
-_MLS, _PLD, _PRT, _PSS, _TRT, _TSS, _BCL, _DOD, _FIX, and _Sx. ACPICA BZ 939.
+This new support will repair this error by wrapping a Package object 
+around 
+the original object, creating the correct and expected Package with one 
+sub-
+object. Names that can be repaired in this manner include: _ALR, _CSD, 
+_HPX, 
+_MLS, _PLD, _PRT, _PSS, _TRT, _TSS, _BCL, _DOD, _FIX, and _Sx. ACPICA BZ 
+939.
 
 Changed the exception code returned for invalid ACPI paths passed as 
 parameters to external interfaces such as AcpiEvaluateObject. Was 
 AE_BAD_PARAMETER, now is the more sensible AE_BAD_PATHNAME.
 
 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 
+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:
@@ -491,11 +681,15 @@ larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Added the infrastructure and initial implementation of a integrated C-
-like preprocessor. This will simplify BIOS development process by eliminating 
-the need for a separate preprocessing step during builds. On Windows, it also 
+iASL: Added the infrastructure and initial implementation of a integrated 
+C-
+like preprocessor. This will simplify BIOS development process by 
+eliminating 
+the need for a separate preprocessing step during builds. On Windows, it 
+also 
 eliminates the need to install a separate C compiler. ACPICA BZ 761. Some 
-features including full #define() macro support are still under development. 
+features including full #define() macro support are still under 
+development. 
 These preprocessor directives are supported:
     #define
     #elif
@@ -514,11 +708,14 @@ In addition, these new command line options are supported:
     -li         Create preprocessed output file (*.i)
     -P          Preprocess only and create preprocessor output file (*.i)
 
-Table Compiler: Fixed a problem where the equals operator within an expression 
+Table Compiler: Fixed a problem where the equals operator within an 
+expression 
 did not work properly.
 
-Updated iASL to use the current versions of Bison/Flex. Updated the Windows 
-project file to invoke these tools from the standard location. ACPICA BZ 904. 
+Updated iASL to use the current versions of Bison/Flex. Updated the 
+Windows 
+project file to invoke these tools from the standard location. ACPICA BZ 
+904. 
 Versions supported:
     Flex for Windows:  V2.5.4
     Bison for Windows: V2.4.1
@@ -534,25 +731,33 @@ described below (a - e).
 
 a) The AcpiLeaveSleepState has been split into two interfaces, similar to 
 AcpiEnterSleepStatePrep and AcpiEnterSleepState. The new interface is 
-AcpiLeaveSleepStatePrep. This allows the host to perform actions between the 
-time the _BFS method is called and the _WAK method is called. NOTE: all hosts 
-must update their wake/resume code or else sleep/wake will not work properly. 
+AcpiLeaveSleepStatePrep. This allows the host to perform actions between 
+the 
+time the _BFS method is called and the _WAK method is called. NOTE: all 
+hosts 
+must update their wake/resume code or else sleep/wake will not work 
+properly. 
 Rafael Wysocki.
 
-b) In AcpiLeaveSleepState, now enable all runtime GPEs before calling the _WAK 
-method. Some machines require that the GPEs are enabled before the _WAK method 
+b) In AcpiLeaveSleepState, now enable all runtime GPEs before calling the 
+_WAK 
+method. Some machines require that the GPEs are enabled before the _WAK 
+method 
 is executed. Thomas Renninger.
 
 c) In AcpiLeaveSleepState, now always clear the WAK_STS (wake status) bit. 
-Some BIOS code assumes that WAK_STS will be cleared on resume and use it to 
+Some BIOS code assumes that WAK_STS will be cleared on resume and use it 
+to 
 determine whether the system is rebooting or resuming. Matthew Garrett.
 
-d) Move the invocations of _GTS (Going To Sleep) and _BFS (Back From Sleep) to 
+d) Move the invocations of _GTS (Going To Sleep) and _BFS (Back From 
+Sleep) to 
 match the ACPI specification requirement. Rafael Wysocki.
 
 e) Implemented full support for the ACPI 5.0 SleepStatus and SleepControl 
 registers within the V5 FADT. This support adds two new files: 
-hardware/hwesleep.c implements the support for the new registers. Moved all 
+hardware/hwesleep.c implements the support for the new registers. Moved 
+all 
 sleep/wake external interfaces to hardware/hwxfsleep.c.
 
 
@@ -560,17 +765,22 @@ Added a new OSL interface for ACPI table overrides,
 AcpiOsPhysicalTableOverride. This interface allows the host to override a 
 table via a physical address, instead of the logical address required by 
 AcpiOsTableOverride. This simplifies the host implementation. Initial 
-implementation by Thomas Renninger. The ACPICA implementation creates a single 
+implementation by Thomas Renninger. The ACPICA implementation creates a 
+single 
 shared function for table overrides that attempts both a logical and a 
 physical override.
 
 Expanded the OSL memory read/write interfaces to 64-bit data 
 (AcpiOsReadMemory, AcpiOsWriteMemory.) This enables full 64-bit memory 
-transfer support for GAS register structures passed to AcpiRead and AcpiWrite.
-
-Implemented the ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE option to allow the creation of a custom 
-build of ACPICA that supports only the ACPI 5.0 reduced hardware (SoC) model. 
-See the ACPICA reference for details. ACPICA BZ 942. This option removes about 
+transfer support for GAS register structures passed to AcpiRead and 
+AcpiWrite.
+
+Implemented the ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE option to allow the creation of a 
+custom 
+build of ACPICA that supports only the ACPI 5.0 reduced hardware (SoC) 
+model. 
+See the ACPICA reference for details. ACPICA BZ 942. This option removes 
+about 
 10% of the code and 5% of the static data, and the following hardware ACPI 
 features become unavailable:
     PM Event and Control registers
@@ -581,19 +791,24 @@ features become unavailable:
     ACPI PM timer
     FACS table (Waking vectors and Global Lock)
 
-Updated the unix tarball directory structure to match the ACPICA git source 
+Updated the unix tarball directory structure to match the ACPICA git 
+source 
 tree. This ensures that the generic unix makefiles work properly (in 
 generate/unix).  Also updated the Linux makefiles to match. ACPICA BZ 867.
 
-Updated the return value of the _REV predefined method to integer value 5 to 
+Updated the return value of the _REV predefined method to integer value 5 
+to 
 reflect ACPI 5.0 support.
 
-Moved the external ACPI PM timer interface prototypes to the public acpixf.h 
+Moved the external ACPI PM timer interface prototypes to the public 
+acpixf.h 
 file where they belong.
 
 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 
+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:
@@ -619,26 +834,36 @@ specification.
 
 1) ACPICA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented a new mechanism to allow host device drivers to check for address 
-range conflicts with ACPI Operation Regions. Both SystemMemory and SystemIO 
-address spaces are supported. A new external interface, AcpiCheckAddressRange, 
-allows drivers to check an address range against the ACPI namespace. See the 
+Implemented a new mechanism to allow host device drivers to check for 
+address 
+range conflicts with ACPI Operation Regions. Both SystemMemory and 
+SystemIO 
+address spaces are supported. A new external interface, 
+AcpiCheckAddressRange, 
+allows drivers to check an address range against the ACPI namespace. See 
+the 
 ACPICA reference for additional details. Adds one new file, 
 utilities/utaddress.c. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
-Fixed several issues with the ACPI 5.0 FADT support: Add the sleep Control and 
+Fixed several issues with the ACPI 5.0 FADT support: Add the sleep Control 
+and 
 Status registers, update the ACPI 5.0 flags, and update internal data 
-structures to handle an FADT larger than 256 bytes. The size of the ACPI 5.0 
+structures to handle an FADT larger than 256 bytes. The size of the ACPI 
+5.0 
 FADT is 268 bytes.
 
-Updated all ACPICA copyrights and signons to 2012. Added the 2012 copyright to 
+Updated all ACPICA copyrights and signons to 2012. Added the 2012 
+copyright to 
 all module headers and signons, including the standard Linux header. This 
-affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, and 
+affects virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, 
+and 
 all ACPICA utilities.
 
 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 
+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:
@@ -653,13 +878,18 @@ larger code and data size.
 
 Disassembler: fixed a problem with the automatic resource tag generation 
 support. Fixes a problem where the resource tags are inadvertently not 
-constructed if the table being disassembled contains external references to 
-control methods. Moved the actual construction of the tags to after the final 
-namespace is constructed (after 2nd parse is invoked due to external control 
+constructed if the table being disassembled contains external references 
+to 
+control methods. Moved the actual construction of the tags to after the 
+final 
+namespace is constructed (after 2nd parse is invoked due to external 
+control 
 method references.) ACPICA BZ 941.
 
-Table Compiler: Make all "generic" operators caseless. These are the operators 
-like UINT8, String, etc. Making these caseless improves ease-of-use. ACPICA BZ 
+Table Compiler: Make all "generic" operators caseless. These are the 
+operators 
+like UINT8, String, etc. Making these caseless improves ease-of-use. 
+ACPICA BZ 
 934.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -674,8 +904,10 @@ Reduced Hardware Support:
 -------------------------
 
 This support allows for ACPI systems without the usual ACPI hardware. This 
-support is enabled by a flag in the revision 5 FADT. If it is set, ACPICA will 
-not attempt to initialize or use any of the usual ACPI hardware. Note, when 
+support is enabled by a flag in the revision 5 FADT. If it is set, ACPICA 
+will 
+not attempt to initialize or use any of the usual ACPI hardware. Note, 
+when 
 this flag is set, all of the following ACPI hardware is assumed to be not 
 present and is not initialized or accessed:
 
@@ -707,7 +939,8 @@ Operation Regions/SpaceIDs:
 ---------------------------
 
 All new operation regions are fully supported by the iASL compiler, the 
-disassembler, and the ACPICA runtime code (for dispatch to region handlers.) 
+disassembler, and the ACPICA runtime code (for dispatch to region 
+handlers.) 
 The new operation region Space IDs are:
 
     GeneralPurposeIo
@@ -716,8 +949,10 @@ The new operation region Space IDs are:
 Resource Descriptors:
 ---------------------
 
-All new ASL resource descriptors are fully supported by the iASL compiler, the 
-ASL/AML disassembler, and the ACPICA runtime Resource Manager code (including 
+All new ASL resource descriptors are fully supported by the iASL compiler, 
+the 
+ASL/AML disassembler, and the ACPICA runtime Resource Manager code 
+(including 
 all new predefined resource tags). New descriptors are:
 
     FixedDma
@@ -730,9 +965,11 @@ all new predefined resource tags). New descriptors are:
 ASL/AML Operators, New and Modified:
 ------------------------------------
 
-One new operator is added, the Connection operator, which is used to associate 
+One new operator is added, the Connection operator, which is used to 
+associate 
 a GeneralPurposeIo or GenericSerialBus resource descriptor with individual 
-field objects within an operation region. Several new protocols are associated 
+field objects within an operation region. Several new protocols are 
+associated 
 with the AccessAs operator. All are fully supported by the iASL compiler, 
 disassembler, and runtime ACPICA AML interpreter:
 
@@ -740,13 +977,16 @@ disassembler, and runtime ACPICA AML interpreter:
     AccessAs: AttribBytes (n)           // Read/Write N-Bytes Protocol
     AccessAs: AttribRawBytes (n)        // Raw Read/Write N-Bytes Protocol
     AccessAs: AttribRawProcessBytes (n) // Raw Process Call Protocol
-    RawDataBuffer                       // Data type for Vendor Data fields
+    RawDataBuffer                       // Data type for Vendor Data 
+fields
 
 Predefined ASL/AML Objects:
 ---------------------------
 
-All new predefined objects/control-methods are supported by the iASL compiler 
-and the ACPICA runtime validation/repair (arguments and return values.) New 
+All new predefined objects/control-methods are supported by the iASL 
+compiler 
+and the ACPICA runtime validation/repair (arguments and return values.) 
+New 
 predefined names include the following:
 
 Standard Predefined Names (Objects or Control Methods):
@@ -767,25 +1007,33 @@ ACPICA External Interfaces:
 Several new interfaces have been defined for use by ACPI-related device 
 drivers and other host OS services:
 
-AcpiAcquireMutex and AcpiReleaseMutex: These interfaces allow the host OS to 
+AcpiAcquireMutex and AcpiReleaseMutex: These interfaces allow the host OS 
+to 
 acquire and release AML mutexes that are defined in the DSDT/SSDT tables 
 provided by the BIOS. They are intended to be used in conjunction with the 
 ACPI 5.0 _DLM (Device Lock Method) in order to provide transaction-level 
 mutual exclusion with the AML code/interpreter.
 
-AcpiGetEventResources: Returns the (formatted) resource descriptors as defined 
-by the ACPI 5.0 _AEI object (ACPI Event Information).  This object provides 
-resource descriptors associated with hardware-reduced platform events, similar 
+AcpiGetEventResources: Returns the (formatted) resource descriptors as 
+defined 
+by the ACPI 5.0 _AEI object (ACPI Event Information).  This object 
+provides 
+resource descriptors associated with hardware-reduced platform events, 
+similar 
 to the AcpiGetCurrentResources interface.
 
 Operation Region Handlers: For General Purpose IO and Generic Serial Bus 
-operation regions, information about the Connection() object and any optional 
+operation regions, information about the Connection() object and any 
+optional 
 length information is passed to the region handler within the Context 
 parameter.
 
-AcpiBufferToResource: This interface converts a raw AML buffer containing a 
-resource template or resource descriptor to the ACPI_RESOURCE internal format 
-suitable for use by device drivers. Can be used by an operation region handler 
+AcpiBufferToResource: This interface converts a raw AML buffer containing 
+a 
+resource template or resource descriptor to the ACPI_RESOURCE internal 
+format 
+suitable for use by device drivers. Can be used by an operation region 
+handler 
 to convert the Connection() buffer object into a ACPI_RESOURCE.
 
 Miscellaneous/Tools/TestSuites: 
@@ -799,7 +1047,8 @@ Fully updated documentation (ACPICA and iASL reference documents.)
 ACPI Table Definition Language:
 -------------------------------
 
-Support for this language was implemented and released as a subsystem of the 
+Support for this language was implemented and released as a subsystem of 
+the 
 iASL compiler in 2010. (See the iASL compiler User Guide.)
 
 
@@ -808,11 +1057,14 @@ Non-ACPI 5.0 changes for this release:
 
 1) ACPICA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fix a problem with operation region declarations where a failure can occur if 
+Fix a problem with operation region declarations where a failure can occur 
+if 
 the region name and an argument that evaluates to an object (such as the 
-region address) are in different namespace scopes. Lin Ming, ACPICA BZ 937.
+region address) are in different namespace scopes. Lin Ming, ACPICA BZ 
+937.
 
-Do not abort an ACPI table load if an invalid space ID is found within. This 
+Do not abort an ACPI table load if an invalid space ID is found within. 
+This 
 will be caught later if the offending method is executed. ACPICA BZ 925.
 
 Fixed an issue with the FFixedHW space ID where the ID was not always 
@@ -821,15 +1073,18 @@ recognized properly (Both ACPICA and iASL). ACPICA BZ 926.
 Fixed a problem with the 32-bit generation of the unix-specific OSL 
 (osunixxf.c). Lin Ming, ACPICA BZ 936.
 
-Several changes made to enable generation with the GCC 4.6 compiler. ACPICA BZ 
+Several changes made to enable generation with the GCC 4.6 compiler. 
+ACPICA BZ 
 935.
 
-New error messages: Unsupported I/O requests (not 8/16/32 bit), and Index/Bank 
+New error messages: Unsupported I/O requests (not 8/16/32 bit), and 
+Index/Bank 
 field registers out-of-range.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Implemented the __PATH__ operator, which returns the full pathname of 
+iASL: Implemented the __PATH__ operator, which returns the full pathname 
+of 
 the current source file.
 
 AcpiHelp: Automatically display expanded keyword information for all ASL 
@@ -841,24 +1096,29 @@ buffers.
 Added a new master script to generate and execute the ASLTS test suite. 
 Automatically handles 32- and 64-bit generation. See tests/aslts.sh
 
-iASL: Fix problem with listing generation during processing of the Switch() 
+iASL: Fix problem with listing generation during processing of the 
+Switch() 
 operator where AML listing was disabled until the entire Switch block was 
 completed.
 
 iASL: Improve support for semicolon statement terminators. Fix "invalid 
-character" message for some cases when the semicolon is used. Semicolons are 
+character" message for some cases when the semicolon is used. Semicolons 
+are 
 now allowed after every <Term> grammar element. ACPICA BZ 927.
 
-iASL: Fixed some possible aliasing warnings during generation. ACPICA BZ 923.
+iASL: Fixed some possible aliasing warnings during generation. ACPICA BZ 
+923.
 
 Disassembler: Fix problem with disassembly of the DataTableRegion operator 
-where an inadvertent "Unhandled deferred opcode" message could be generated.
+where an inadvertent "Unhandled deferred opcode" message could be 
+generated.
 
 3) 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 
+includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and 
+data 
 size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -873,7 +1133,8 @@ size.
 
 0) ACPI 5.0 News:
 
-Support for ACPI 5.0 in ACPICA has been underway for several months and will 
+Support for ACPI 5.0 in ACPICA has been underway for several months and 
+will 
 be released at the same time that ACPI 5.0 is officially released.
 
 The ACPI 5.0 specification is on track for release in the next few months.
@@ -885,41 +1146,54 @@ intended to be limited to two seconds, but was inadvertently limited to 20
 seconds instead.
 
 Linux and Unix makefiles: Added header file dependencies to ensure correct 
-generation of ACPICA core code and utilities. Also simplified the makefiles 
-considerably through the use of the vpath variable to specify search paths. 
+generation of ACPICA core code and utilities. Also simplified the 
+makefiles 
+considerably through the use of the vpath variable to specify search 
+paths. 
 ACPICA BZ 924.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Implemented support to check the access length for all fields created to 
-access named Resource Descriptor fields. For example, if a resource field is 
+iASL: Implemented support to check the access length for all fields 
+created to 
+access named Resource Descriptor fields. For example, if a resource field 
+is 
 defined to be two bits, a warning is issued if a CreateXxxxField() is used 
 with an incorrect bit length. This is implemented for all current resource 
 descriptor names. ACPICA BZ 930.
   
-Disassembler: Fixed a byte ordering problem with the output of 24-bit and 56-
+Disassembler: Fixed a byte ordering problem with the output of 24-bit and 
+56-
 bit integers.
 
 iASL: Fixed a couple of issues associated with variable-length package 
-objects. 1) properly handle constants like One, Ones, Zero -- do not make a 
-VAR_PACKAGE when these are used as a package length. 2) Allow the VAR_PACKAGE 
-opcode (in addition to PACKAGE) when validating object types for predefined 
+objects. 1) properly handle constants like One, Ones, Zero -- do not make 
+a 
+VAR_PACKAGE when these are used as a package length. 2) Allow the 
+VAR_PACKAGE 
+opcode (in addition to PACKAGE) when validating object types for 
+predefined 
 names.
 
-iASL: Emit statistics for all output files (instead of just the ASL input and 
+iASL: Emit statistics for all output files (instead of just the ASL input 
+and 
 AML output). Includes listings, hex files, etc.
 
-iASL: Added -G option to the table compiler to allow the compilation of custom 
-ACPI tables. The only part of a table that is required is the standard 36-byte 
+iASL: Added -G option to the table compiler to allow the compilation of 
+custom 
+ACPI tables. The only part of a table that is required is the standard 36-
+byte 
 ACPI header.
 
-AcpiXtract: Ported to the standard ACPICA environment (with ACPICA headers), 
+AcpiXtract: Ported to the standard ACPICA environment (with ACPICA 
+headers), 
 which also adds correct 64-bit support. Also, now all output filenames are 
 completely lower case.
 
 AcpiExec: Ignore any non-AML tables (tables other than DSDT or SSDT) when 
 loading table files. A warning is issued for any such tables. The only 
-exception is an FADT. This also fixes a possible fault when attempting to load 
+exception is an FADT. This also fixes a possible fault when attempting to 
+load 
 non-AML tables. ACPICA BZ 932.
 
 AcpiHelp: Added the AccessAs and Offset operators. Fixed a problem where a 
@@ -932,7 +1206,8 @@ statistics.
 
 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 
+includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and 
+data 
 size.
 
   Previous Release (VC 9.0):
@@ -948,20 +1223,29 @@ size.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Updated the predefined name repair mechanism to not attempt repair of a _TSS 
-return object if a _PSS object is present. We can only sort the _TSS return 
-package if there is no _PSS within the same scope. This is because if _PSS is 
-present, the ACPI specification dictates that the _TSS Power Dissipation field 
-is to be ignored, and therefore some BIOSs leave garbage values in the _TSS 
-Power field(s). In this case, it is best to just return the _TSS package as-
+Updated the predefined name repair mechanism to not attempt repair of a 
+_TSS 
+return object if a _PSS object is present. We can only sort the _TSS 
+return 
+package if there is no _PSS within the same scope. This is because if _PSS 
+is 
+present, the ACPI specification dictates that the _TSS Power Dissipation 
+field 
+is to be ignored, and therefore some BIOSs leave garbage values in the 
+_TSS 
+Power field(s). In this case, it is best to just return the _TSS package 
+as-
 is. Reported by, and fixed with assistance from Fenghua Yu.
 
-Added an option to globally disable the control method return value validation 
-and repair. This runtime option can be used to disable return value repair if 
+Added an option to globally disable the control method return value 
+validation 
+and repair. This runtime option can be used to disable return value repair 
+if 
 this is causing a problem on a particular machine. Also added an option to 
 AcpiExec (-dr) to set this disable flag.
 
-All makefiles and project files: Major changes to improve generation of ACPICA 
+All makefiles and project files: Major changes to improve generation of 
+ACPICA 
 tools. ACPICA BZ 912:
     Reduce default optimization levels to improve compatibility
     For Linux, add strict-aliasing=0 for gcc 4
@@ -969,13 +1253,17 @@ tools. ACPICA BZ 912:
     Cleanup multithread library support
     Improve usage messages
 
-Linux-specific header: update handling of THREAD_ID and pthread. For the 32-
-bit case, improve casting to eliminate possible warnings, especially with the 
+Linux-specific header: update handling of THREAD_ID and pthread. For the 
+32-
+bit case, improve casting to eliminate possible warnings, especially with 
+the 
 acpica tools.
 
 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 
+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 (VC 9.0):
@@ -987,27 +1275,35 @@ larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-With this release, a new utility named "acpihelp" has been added to the ACPICA 
-package. This utility summarizes the ACPI specification chapters for the ASL 
+With this release, a new utility named "acpihelp" has been added to the 
+ACPICA 
+package. This utility summarizes the ACPI specification chapters for the 
+ASL 
 and AML languages. It generates under Linux/Unix as well as Windows, and 
 provides the following functionality:
     Find/display ASL operator(s) -- with description and syntax.
     Find/display ASL keyword(s) -- with exact spelling and descriptions.
     Find/display ACPI predefined name(s) -- with description, number
         of arguments, and the return value data type.
-    Find/display AML opcode name(s) -- with opcode, arguments, and grammar.
+    Find/display AML opcode name(s) -- with opcode, arguments, and 
+grammar.
     Decode/display AML opcode -- with opcode name, arguments, and grammar.
 
-Service Layers: Make multi-thread support configurable. Conditionally compile 
-the multi-thread support so that threading libraries will not be linked if not 
+Service Layers: Make multi-thread support configurable. Conditionally 
+compile 
+the multi-thread support so that threading libraries will not be linked if 
+not 
 necessary. The only tool that requires multi-thread support is AcpiExec.
 
-iASL: Update yyerrror/AslCompilerError for "const" errors. Newer versions of 
+iASL: Update yyerrror/AslCompilerError for "const" errors. Newer versions 
+of 
 Bison appear to want the interface to yyerror to be a const char * (or at 
-least this is a problem when generating iASL on some systems.) ACPICA BZ 923 
+least this is a problem when generating iASL on some systems.) ACPICA BZ 
+923 
 Pierre Lejeune.
 
-Tools: Fix for systems where O_BINARY is not defined. Only used for Windows 
+Tools: Fix for systems where O_BINARY is not defined. Only used for 
+Windows 
 versions of the tools.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -1015,7 +1311,8 @@ versions of the tools.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-ASL Load() operator: Reinstate most restrictions on the incoming ACPI table 
+ASL Load() operator: Reinstate most restrictions on the incoming ACPI 
+table 
 signature. Now, only allow SSDT, OEMx, and a null signature. History:
     1) Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT".
        (PSDT is now obsolete.)
@@ -1028,11 +1325,14 @@ signature. Now, only allow SSDT, OEMx, and a null signature. History:
        only SSDT, OEMx, and now, also a null signature. (05/2011).
 
 Added the missing _TDL predefined name to the global name list in order to 
-enable validation. Affects both the core ACPICA code and the iASL compiler.
+enable validation. Affects both the core ACPICA code and the iASL 
+compiler.
 
 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 
+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 (VC 9.0):
@@ -1044,20 +1344,28 @@ larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Debugger/AcpiExec: Implemented support for "complex" method arguments on the 
-debugger command line. This adds support beyond simple integers -- including 
+Debugger/AcpiExec: Implemented support for "complex" method arguments on 
+the 
+debugger command line. This adds support beyond simple integers -- 
+including 
 Strings, Buffers, and Packages. Includes support for nested packages. 
-Increased the default command line buffer size to accommodate these arguments. 
+Increased the default command line buffer size to accommodate these 
+arguments. 
 See the ACPICA reference for details and syntax. ACPICA BZ 917.
  
-Debugger/AcpiExec: Implemented support for "default" method arguments for the 
-Execute/Debug command. Now, the debugger will always invoke a control method 
-with the required number of arguments -- even if the command line specifies 
-none or insufficient arguments. It uses default integer values for any missing 
+Debugger/AcpiExec: Implemented support for "default" method arguments for 
+the 
+Execute/Debug command. Now, the debugger will always invoke a control 
+method 
+with the required number of arguments -- even if the command line 
+specifies 
+none or insufficient arguments. It uses default integer values for any 
+missing 
 arguments. Also fixes a bug where only six method arguments maximum were 
 supported instead of the required seven.
 
-Debugger/AcpiExec: Add a maximum buffer length parameter to AcpiOsGetLine and 
+Debugger/AcpiExec: Add a maximum buffer length parameter to AcpiOsGetLine 
+and 
 also return status in order to prevent buffer overruns. See the ACPICA 
 reference for details and syntax. ACPICA BZ 921
 
@@ -1065,7 +1373,8 @@ iASL: Cleaned up support for Berkeley yacc. A general cleanup of code and
 makefiles to simplify support for the two different but similar parser 
 generators, bison and yacc.
 
-Updated the generic unix makefile for gcc 4. The default gcc version is now 
+Updated the generic unix makefile for gcc 4. The default gcc version is 
+now 
 expected to be 4 or greater, since options specific to gcc 4 are used.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -1073,8 +1382,10 @@ expected to be 4 or greater, since options specific to gcc 4 are used.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented support to execute a so-called "orphan" _REG method under the EC 
-device. This change will force the execution of a _REG method underneath the 
+Implemented support to execute a so-called "orphan" _REG method under the 
+EC 
+device. This change will force the execution of a _REG method underneath 
+the 
 EC 
 device even if there is no corresponding operation region of type 
 EmbeddedControl. Fixes a problem seen on some machines and apparently is 
@@ -1085,24 +1396,30 @@ element removal. This change adds another group of predefined names to the
 list 
 of names that can be repaired by having NULL package elements dynamically 
 removed. This group are those methods that return a single variable-length 
-package containing simple data types such as integers, buffers, strings. This 
-includes: _ALx, _BCL, _CID,_ DOD, _EDL, _FIX, _PCL, _PLD, _PMD, _PRx, _PSL, 
+package containing simple data types such as integers, buffers, strings. 
+This 
+includes: _ALx, _BCL, _CID,_ DOD, _EDL, _FIX, _PCL, _PLD, _PMD, _PRx, 
+_PSL, 
 _Sx, 
 and _TZD. ACPICA BZ 914.
 
 Split and segregated all internal global lock functions to a new file, 
 evglock.c.
 
-Updated internal address SpaceID for DataTable regions. Moved this internal 
+Updated internal address SpaceID for DataTable regions. Moved this 
+internal 
 space 
-id in preparation for ACPI 5.0 changes that will include some new space IDs. 
+id in preparation for ACPI 5.0 changes that will include some new space 
+IDs. 
 This 
 change should not affect user/host code.
 
 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 
+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.
 
@@ -1115,21 +1432,30 @@ data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL/DTC: Major update for new grammar features. Allow generic data types in 
+iASL/DTC: Major update for new grammar features. Allow generic data types 
+in 
 custom ACPI tables. Field names are now optional. Any line can be split to 
-multiple lines using the continuation char (\). Large buffers now use line-
+multiple lines using the continuation char (\). Large buffers now use 
+line-
 continuation character(s) and no colon on the continuation lines. See the 
 grammar 
-update in the iASL compiler reference. ACPI BZ 910,911. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
+update in the iASL compiler reference. ACPI BZ 910,911. Lin Ming, Bob 
+Moore.
 
-iASL: Mark ASL "Return()" and the simple "Return" as "Null" return statements. 
-Since the parser stuffs a "zero" as the return value for these statements (due 
+iASL: Mark ASL "Return()" and the simple "Return" as "Null" return 
+statements. 
+Since the parser stuffs a "zero" as the return value for these statements 
+(due 
 to 
-the underlying AML grammar), they were seen as "return with value" by the iASL 
-semantic checking. They are now seen correctly as "null" return statements.
-
-iASL: Check if a_REG declaration has a corresponding Operation Region. Adds a 
-check for each _REG to ensure that there is in fact a corresponding operation 
+the underlying AML grammar), they were seen as "return with value" by the 
+iASL 
+semantic checking. They are now seen correctly as "null" return 
+statements.
+
+iASL: Check if a_REG declaration has a corresponding Operation Region. 
+Adds a 
+check for each _REG to ensure that there is in fact a corresponding 
+operation 
 region declaration in the same scope. If not, the _REG method is not very 
 useful 
 since it probably won't be executed. ACPICA BZ 915.
@@ -1140,26 +1466,33 @@ that implements c-style operator precedence and parenthesization. ACPICA
 bugzilla 
 908.
 
-Disassembler/DTC: Remove support for () and <> style comments in data tables. 
+Disassembler/DTC: Remove support for () and <> style comments in data 
+tables. 
 Now 
-that DTC has full expression support, we don't want to have comment strings 
+that DTC has full expression support, we don't want to have comment 
+strings 
 that 
-start with a parentheses or a less-than symbol. Now, only the standard /* and 
+start with a parentheses or a less-than symbol. Now, only the standard /* 
+and 
 // 
 comments are supported, as well as the bracket [] comments.
 
 AcpiXtract: Fix for RSDP and dynamic SSDT extraction. These tables have 
 "unusual" 
-headers in the acpidump file. Update the header validation to support these 
+headers in the acpidump file. Update the header validation to support 
+these 
 tables. Problem introduced in previous AcpiXtract version in the change to 
 support "wrong checksum" error messages emitted by acpidump utility.
 
-iASL: Add a * option to generate all template files (as a synonym for ALL) as 
+iASL: Add a * option to generate all template files (as a synonym for ALL) 
+as 
 in 
 "iasl -T *" or "iasl -T ALL".
 
-iASL/DTC: Do not abort compiler on fatal errors. We do not want to completely 
-abort the compiler on "fatal" errors, simply should abort the current compile. 
+iASL/DTC: Do not abort compiler on fatal errors. We do not want to 
+completely 
+abort the compiler on "fatal" errors, simply should abort the current 
+compile. 
 This allows multiple compiles with a single (possibly wildcard) compiler 
 invocation.
 
@@ -1168,20 +1501,27 @@ invocation.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fixed a problem caused by a _PRW method appearing at the namespace root scope 
-during the setup of wake GPEs. A fault could occur if a _PRW directly under 
+Fixed a problem caused by a _PRW method appearing at the namespace root 
+scope 
+during the setup of wake GPEs. A fault could occur if a _PRW directly 
+under 
 the 
 root object was passed to the AcpiSetupGpeForWake interface. Lin Ming.
 
-Implemented support for "spurious" Global Lock interrupts. On some systems, a 
-global lock interrupt can occur without the pending flag being set. Upon a GL 
-interrupt, we now ensure that a thread is actually waiting for the lock before 
+Implemented support for "spurious" Global Lock interrupts. On some 
+systems, a 
+global lock interrupt can occur without the pending flag being set. Upon a 
+GL 
+interrupt, we now ensure that a thread is actually waiting for the lock 
+before 
 signaling GL availability. Rafael Wysocki, Bob Moore.
 
 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 
+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.
 
@@ -1194,22 +1534,27 @@ data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Implemented full support for the "SLIC" ACPI table. Includes support in the 
-header files, disassembler, table compiler, and template generator. Bob Moore, 
+Implemented full support for the "SLIC" ACPI table. Includes support in 
+the 
+header files, disassembler, table compiler, and template generator. Bob 
+Moore, 
 Lin Ming.
 
 AcpiXtract: Correctly handle embedded comments and messages from AcpiDump. 
-Apparently some or all versions of acpidump will occasionally emit a comment 
+Apparently some or all versions of acpidump will occasionally emit a 
+comment 
 like 
 "Wrong checksum", etc., into the dump file. This was causing problems for 
 AcpiXtract. ACPICA BZ 905.
 
-iASL: Fix the Linux makefile by removing an inadvertent double file inclusion. 
+iASL: Fix the Linux makefile by removing an inadvertent double file 
+inclusion. 
 ACPICA BZ 913.
 
 AcpiExec: Update installation of operation region handlers. Install one 
 handler 
-for a user-defined address space. This is used by the ASL test suite (ASLTS).
+for a user-defined address space. This is used by the ASL test suite 
+(ASLTS).
 
 ----------------------------------------
 11 February 2011. Summary of changes for version 20110211:
@@ -1219,26 +1564,31 @@ for a user-defined address space. This is used by the ASL test suite (ASLTS).
 Added a mechanism to defer _REG methods for some early-installed handlers. 
 Most user handlers should be installed before call to AcpiEnableSubsystem. 
 However, Event handlers and region handlers should be installed after 
-AcpiInitializeObjects. Override handlers for the "default" regions should be 
+AcpiInitializeObjects. Override handlers for the "default" regions should 
+be 
 installed early, however. This change executes all _REG methods for the 
 default regions (Memory/IO/PCI/DataTable) simultaneously to prevent any 
 chicken/egg issues between them. ACPICA BZ 848.
 
-Implemented an optimization for GPE detection. This optimization will simply 
+Implemented an optimization for GPE detection. This optimization will 
+simply 
 ignore GPE registers that contain no enabled GPEs -- there is no need to 
 read the register since this information is available internally. This 
 becomes more important on machines with a large GPE space. ACPICA bugzilla 
 884. Lin Ming. Suggestion from Joe Liu.
 
 Removed all use of the highly unreliable FADT revision field. The revision 
-number in the FADT has been found to be completely unreliable and cannot be 
-trusted. Only the actual table length can be used to infer the version. This 
+number in the FADT has been found to be completely unreliable and cannot 
+be 
+trusted. Only the actual table length can be used to infer the version. 
+This 
 change updates the ACPICA core and the disassembler so that both no longer 
 even look at the FADT version and instead depend solely upon the FADT 
 length.
 
 Fix an unresolved name issue for the no-debug and no-error-message source 
-generation cases. The _AcpiModuleName was left undefined in these cases, but 
+generation cases. The _AcpiModuleName was left undefined in these cases, 
+but 
 it is actually needed as a parameter to some interfaces. Define 
 _AcpiModuleName as a null string in these cases. ACPICA Bugzilla 888.
 
@@ -1251,7 +1601,8 @@ Split several large files (makefiles and project files updated)
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release (VC 9.0):
@@ -1267,32 +1618,41 @@ iASL: Implemented the predefined macros __LINE__, __FILE__, and __DATE__.
 These are useful C-style macros with the standard definitions. ACPICA 
 bugzilla 898.
 
-iASL/DTC: Added support for integer expressions and labels. Support for full 
-expressions for all integer fields in all ACPI tables. Support for labels in 
+iASL/DTC: Added support for integer expressions and labels. Support for 
+full 
+expressions for all integer fields in all ACPI tables. Support for labels 
+in 
 "generic" portions of tables such as UEFI. See the iASL reference manual.
 
 Debugger: Added a command to display the status of global handlers. The 
 "handlers" command will display op region, fixed event, and miscellaneous 
-global handlers. installation status -- and for op regions, whether default 
+global handlers. installation status -- and for op regions, whether 
+default 
 or user-installed handler will be used.
 
 iASL: Warn if reserved method incorrectly returns a value. Many predefined 
-names are defined such that they do not return a value. If implemented as a 
+names are defined such that they do not return a value. If implemented as 
+a 
 method, issue a warning if such a name explicitly returns a value. ACPICA 
 Bugzilla 855.
 
-iASL: Added detection of GPE method name conflicts. Detects a conflict where 
-there are two GPE methods of the form _Lxy and _Exy in the same scope. (For 
+iASL: Added detection of GPE method name conflicts. Detects a conflict 
+where 
+there are two GPE methods of the form _Lxy and _Exy in the same scope. 
+(For 
 example, _L1D and _E1D in the same scope.) ACPICA bugzilla 848.
 
 iASL/DTC: Fixed a couple input scanner issues with comments and line 
-numbers. Comment remover could get confused and miss a comment ending. Fixed 
+numbers. Comment remover could get confused and miss a comment ending. 
+Fixed 
 a problem with line counter maintenance.
 
-iASL/DTC: Reduced the severity of some errors from fatal to error. There is 
+iASL/DTC: Reduced the severity of some errors from fatal to error. There 
+is 
 no need to abort on simple errors within a field definition.
 
-Debugger: Simplified the output of the help command. All help output now in 
+Debugger: Simplified the output of the help command. All help output now 
+in 
 a single screen, instead of help subcommands. ACPICA Bugzilla 897.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -1300,16 +1660,20 @@ a single screen, instead of help subcommands. ACPICA Bugzilla 897.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fixed a race condition between method execution and namespace walks that can 
+Fixed a race condition between method execution and namespace walks that 
+can 
 possibly cause a fault. The problem was apparently introduced in version 
-20100528 as a result of a performance optimization that reduces the number of 
+20100528 as a result of a performance optimization that reduces the number 
+of 
 namespace walks upon method exit by using the delete_namespace_subtree 
-function instead of the delete_namespace_by_owner function used previously. 
+function instead of the delete_namespace_by_owner function used 
+previously. 
 Bug is a missing namespace lock in the delete_namespace_subtree function. 
 dana.myers@oracle.com
 
 Fixed several issues and a possible fault with the automatic "serialized" 
-method support. History: This support changes a method to "serialized" on the 
+method support. History: This support changes a method to "serialized" on 
+the 
 fly if the method generates an AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error, indicating the 
 possibility that it cannot handle reentrancy. This fix repairs a couple of 
 issues seen in the field, especially on machines with many cores:
@@ -1325,29 +1689,36 @@ issues seen in the field, especially on machines with many cores:
 
     Lin Ming, Bob Moore. Reported by dana.myers@oracle.com.
 
-Debugger: Now lock the namespace for duration of a namespace dump. Prevents 
+Debugger: Now lock the namespace for duration of a namespace dump. 
+Prevents 
 issues if the namespace is changing dynamically underneath the debugger. 
 Especially affects temporary namespace nodes, since the debugger displays 
 these also.
 
 Updated the ordering of include files. The ACPICA headers should appear 
-before any compiler-specific headers (stdio.h, etc.) so that acenv.h can set 
-any necessary compiler-specific defines, etc. Affects the ACPI-related tools 
+before any compiler-specific headers (stdio.h, etc.) so that acenv.h can 
+set 
+any necessary compiler-specific defines, etc. Affects the ACPI-related 
+tools 
 and utilities.
 
-Updated all ACPICA copyrights and signons to 2011. Added the 2011 copyright 
-to all module headers and signons, including the Linux header. This affects 
+Updated all ACPICA copyrights and signons to 2011. Added the 2011 
+copyright 
+to all module headers and signons, including the Linux header. This 
+affects 
 virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, iASL compiler, and all 
 utilities.
 
 Added project files for MS Visual Studio 2008 (VC++ 9.0). The original 
-project files for VC++ 6.0 are now obsolete. New project files can be found 
+project files for VC++ 6.0 are now obsolete. New project files can be 
+found 
 under acpica/generate/msvc9. See acpica/generate/msvc9/readme.txt for 
 details.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release (VC 6.0):
@@ -1359,11 +1730,13 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Added generic data types to the Data Table compiler. Add "generic" data 
+iASL: Added generic data types to the Data Table compiler. Add "generic" 
+data 
 types such as UINT32, String, Unicode, etc., to simplify the generation of 
 platform-defined tables such as UEFI. Lin Ming.
 
-iASL: Added listing support for the Data Table Compiler. Adds listing support 
+iASL: Added listing support for the Data Table Compiler. Adds listing 
+support 
 (-l) to display actual binary output for each line of input code.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -1371,10 +1744,12 @@ iASL: Added listing support for the Data Table Compiler. Adds listing support
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Completed the major overhaul of the GPE support code that was begun in July 
+Completed the major overhaul of the GPE support code that was begun in 
+July 
 2010. Major features include: removal of _PRW execution in ACPICA (host 
 executes _PRWs anyway), cleanup of "wake" GPE interfaces and processing, 
-changes to existing interfaces, simplification of GPE handler operation, and 
+changes to existing interfaces, simplification of GPE handler operation, 
+and 
 a handful of new interfaces:
 
     AcpiUpdateAllGpes
@@ -1385,23 +1760,29 @@ a handful of new interfaces:
 
 See the ACPICA Programmer Reference for full details and programming 
 information. See the new section 4.4 "General Purpose Event (GPE) Support" 
-for a full overview, and section 8.7 "ACPI General Purpose Event Management" 
+for a full overview, and section 8.7 "ACPI General Purpose Event 
+Management" 
 for programming details. ACPICA BZ 858,870,877. Matthew Garrett, Lin Ming, 
 Bob Moore, Rafael Wysocki.
 
-Implemented a new GPE feature for Windows compatibility, the "Implicit Wake 
+Implemented a new GPE feature for Windows compatibility, the "Implicit 
+Wake 
 GPE Notify". This feature will automatically issue a Notify(2) on a device 
 when a Wake GPE is received if there is no corresponding GPE method or 
 handler. ACPICA BZ 870.
 
-Fixed a problem with the Scope() operator during table parse and load phase. 
-During load phase (table load or method execution), the scope operator should 
-not enter the target into the namespace. Instead, it should open a new scope 
+Fixed a problem with the Scope() operator during table parse and load 
+phase. 
+During load phase (table load or method execution), the scope operator 
+should 
+not enter the target into the namespace. Instead, it should open a new 
+scope 
 at the target location. Linux BZ 19462, ACPICA BZ 882.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1413,26 +1794,32 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Relax the alphanumeric restriction on _CID strings. These strings are 
-"bus-specific" per the ACPI specification, and therefore any characters are 
-acceptable. The only checks that can be performed are for a null string and 
+iASL: Relax the alphanumeric restriction on _CID strings. These strings 
+are 
+"bus-specific" per the ACPI specification, and therefore any characters 
+are 
+acceptable. The only checks that can be performed are for a null string 
+and 
 perhaps for a leading asterisk. ACPICA BZ 886.
 
 iASL: Fixed a problem where a syntax error that caused a premature EOF 
 condition on the source file emitted a very confusing error message. The 
 premature EOF is now detected correctly. ACPICA BZ 891.
 
-Disassembler: Decode the AccessSize within a Generic Address Structure (byte 
+Disassembler: Decode the AccessSize within a Generic Address Structure 
+(byte 
 access, word access, etc.) Note, this field does not allow arbitrary bit 
 access, the size is encoded as 1=byte, 2=word, 3=dword, and 4=qword.
 
-New: AcpiNames utility - Example namespace dump utility. Shows an example of 
+New: AcpiNames utility - Example namespace dump utility. Shows an example 
+of 
 ACPICA configuration for a minimal namespace dump utility. Uses table and 
 namespace managers, but no AML interpreter. Does not add any functionality 
 over AcpiExec, it is a subset of AcpiExec. The purpose is to show how to 
 partition and configure ACPICA. ACPICA BZ 883.
 
-AML Debugger: Increased the debugger buffer size for method return objects. 
+AML Debugger: Increased the debugger buffer size for method return 
+objects. 
 Was 4K, increased to 16K. Also enhanced error messages for debugger method 
 execution, including the buffer overflow case.
 
@@ -1441,26 +1828,31 @@ execution, including the buffer overflow case.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Added support to clear the PCIEXP_WAKE event. When clearing ACPI events, now 
+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 
+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 
+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 
+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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1473,13 +1865,17 @@ much larger code and data size.
 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 
+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 
+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.
 
@@ -1489,7 +1885,8 @@ 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 
+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.
@@ -1499,7 +1896,8 @@ iASL: Moved all compiler messages to a new file, aslmessages.h.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Removed the AcpiOsDerivePciId OSL interface. The various host implementations 
+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. 
@@ -1513,29 +1911,38 @@ 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. 
+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). 
+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 
+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 
+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 
+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 
+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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1548,12 +1955,14 @@ much larger code and data size.
 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 
+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 
+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.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -1561,11 +1970,15 @@ of size_t on 32-bit versus 64-bit generations. Lin Ming.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Designed and implemented a new host interface to the _OSI support code. This 
+Designed and implemented a new host interface to the _OSI support code. 
+This 
 will allow the host to dynamically add or remove multiple _OSI strings, as 
-well as install an optional handler that is called for each _OSI invocation. 
-Also added a new AML debugger command, 'osi' to display and modify the global 
-_OSI string table, and test support in the AcpiExec utility. See the ACPICA 
+well as install an optional handler that is called for each _OSI 
+invocation. 
+Also added a new AML debugger command, 'osi' to display and modify the 
+global 
+_OSI string table, and test support in the AcpiExec utility. See the 
+ACPICA 
 reference manual for full details. Lin Ming, Bob Moore. ACPICA BZ 836.
 New Functions:
     AcpiInstallInterface - Add an _OSI string.
@@ -1577,28 +1990,37 @@ New Files:
     source/components/utilities/utosi.c
 
 Re-introduced the support to enable multi-byte transfers for Embedded 
-Controller (EC) operation regions. A reported problem was found to be a bug 
-in the host OS, not in the multi-byte support. Previously, the maximum data 
-size passed to the EC operation region handler was a single byte. There are 
-often EC Fields larger than one byte that need to be transferred, and it is 
-useful for the EC driver to lock these as a single transaction. This change 
+Controller (EC) operation regions. A reported problem was found to be a 
+bug 
+in the host OS, not in the multi-byte support. Previously, the maximum 
+data 
+size passed to the EC operation region handler was a single byte. There 
+are 
+often EC Fields larger than one byte that need to be transferred, and it 
+is 
+useful for the EC driver to lock these as a single transaction. This 
+change 
 enables single transfers larger than 8 bits. This effectively changes the 
 access to the EC space from ByteAcc to AnyAcc, and will probably require 
-changes to the host OS Embedded Controller driver to enable 16/32/64/256-bit 
+changes to the host OS Embedded Controller driver to enable 16/32/64/256-
+bit 
 transfers in addition to 8-bit transfers. Alexey Starikovskiy, Lin Ming.
 
 Fixed a problem with the prototype for AcpiOsReadPciConfiguration. The 
 prototype in acpiosxf.h had the output value pointer as a (void *).
 It should be a (UINT64 *). This may affect some host OSL code.
 
-Fixed a couple problems with the recently modified Linux makefiles for iASL 
+Fixed a couple problems with the recently modified Linux makefiles for 
+iASL 
 and AcpiExec. These new makefiles place the generated object files in the 
-local directory so that there can be no collisions between the files that are 
+local directory so that there can be no collisions between the files that 
+are 
 shared between them that are compiled with different options.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1612,11 +2034,13 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 iASL/Disassembler: Added a new option (-da, "disassemble all") to load the 
 namespace from and disassemble an entire group of AML files. Useful for 
-loading all of the AML tables for a given machine (DSDT, SSDT1...SSDTn) and 
+loading all of the AML tables for a given machine (DSDT, SSDT1...SSDTn) 
+and 
 disassembling with one simple command. ACPICA BZ 865. Lin Ming.
 
 iASL: Allow multiple invocations of -e option. This change allows multiple 
-uses of -e on the command line: "-e ssdt1.dat -e ssdt2.dat". ACPICA BZ 834. 
+uses of -e on the command line: "-e ssdt1.dat -e ssdt2.dat". ACPICA BZ 
+834. 
 Lin Ming.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -1625,9 +2049,12 @@ Lin Ming.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Implemented several updates to the recently added GPE reference count 
-support. The model for "wake" GPEs is changing to give the host OS complete 
-control of these GPEs. Eventually, the ACPICA core will not execute any _PRW 
-methods, since the host already must execute them. Also, additional changes 
+support. The model for "wake" GPEs is changing to give the host OS 
+complete 
+control of these GPEs. Eventually, the ACPICA core will not execute any 
+_PRW 
+methods, since the host already must execute them. Also, additional 
+changes 
 were made to help ensure that the reference counts are kept in proper 
 synchronization with reality. Rafael J. Wysocki.
 
@@ -1636,28 +2063,34 @@ synchronization with reality. Rafael J. Wysocki.
 3) Do not inadvertently enable GPEs when writing GPE registers.
 4) Remove the internal wake reference counter and add new AcpiGpeWakeup 
 interface. This interface will set or clear individual GPEs for wakeup.
-5) Remove GpeType argument from AcpiEnable and AcpiDisable. These interfaces 
+5) Remove GpeType argument from AcpiEnable and AcpiDisable. These 
+interfaces 
 are now used for "runtime" GPEs only.
 
-Changed the behavior of the GPE install/remove handler interfaces. The GPE is 
-no longer disabled during this process, as it was found to cause problems on 
+Changed the behavior of the GPE install/remove handler interfaces. The GPE 
+is 
+no longer disabled during this process, as it was found to cause problems 
+on 
 some machines. Rafael J. Wysocki.
 
 Reverted a change introduced in version 20100528 to enable Embedded 
-Controller multi-byte transfers. This change was found to cause problems with 
+Controller multi-byte transfers. This change was found to cause problems 
+with 
 Index Fields and possibly Bank Fields. It will be reintroduced when these 
 problems have been resolved.
 
 Fixed a problem with references to Alias objects within Package Objects. A 
 reference to an Alias within the definition of a Package was not always 
 resolved properly. Aliases to objects like Processors, Thermal zones, etc. 
-were resolved to the actual object instead of a reference to the object as it 
+were resolved to the actual object instead of a reference to the object as 
+it 
 should be. Package objects are only allowed to contain integer, string, 
 buffer, package, and reference objects. Redhat bugzilla 608648.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1670,14 +2103,17 @@ much larger code and data size.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
 iASL: Implemented a new compiler subsystem to allow definition and 
-compilation of the non-AML ACPI tables such as FADT, MADT, SRAT, etc. These 
+compilation of the non-AML ACPI tables such as FADT, MADT, SRAT, etc. 
+These 
 are called "ACPI Data Tables", and the new compiler is the "Data Table 
 Compiler". This compiler is intended to simplify the existing error-prone 
 process of creating these tables for the BIOS, as well as allowing the 
-disassembly, modification, recompilation, and override of existing ACPI data 
+disassembly, modification, recompilation, and override of existing ACPI 
+data 
 tables. See the iASL User Guide for detailed information.
 
-iASL: Implemented a new Template Generator option in support of the new Data 
+iASL: Implemented a new Template Generator option in support of the new 
+Data 
 Table Compiler. This option will create examples of all known ACPI tables 
 that can be used as the basis for table development. See the iASL 
 documentation and the -T option.
@@ -1701,35 +2137,53 @@ available at www.acpi.info. This is primarily an errata release.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Undefined ACPI tables: We are looking for the definitions for the following 
+Undefined ACPI tables: We are looking for the definitions for the 
+following 
 ACPI tables that have been seen in the field: ATKG, IEIT, GSCI.
 
 Implemented support to enable multi-byte transfers for Embedded Controller 
 (EC) operation regions. Previously, the maximum data size passed to the EC 
-operation region handler was a single byte. There are often EC Fields larger 
-than one byte that need to be transferred, and it is useful for the EC driver 
-to lock these as a single transaction. This change enables single transfers 
-larger than 8 bits. This effectively changes the access to the EC space from 
-ByteAcc to AnyAcc, and will probably require changes to the host OS Embedded 
-Controller driver to enable 16/32/64/256-bit transfers in addition to 8-bit 
+operation region handler was a single byte. There are often EC Fields 
+larger 
+than one byte that need to be transferred, and it is useful for the EC 
+driver 
+to lock these as a single transaction. This change enables single 
+transfers 
+larger than 8 bits. This effectively changes the access to the EC space 
+from 
+ByteAcc to AnyAcc, and will probably require changes to the host OS 
+Embedded 
+Controller driver to enable 16/32/64/256-bit transfers in addition to 8-
+bit 
 transfers. Alexey Starikovskiy, Lin Ming
 
-Implemented a performance enhancement for namespace search and access. This 
-change enhances the performance of namespace searches and walks by adding a 
-backpointer to the parent in each namespace node. On large namespaces, this 
-change can improve overall ACPI performance by up to 9X. Adding a pointer to 
-each namespace node increases the overall size of the internal namespace by 
+Implemented a performance enhancement for namespace search and access. 
+This 
+change enhances the performance of namespace searches and walks by adding 
+a 
+backpointer to the parent in each namespace node. On large namespaces, 
+this 
+change can improve overall ACPI performance by up to 9X. Adding a pointer 
+to 
+each namespace node increases the overall size of the internal namespace 
+by 
 about 5%, since each namespace entry usually consists of both a namespace 
 node and an ACPI operand object. However, this is the first growth of the 
 namespace in ten years. ACPICA bugzilla 817. Alexey Starikovskiy.
 
-Implemented a performance optimization that reduces the number of namespace 
-walks. On control method exit, only walk the namespace if the method is known 
-to have created namespace objects outside of its local scope. Previously, the 
-entire namespace was traversed on each control method exit. This change can 
-improve overall ACPI performance by up to 3X. Alexey Starikovskiy, Bob Moore.
+Implemented a performance optimization that reduces the number of 
+namespace 
+walks. On control method exit, only walk the namespace if the method is 
+known 
+to have created namespace objects outside of its local scope. Previously, 
+the 
+entire namespace was traversed on each control method exit. This change 
+can 
+improve overall ACPI performance by up to 3X. Alexey Starikovskiy, Bob 
+Moore.
 
-Added support to truncate I/O addresses to 16 bits for Windows compatibility. 
+Added support to truncate I/O addresses to 16 bits for Windows 
+compatibility. 
 Some ASL code has been seen in the field that inadvertently has bits set 
 above bit 15. This feature is optional and is enabled if the BIOS requests 
 any Windows OSI strings. It can also be enabled by the host OS. Matthew 
@@ -1740,22 +2194,28 @@ prevent accidental deep sleeps, limit the maximum time that Sleep() will
 actually sleep. Configurable, the default maximum is two seconds. ACPICA 
 bugzilla 854.
 
-Added run-time validation support for the _WDG and_WED Microsoft predefined 
-methods. These objects are defined by "Windows Instrumentation", and are not 
+Added run-time validation support for the _WDG and_WED Microsoft 
+predefined 
+methods. These objects are defined by "Windows Instrumentation", and are 
+not 
 part of the ACPI spec. ACPICA BZ 860.
 
 Expanded all statistic counters used during namespace and device 
-initialization from 16 to 32 bits in order to support very large namespaces.
+initialization from 16 to 32 bits in order to support very large 
+namespaces.
 
-Replaced all instances of %d in printf format specifiers with %u since nearly 
+Replaced all instances of %d in printf format specifiers with %u since 
+nearly 
 all integers in ACPICA are unsigned.
 
-Fixed the exception namestring for AE_WAKE_ONLY_GPE. Was incorrectly returned 
+Fixed the exception namestring for AE_WAKE_ONLY_GPE. Was incorrectly 
+returned 
 as AE_NO_HANDLER.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1768,7 +2228,8 @@ much larger code and data size.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
 iASL: Added compiler support for the _WDG and_WED Microsoft predefined 
-methods. These objects are defined by "Windows Instrumentation", and are not 
+methods. These objects are defined by "Windows Instrumentation", and are 
+not 
 part of the ACPI spec. ACPICA BZ 860.
 
 AcpiExec: added option to disable the memory tracking mechanism. The -dt 
@@ -1784,12 +2245,14 @@ AcpiExec: Restructured the command line options into -d (disable) and -e
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Implemented GPE support for dynamically loaded ACPI tables. For all GPEs, 
-including FADT-based and GPE Block Devices, execute any _PRW methods in the 
+including FADT-based and GPE Block Devices, execute any _PRW methods in 
+the 
 new table, and process any _Lxx/_Exx GPE methods in the new table. Any 
 runtime GPE that is referenced by an _Lxx/_Exx method in the new table is 
 immediately enabled. Handles the FADT-defined GPEs as well as GPE Block 
 Devices. Provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. Two new 
-files added, evgpeinit.c and evgpeutil.c. ACPICA BZ 833. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
+files added, evgpeinit.c and evgpeutil.c. ACPICA BZ 833. Lin Ming, Bob 
+Moore.
 
 Fixed a regression introduced in version 20100331 within the table manager 
 where initial table loading could fail. This was introduced in the fix for 
@@ -1797,16 +2260,20 @@ AcpiReallocateRootTable. Also, renamed some of fields in the table manager
 data structures to clarify their meaning and use.
 
 Fixed a possible allocation overrun during internal object copy in 
-AcpiUtCopySimpleObject. The original code did not correctly handle the case 
-where the object to be copied was a namespace node. Lin Ming. ACPICA BZ 847.
+AcpiUtCopySimpleObject. The original code did not correctly handle the 
+case 
+where the object to be copied was a namespace node. Lin Ming. ACPICA BZ 
+847.
 
 Updated the allocation dump routine, AcpiUtDumpAllocation and fixed a 
-possible access beyond end-of-allocation. Also, now fully validate descriptor 
+possible access beyond end-of-allocation. Also, now fully validate 
+descriptor 
 (size and type) before output. Lin Ming, Bob Moore. ACPICA BZ 847
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1823,21 +2290,27 @@ descriptors. This change implements validation for the address fields that
 are common to all address-type resource descriptors. These checks are 
 implemented: Checks for valid Min/Max, length within the Min/Max window, 
 valid granularity, Min/Max a multiple of granularity, and _MIF/_MAF as per 
-table 6-40 in the ACPI 4.0a specification. Also split the large aslrestype1.c 
+table 6-40 in the ACPI 4.0a specification. Also split the large 
+aslrestype1.c 
 and aslrestype2.c files into five new files. ACPICA BZ 840.
 
-iASL: Added support for the _Wxx predefined names. This support was missing 
+iASL: Added support for the _Wxx predefined names. This support was 
+missing 
 and these names were not recognized by the compiler as valid predefined 
 names. ACPICA BZ 851.
 
-iASL: Added an error for all predefined names that are defined to return no 
-value and thus must be implemented as Control Methods. These include all of 
+iASL: Added an error for all predefined names that are defined to return 
+no 
+value and thus must be implemented as Control Methods. These include all 
+of 
 the _Lxx, _Exx, _Wxx, and _Qxx names, as well as some other miscellaneous 
 names such as _DIS, _INI, _IRC, _OFF, _ON, and _PSx. ACPICA BZ 850, 856.
 
 iASL: Implemented the -ts option to emit hex AML data in ASL format, as an 
-ASL Buffer. Allows ACPI tables to be easily included within ASL files, to be 
-dynamically loaded via the Load() operator. Also cleaned up output for the -
+ASL Buffer. Allows ACPI tables to be easily included within ASL files, to 
+be 
+dynamically loaded via the Load() operator. Also cleaned up output for the 
+-
 ta and -tc options. ACPICA BZ 853.
 
 Tests: Added a new file with examples of extended iASL error checking. 
@@ -1849,14 +2322,18 @@ Available at tests/misc/badcode.asl.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Completed a major update for the GPE support in order to improve support for 
-shared GPEs and to simplify both host OS and ACPICA code. Added a reference 
-count mechanism to support shared GPEs that require multiple device drivers. 
+Completed a major update for the GPE support in order to improve support 
+for 
+shared GPEs and to simplify both host OS and ACPICA code. Added a 
+reference 
+count mechanism to support shared GPEs that require multiple device 
+drivers. 
 Several external interfaces have changed. One external interface has been 
 removed. One new external interface was added. Most of the GPE external 
 interfaces now use the GPE spinlock instead of the events mutex (and the 
 Flags parameter for many GPE interfaces has been removed.) See the updated 
-ACPICA Programmer Reference for details. Matthew Garrett, Bob Moore, Rafael 
+ACPICA Programmer Reference for details. Matthew Garrett, Bob Moore, 
+Rafael 
 Wysocki. ACPICA BZ 831.
 
 Changed:
@@ -1866,32 +2343,42 @@ Removed:
 New:
     AcpiSetGpe
 
-Implemented write support for DataTable operation regions. These regions are 
-defined via the DataTableRegion() operator. Previously, only read support was 
-implemented. The ACPI specification allows DataTableRegions to be read/write, 
+Implemented write support for DataTable operation regions. These regions 
+are 
+defined via the DataTableRegion() operator. Previously, only read support 
+was 
+implemented. The ACPI specification allows DataTableRegions to be 
+read/write, 
 however.
 
 Implemented a new subsystem option to force a copy of the DSDT to local 
 memory. Optionally copy the entire DSDT to local memory (instead of simply 
-mapping it.) There are some (albeit very rare) BIOSs that corrupt or replace 
+mapping it.) There are some (albeit very rare) BIOSs that corrupt or 
+replace 
 the original DSDT, creating the need for this option. Default is FALSE, do 
 not copy the DSDT.
 
 Implemented detection of a corrupted or replaced DSDT. This change adds 
-support to detect a DSDT that has been corrupted and/or replaced from outside 
-the OS (by firmware). This is typically catastrophic for the system, but has 
+support to detect a DSDT that has been corrupted and/or replaced from 
+outside 
+the OS (by firmware). This is typically catastrophic for the system, but 
+has 
 been seen on some machines. Once this problem has been detected, the DSDT 
 copy option can be enabled via system configuration. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
-Fixed two problems with AcpiReallocateRootTable during the root table copy. 
+Fixed two problems with AcpiReallocateRootTable during the root table 
+copy. 
 When copying the root table to the new allocation, the length used was 
-incorrect. The new size was used instead of the current table size, meaning 
-too much data was copied. Also, the count of available slots for ACPI tables 
+incorrect. The new size was used instead of the current table size, 
+meaning 
+too much data was copied. Also, the count of available slots for ACPI 
+tables 
 was not set correctly. Alexey Starikovskiy, 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1907,7 +2394,8 @@ iASL: Implement limited typechecking for values returned from predefined
 control methods. The type of any returned static (unnamed) object is now 
 validated. For example, Return(1). ACPICA BZ 786.
 
-iASL: Fixed a predefined name object verification regression. Fixes a problem 
+iASL: Fixed a predefined name object verification regression. Fixes a 
+problem 
 introduced in version 20100304. An error is incorrectly generated if a 
 predefined name is declared as a static named object with a value defined 
 using the keywords "Zero", "One", or "Ones". Lin Ming.
@@ -1915,7 +2403,8 @@ using the keywords "Zero", "One", or "Ones". Lin Ming.
 iASL: Added Windows 7 support for the -g option (get local ACPI tables) by 
 reducing the requested registry access rights. ACPICA BZ 842.
 
-Disassembler: fixed a possible fault when generating External() statements. 
+Disassembler: fixed a possible fault when generating External() 
+statements. 
 Introduced in commit ae7d6fd: Properly handle externals with parent-prefix 
 (carat). Fixes a string length allocation calculation. Lin Ming.
 
@@ -1926,32 +2415,40 @@ Introduced in commit ae7d6fd: Properly handle externals with parent-prefix
 
 Fixed a possible problem with the AML Mutex handling function 
 AcpiExReleaseMutex where the function could fault under the very rare 
-condition when the interpreter has blocked, the interpreter lock is released, 
+condition when the interpreter has blocked, the interpreter lock is 
+released, 
 the interpreter is then reentered via the same thread, and attempts to 
-acquire an AML mutex that was previously acquired. FreeBSD report 140979. Lin 
+acquire an AML mutex that was previously acquired. FreeBSD report 140979. 
+Lin 
 Ming.
 
 Implemented additional configuration support for the AML "Debug Object". 
 Output from the debug object can now be enabled via a global variable, 
-AcpiGbl_EnableAmlDebugObject. This will assist with remote machine debugging. 
-This debug output is now available in the release version of ACPICA instead 
+AcpiGbl_EnableAmlDebugObject. This will assist with remote machine 
+debugging. 
+This debug output is now available in the release version of ACPICA 
+instead 
 of just the debug version. Also, the entire debug output module can now be 
 configured out of the ACPICA build if desired. One new file added, 
 executer/exdebug.c. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
 Added header support for the ACPI MCHI table (Management Controller Host 
-Interface Table). This table was added in ACPI 4.0, but the defining document 
+Interface Table). This table was added in ACPI 4.0, but the defining 
+document 
 has only recently become available.
 
-Standardized output of integer values for ACPICA warnings/errors. Always use 
-0x prefix for hex output, always use %u for unsigned integer decimal output. 
+Standardized output of integer values for ACPICA warnings/errors. Always 
+use 
+0x prefix for hex output, always use %u for unsigned integer decimal 
+output. 
 Affects ACPI_INFO, ACPI_ERROR, ACPI_EXCEPTION, and ACPI_WARNING (about 400 
 invocations.) These invocations were converted from the original 
 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT invocations and were not consistent. ACPICA BZ 835.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -1966,7 +2463,8 @@ much larger code and data size.
 iASL: Implemented typechecking support for static (non-control method) 
 predefined named objects that are declared with the Name() operator. For 
 example, the type of this object is now validated to be of type Integer: 
-Name(_BBN, 1). This change migrates the compiler to using the core predefined 
+Name(_BBN, 1). This change migrates the compiler to using the core 
+predefined 
 name table instead of maintaining a local version. Added a new file, 
 aslpredef.c. ACPICA BZ 832.
 
@@ -1981,34 +2479,46 @@ 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 
+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, 
+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. 
+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 
+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 
+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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2028,46 +2538,61 @@ No functional changes for this release.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Enhanced automatic data type conversions for predefined name repairs. This 
-change expands the automatic repairs/conversions for predefined name return 
-values to make Integers, Strings, and Buffers fully interchangeable. Also, a 
-Buffer can be converted to a Package of Integers if necessary. The nsrepair.c 
+change expands the automatic repairs/conversions for predefined name 
+return 
+values to make Integers, Strings, and Buffers fully interchangeable. Also, 
+a 
+Buffer can be converted to a Package of Integers if necessary. The 
+nsrepair.c 
 module was completely restructured. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
-Implemented automatic removal of null package elements during predefined name 
+Implemented automatic removal of null package elements during predefined 
+name 
 repairs. This change will automatically remove embedded and trailing NULL 
-package elements from returned package objects that are defined to contain a 
-variable number of sub-packages. The driver is then presented with a package 
+package elements from returned package objects that are defined to contain 
+a 
+variable number of sub-packages. The driver is then presented with a 
+package 
 with no null elements to deal with. ACPICA BZ 819.
 
 Implemented a repair for the predefined _FDE and _GTM names. The expected 
 return value for both names is a Buffer of 5 DWORDs. This repair fixes two 
 possible problems (both seen in the field), where a package of integers is 
-returned, or a buffer of BYTEs is returned. With assistance from Jung-uk Kim.
-
-Implemented additional module-level code support. This change will properly 
-execute module-level code that is not at the root of the namespace (under a 
-Device object, etc.). Now executes the code within the current scope instead 
+returned, or a buffer of BYTEs is returned. With assistance from Jung-uk 
+Kim.
+
+Implemented additional module-level code support. This change will 
+properly 
+execute module-level code that is not at the root of the namespace (under 
+a 
+Device object, etc.). Now executes the code within the current scope 
+instead 
 of the root. ACPICA BZ 762. Lin Ming.
 
 Fixed possible mutex acquisition errors when running _REG methods. Fixes a 
 problem where mutex errors can occur when running a _REG method that is in 
 the same scope as a method-defined operation region or an operation region 
-under a module-level IF block. This type of code is rare, so the problem has 
+under a module-level IF block. This type of code is rare, so the problem 
+has 
 not been seen before. ACPICA BZ 826. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
 Fixed a possible memory leak during module-level code execution. An object 
 could be leaked for each block of executed module-level code if the 
-interpreter slack mode is enabled This change deletes any implicitly returned 
+interpreter slack mode is enabled This change deletes any implicitly 
+returned 
 object from the module-level code block. Lin Ming.
 
 Removed messages for successful predefined repair(s). The repair mechanism 
-was considered too wordy. Now, messages are only unconditionally emitted if 
+was considered too wordy. Now, messages are only unconditionally emitted 
+if 
 the return object cannot be repaired. Existing messages for successful 
-repairs were converted to ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT messages for now. ACPICA BZ 827.
+repairs were converted to ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT messages for now. ACPICA BZ 
+827.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2079,12 +2604,14 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Fixed a regression introduced in 20091112 where intermediate .SRC files 
+iASL: Fixed a regression introduced in 20091112 where intermediate .SRC 
+files 
 were no longer automatically removed at the termination of the compile.
 
 acpiexec: Implemented the -f option to specify default region fill value. 
 This option specifies the value used to initialize buffers that simulate 
-operation regions. Default value is zero. Useful for debugging problems that 
+operation regions. Default value is zero. Useful for debugging problems 
+that 
 depend on a specific initial value for a region or field.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -2094,43 +2621,57 @@ depend on a specific initial value for a region or field.
 
 Implemented a post-order callback to AcpiWalkNamespace. The existing 
 interface only has a pre-order callback. This change adds an additional 
-parameter for a post-order callback which will be more useful for bus scans. 
+parameter for a post-order callback which will be more useful for bus 
+scans. 
 ACPICA BZ 779. Lin Ming. Updated the ACPICA Programmer Reference.
 
 Modified the behavior of the operation region memory mapping cache for 
-SystemMemory. Ensure that the memory mappings created for operation regions 
+SystemMemory. Ensure that the memory mappings created for operation 
+regions 
 do not cross 4K page boundaries. Crossing a page boundary while mapping 
-regions can cause kernel warnings on some hosts if the pages have different 
-attributes. Such regions are probably BIOS bugs, and this is the workaround. 
+regions can cause kernel warnings on some hosts if the pages have 
+different 
+attributes. Such regions are probably BIOS bugs, and this is the 
+workaround. 
 Linux BZ 14445. Lin Ming.
 
 Implemented an automatic repair for predefined methods that must return 
-sorted lists. This change will repair (by sorting) packages returned by _ALR, 
-_PSS, and _TSS. Drivers can now assume that the packages are correctly sorted 
+sorted lists. This change will repair (by sorting) packages returned by 
+_ALR, 
+_PSS, and _TSS. Drivers can now assume that the packages are correctly 
+sorted 
 and do not contain NULL package elements. Adds one new file, 
 namespace/nsrepair2.c. ACPICA BZ 784. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
-Fixed a possible fault during predefined name validation if a return Package 
+Fixed a possible fault during predefined name validation if a return 
+Package 
 object contains NULL elements. Also adds a warning if a NULL element is 
-followed by any non-null elements. ACPICA BZ 813, 814. Future enhancement may 
+followed by any non-null elements. ACPICA BZ 813, 814. Future enhancement 
+may 
 include repair or removal of all such NULL elements where possible.
 
-Implemented additional module-level executable AML code support. This change 
+Implemented additional module-level executable AML code support. This 
+change 
 will execute module-level code that is not at the root of the namespace 
-(under a Device object, etc.) at table load time. Module-level executable AML 
+(under a Device object, etc.) at table load time. Module-level executable 
+AML 
 code has been illegal since ACPI 2.0. ACPICA BZ 762. Lin Ming.
 
-Implemented a new internal function to create Integer objects. This function 
+Implemented a new internal function to create Integer objects. This 
+function 
 simplifies miscellaneous object creation code. ACPICA BZ 823.
 
 Reduced the severity of predefined repair messages, Warning to Info. Since 
-the object was successfully repaired, a warning is too severe. Reduced to an 
-info message for now. These messages may eventually be changed to debug-only. 
+the object was successfully repaired, a warning is too severe. Reduced to 
+an 
+info message for now. These messages may eventually be changed to debug-
+only. 
 ACPICA BZ 812.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2142,20 +2683,26 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Implemented Switch() with While(1) so that Break works correctly. This 
-change correctly implements the Switch operator with a surrounding While(1) 
+iASL: Implemented Switch() with While(1) so that Break works correctly. 
+This 
+change correctly implements the Switch operator with a surrounding 
+While(1) 
 so that the Break operator works as expected. ACPICA BZ 461. Lin Ming.
 
-iASL: Added a message if a package initializer list is shorter than package 
-length. Adds a new remark for a Package() declaration if an initializer list 
+iASL: Added a message if a package initializer list is shorter than 
+package 
+length. Adds a new remark for a Package() declaration if an initializer 
+list 
 exists, but is shorter than the declared length of the package. Although 
 technically legal, this is probably a coding error and it is seen in the 
 field. ACPICA BZ 815. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
-iASL: Fixed a problem where the compiler could fault after the maximum number 
+iASL: Fixed a problem where the compiler could fault after the maximum 
+number 
 of errors was reached (200).
 
-acpixtract: Fixed a possible warning for pointer cast if the compiler warning 
+acpixtract: Fixed a possible warning for pointer cast if the compiler 
+warning 
 level set very high.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -2163,8 +2710,10 @@ level set very high.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fixed a problem where an Operation Region _REG method could be executed more 
-than once. If a custom address space handler is installed by the host before 
+Fixed a problem where an Operation Region _REG method could be executed 
+more 
+than once. If a custom address space handler is installed by the host 
+before 
 the "initialize operation regions" phase of the ACPICA initialization, any 
 _REG methods for that address space could be executed twice. This change 
 fixes the problem. ACPICA BZ 427. Lin Ming.
@@ -2175,20 +2724,24 @@ operand object was leaked. Lin Ming.
 
 Implemented a run-time repair for the _MAT predefined method. If the _MAT 
 return value is defined as a Field object in the AML, and the field
-size is less than or equal to the default width of an integer (32 or 64),_MAT 
+size is less than or equal to the default width of an integer (32 or 
+64),_MAT 
 can incorrectly return an Integer instead of a Buffer. ACPICA now 
 automatically repairs this problem. ACPICA BZ 810.
 
-Implemented a run-time repair for the _BIF and _BIX predefined methods. The 
+Implemented a run-time repair for the _BIF and _BIX predefined methods. 
+The 
 "OEM Information" field is often incorrectly returned as an Integer with 
-value zero if the field is not supported by the platform. This is due to an 
+value zero if the field is not supported by the platform. This is due to 
+an 
 ambiguity in the ACPI specification. The field should always be a string. 
 ACPICA now automatically repairs this problem by returning a NULL string 
 within the returned Package. ACPICA BZ 807.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2228,12 +2781,17 @@ table load time. This support is in addition to the automatic execution of
 \_SB._INI. Lin Ming.
 
 Fixed a possible memory leak in the interpreter for AML package objects if 
-the package initializer list is longer than the defined size of the package. 
-This apparently can only happen if the BIOS changes the package size on the 
+the package initializer list is longer than the defined size of the 
+package. 
+This apparently can only happen if the BIOS changes the package size on 
+the 
 fly (seen in a _PSS object), as ASL compilers do not allow this. The 
-interpreter will truncate the package to the defined size (and issue an error 
-message), but previously could leave the extra objects undeleted if they were 
-pre-created during the argument processing (such is the case if the package 
+interpreter will truncate the package to the defined size (and issue an 
+error 
+message), but previously could leave the extra objects undeleted if they 
+were 
+pre-created during the argument processing (such is the case if the 
+package 
 consists of a number of sub-packages as in the _PSS.) ACPICA BZ 805.
 
 Fixed a problem seen when a Buffer or String is stored to itself via ASL. 
@@ -2242,7 +2800,8 @@ buffer/string. Now, the operation is treated as a noop. Provides Windows
 compatibility. ACPICA BZ 803. Lin Ming.
 
 Removed an extraneous error message for ASL constructs of the form 
-Store(LocalX,LocalX) when LocalX is uninitialized. These curious statements 
+Store(LocalX,LocalX) when LocalX is uninitialized. These curious 
+statements 
 are seen in many BIOSs and are once again treated as NOOPs and no error is 
 emitted when they are encountered. ACPICA BZ 785.
 
@@ -2252,7 +2811,8 @@ return type cannot be performed. ACPICA BZ 802.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2268,7 +2828,8 @@ iASL: Fixed a problem with the use of the Alias operator and Resource
 Templates. The correct alias is now constructed and no error is emitted. 
 ACPICA BZ 738.
 
-iASL: Implemented the -I option to specify additional search directories for 
+iASL: Implemented the -I option to specify additional search directories 
+for 
 include files. Allows multiple additional search paths for include files. 
 Directories are searched in the order specified on the command line (after 
 the local directory is searched.) ACPICA BZ 800.
@@ -2280,12 +2841,14 @@ properly. ACPICA BZ 765.
 iASL: Implemented the -@ option to specify a Windows-style response file 
 containing additional command line options. ACPICA BZ 801.
 
-AcpiExec: Added support to load multiple AML files simultaneously (such as a 
+AcpiExec: Added support to load multiple AML files simultaneously (such as 
+a 
 DSDT and multiple SSDTs). Also added support for wildcards within the AML 
 pathname. These features allow all machine tables to be easily loaded and 
 debugged together. ACPICA BZ 804.
 
-Disassembler: Added missing support for disassembly of HEST table Error Bank 
+Disassembler: Added missing support for disassembly of HEST table Error 
+Bank 
 subtables. 
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -2297,53 +2860,69 @@ The ACPI 4.0 implementation for ACPICA is complete with this release.
 
 ACPI 4.0: Added header file support for all new and changed ACPI tables. 
 Completely new tables are: IBFT, IVRS, MSCT, and WAET. Tables that are new 
-for ACPI 4.0, but have previously been supported in ACPICA are: CPEP, BERT, 
-EINJ, ERST, and HEST. Other newly supported tables are: UEFI and WDAT. There 
+for ACPI 4.0, but have previously been supported in ACPICA are: CPEP, 
+BERT, 
+EINJ, ERST, and HEST. Other newly supported tables are: UEFI and WDAT. 
+There 
 have been some ACPI 4.0 changes to other existing tables. Split the large 
 actbl1.h header into the existing actbl2.h header. ACPICA BZ 774.
 
-ACPI 4.0: Implemented predefined name validation for all new names. There are 
-31 new names in ACPI 4.0. The predefined validation module was split into two 
+ACPI 4.0: Implemented predefined name validation for all new names. There 
+are 
+31 new names in ACPI 4.0. The predefined validation module was split into 
+two 
 files. The new file is namespace/nsrepair.c. ACPICA BZ 770.
 
 Implemented support for so-called "module-level executable code". This is 
-executable AML code that exists outside of any control method and is intended 
-to be executed at table load time. Although illegal since ACPI 2.0, this type 
+executable AML code that exists outside of any control method and is 
+intended 
+to be executed at table load time. Although illegal since ACPI 2.0, this 
+type 
 of code still exists and is apparently still being created. Blocks of this 
 code are now detected and executed as intended. Currently, the code blocks 
 must exist under either an If, Else, or While construct; these are the 
 typical cases seen in the field. ACPICA BZ 762. Lin Ming.
 
 Implemented an automatic dynamic repair for predefined names that return 
-nested Package objects. This applies to predefined names that are defined to 
+nested Package objects. This applies to predefined names that are defined 
+to 
 return a variable-length Package of sub-packages. If the number of sub-
-packages is one, BIOS code is occasionally seen that creates a simple single 
+packages is one, BIOS code is occasionally seen that creates a simple 
+single 
 package with no sub-packages. This code attempts to fix the problem by 
-wrapping a new package object around the existing package. These methods can 
+wrapping a new package object around the existing package. These methods 
+can 
 be repaired: _ALR, _CSD, _HPX, _MLS, _PRT, _PSS, _TRT, and _TSS. ACPICA BZ 
 790.
 
-Fixed a regression introduced in 20090625 for the AcpiGetDevices interface. 
-The _HID/_CID matching was broken and no longer matched IDs correctly. ACPICA 
+Fixed a regression introduced in 20090625 for the AcpiGetDevices 
+interface. 
+The _HID/_CID matching was broken and no longer matched IDs correctly. 
+ACPICA 
 BZ 793.
 
 Fixed a problem with AcpiReset where the reset would silently fail if the 
-register was one of the protected I/O ports. AcpiReset now bypasses the port 
-validation mechanism. This may eventually be driven into the AcpiRead/Write 
+register was one of the protected I/O ports. AcpiReset now bypasses the 
+port 
+validation mechanism. This may eventually be driven into the 
+AcpiRead/Write 
 interfaces.
 
 Fixed a regression related to the recent update of the AcpiRead/Write 
-interfaces. A sleep/suspend could fail if the optional PM2 Control register 
+interfaces. A sleep/suspend could fail if the optional PM2 Control 
+register 
 does not exist during an attempt to write the Bus Master Arbitration bit. 
 (However, some hosts already delete the code that writes this bit, and the 
 code may in fact be obsolete at this date.) ACPICA BZ 799.
 
-Fixed a problem where AcpiTerminate could fault if inadvertently called twice 
+Fixed a problem where AcpiTerminate could fault if inadvertently called 
+twice 
 in succession. ACPICA BZ 795.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2368,8 +2947,10 @@ continue for the next few releases.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 ACPI 4.0: Implemented interpreter support for the IPMI operation region 
-address space. Includes support for bi-directional data buffers and an IPMI 
-address space handler (to be installed by an IPMI device driver.) ACPICA BZ 
+address space. Includes support for bi-directional data buffers and an 
+IPMI 
+address space handler (to be installed by an IPMI device driver.) ACPICA 
+BZ 
 773. Lin Ming.
 
 ACPI 4.0: Added changes for existing ACPI tables - FACS and SRAT. Includes 
@@ -2378,45 +2959,56 @@ support in both the header files and the disassembler.
 Completed a major update for the AcpiGetObjectInfo external interface. 
 Changes include:
  - Support for variable, unlimited length HID, UID, and CID strings.
- - Support Processor objects the same as Devices (HID,UID,CID,ADR,STA, etc.)
+ - Support Processor objects the same as Devices (HID,UID,CID,ADR,STA, 
+etc.)
  - Call the _SxW power methods on behalf of a device object.
  - Determine if a device is a PCI root bridge.
  - Change the ACPI_BUFFER parameter to ACPI_DEVICE_INFO.
 These changes will require an update to all callers of this interface. See 
-the updated ACPICA Programmer Reference for details. One new source file has 
+the updated ACPICA Programmer Reference for details. One new source file 
+has 
 been added - utilities/utids.c. ACPICA BZ 368, 780.
 
 Updated the AcpiRead and AcpiWrite external interfaces to support 64-bit 
-transfers. The Value parameter has been extended from 32 bits to 64 bits in 
-order to support new ACPI 4.0 tables. These changes will require an update to 
+transfers. The Value parameter has been extended from 32 bits to 64 bits 
+in 
+order to support new ACPI 4.0 tables. These changes will require an update 
+to 
 all callers of these interfaces. See the ACPICA Programmer Reference for 
 details. ACPICA BZ 768.
 
-Fixed several problems with AcpiAttachData. The handler was not invoked when 
-the host node was deleted. The data sub-object was not automatically deleted 
+Fixed several problems with AcpiAttachData. The handler was not invoked 
+when 
+the host node was deleted. The data sub-object was not automatically 
+deleted 
 when the host node was deleted. The interface to the handler had an unused 
 parameter, this was removed. ACPICA BZ 778.
 
 Enhanced the function that dumps ACPI table headers. All non-printable 
-characters in the string fields are now replaced with '?' (Signature, OemId, 
+characters in the string fields are now replaced with '?' (Signature, 
+OemId, 
 OemTableId, and CompilerId.) ACPI tables with non-printable characters in 
 these fields are occasionally seen in the field. ACPICA BZ 788.
 
 Fixed a problem with predefined method repair code where the code that 
 attempts to repair/convert an object of incorrect type is only executed on 
-the first time the predefined method is called. The mechanism that disables 
+the first time the predefined method is called. The mechanism that 
+disables 
 warnings on subsequent calls was interfering with the repair mechanism. 
 ACPICA BZ 781.
 
-Fixed a possible memory leak in the predefined validation/repair code when a 
+Fixed a possible memory leak in the predefined validation/repair code when 
+a 
 buffer is automatically converted to an expected string object.
 
-Removed obsolete 16-bit files from the distribution and from the current git 
+Removed obsolete 16-bit files from the distribution and from the current 
+git 
 tree head. ACPICA BZ 776.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2439,8 +3031,10 @@ predefined names and control methods (31 total). ACPICA BZ 769.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Disabled the preservation of the SCI enable bit in the PM1 control register. 
-The SCI enable bit (bit 0, SCI_EN) is defined by the ACPI specification to be 
+Disabled the preservation of the SCI enable bit in the PM1 control 
+register. 
+The SCI enable bit (bit 0, SCI_EN) is defined by the ACPI specification to 
+be 
 a "preserved" bit - "OSPM always preserves this bit position", section 
 4.7.3.2.1. However, some machines fail if this bit is in fact preserved 
 because the bit needs to be explicitly set by the OS as a workaround. No 
@@ -2451,45 +3045,59 @@ Fixed a problem in AcpiRsGetPciRoutingTableLength where an invalid or
 incorrectly formed _PRT package could cause a fault. Added validation to 
 ensure that each package element is actually a sub-package.
 
-Implemented a new interface to install or override a single control method, 
-AcpiInstallMethod. This interface is useful when debugging in order to repair 
-an existing method or to install a missing method without having to override 
+Implemented a new interface to install or override a single control 
+method, 
+AcpiInstallMethod. This interface is useful when debugging in order to 
+repair 
+an existing method or to install a missing method without having to 
+override 
 the entire ACPI table. See the ACPICA Programmer Reference for use and 
 examples. Lin Ming, Bob Moore.
 
 Fixed several reference count issues with the DdbHandle object that is 
-created from a Load or LoadTable operator. Prevent premature deletion of the 
+created from a Load or LoadTable operator. Prevent premature deletion of 
+the 
 object. Also, mark the object as invalid once the table has been unloaded. 
-This is needed because the handle itself may not be deleted after the table 
+This is needed because the handle itself may not be deleted after the 
+table 
 unload, depending on whether it has been stored in a named object by the 
 caller. Lin Ming.
 
 Fixed a problem with Mutex Sync Levels. Fixed a problem where if multiple 
-mutexes of the same sync level are acquired but then not released in strict 
-opposite order, the internally maintained Current Sync Level becomes confused 
+mutexes of the same sync level are acquired but then not released in 
+strict 
+opposite order, the internally maintained Current Sync Level becomes 
+confused 
 and can cause subsequent execution errors. ACPICA BZ 471.
 
 Changed the allowable release order for ASL mutex objects. The ACPI 4.0 
-specification has been changed to make the SyncLevel for mutex objects more 
+specification has been changed to make the SyncLevel for mutex objects 
+more 
 useful. When releasing a mutex, the SyncLevel of the mutex must now be the 
-same as the current sync level. This makes more sense than the previous rule 
+same as the current sync level. This makes more sense than the previous 
+rule 
 (SyncLevel less than or equal). This change updates the code to match the 
 specification.
 
-Fixed a problem with the local version of the AcpiOsPurgeCache function. The 
+Fixed a problem with the local version of the AcpiOsPurgeCache function. 
+The 
 (local) cache must be locked during all cache object deletions. Andrew 
 Baumann.
 
-Updated the Load operator to use operation region interfaces. This replaces 
-direct memory mapping with region access calls. Now, all region accesses go 
+Updated the Load operator to use operation region interfaces. This 
+replaces 
+direct memory mapping with region access calls. Now, all region accesses 
+go 
 through the installed region handler as they should.
 
-Simplified and optimized the NsGetNextNode function. Reduced parameter count 
+Simplified and optimized the NsGetNextNode function. Reduced parameter 
+count 
 and reduced code for this frequently used function.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2501,8 +3109,10 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Disassembler: Fixed some issues with DMAR, HEST, MADT tables. Some problems 
-with sub-table disassembly and handling invalid sub-tables. Attempt recovery 
+Disassembler: Fixed some issues with DMAR, HEST, MADT tables. Some 
+problems 
+with sub-table disassembly and handling invalid sub-tables. Attempt 
+recovery 
 after an invalid sub-table ID.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -2512,12 +3122,15 @@ after an invalid sub-table ID.
 
 Fixed a compatibility issue with the recently released I/O port protection 
 mechanism. For windows compatibility, 1) On a port protection violation, 
-simply ignore the request and do not return an exception (allow the control 
+simply ignore the request and do not return an exception (allow the 
+control 
 method to continue execution.) 2) If only part of the request overlaps a 
-protected port, read/write the individual ports that are not protected. Linux 
+protected port, read/write the individual ports that are not protected. 
+Linux 
 BZ 13036. Lin Ming
 
-Enhanced the execution of the ASL/AML BreakPoint operator so that it actually 
+Enhanced the execution of the ASL/AML BreakPoint operator so that it 
+actually 
 breaks into the AML debugger if the debugger is present. This matches the 
 ACPI-defined behavior.
 
@@ -2527,15 +3140,19 @@ pointer with no warnings. Also fixes several warnings in printf-like
 statements for the 64-bit build when the type is configured as a pointer. 
 ACPICA BZ 766, 767.
 
-Fixed a number of possible warnings when compiling with gcc 4+ (depending on 
-warning options.) Examples include printf formats, aliasing, unused globals, 
+Fixed a number of possible warnings when compiling with gcc 4+ (depending 
+on 
+warning options.) Examples include printf formats, aliasing, unused 
+globals, 
 missing prototypes, missing switch default statements, use of non-ANSI 
-library functions, use of non-ANSI constructs. See generate/unix/Makefile for 
+library functions, use of non-ANSI constructs. See generate/unix/Makefile 
+for 
 a list of warning options used with gcc 3 and 4. ACPICA BZ 735.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2547,10 +3164,12 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Fixed a generation warning from Bison 2.3 and fixed several warnings on 
+iASL: Fixed a generation warning from Bison 2.3 and fixed several warnings 
+on 
 the 64-bit build.
 
-iASL: Fixed a problem where the Unix/Linux versions of the compiler could not 
+iASL: Fixed a problem where the Unix/Linux versions of the compiler could 
+not 
 correctly digest Windows/DOS formatted files (with CR/LF).
 
 iASL: Added a new option for "quiet mode" (-va) that produces only the 
@@ -2559,16 +3178,20 @@ batch compilations.
 
 AcpiExec: Implemented a new option (-z) to enable a forced semaphore/mutex 
 timeout that can be used to detect hang conditions during execution of AML 
-code (includes both internal semaphores and AML-defined mutexes and events.)
+code (includes both internal semaphores and AML-defined mutexes and 
+events.)
 
 Added new makefiles for the generation of acpica in a generic unix-like 
 environment. These makefiles are intended to generate the acpica tools and 
 utilities from the original acpica git source tree structure.
 
 Test Suites: Updated and cleaned up the documentation files. Updated the 
-copyrights to 2009, affecting all source files. Use the new version of iASL 
-with quiet mode. Increased the number of available semaphores in the Windows 
-OSL, allowing the aslts to execute fully on Windows. For the Unix OSL, added 
+copyrights to 2009, affecting all source files. Use the new version of 
+iASL 
+with quiet mode. Increased the number of available semaphores in the 
+Windows 
+OSL, allowing the aslts to execute fully on Windows. For the Unix OSL, 
+added 
 an alternate implementation of the semaphore timeout to allow aslts to 
 execute fully on Cygwin.
 
@@ -2577,25 +3200,37 @@ execute fully on Cygwin.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fixed a possible race condition between AcpiWalkNamespace and dynamic table 
-unloads. Added a reader/writer locking mechanism to allow multiple concurrent 
-namespace walks (readers), but block a dynamic table unload until it can gain 
-exclusive write access to the namespace. This fixes a problem where a table 
-unload could (possibly catastrophically) delete the portion of the namespace 
-that is currently being examined by a walk. Adds a new file, utlock.c, that 
+Fixed a possible race condition between AcpiWalkNamespace and dynamic 
+table 
+unloads. Added a reader/writer locking mechanism to allow multiple 
+concurrent 
+namespace walks (readers), but block a dynamic table unload until it can 
+gain 
+exclusive write access to the namespace. This fixes a problem where a 
+table 
+unload could (possibly catastrophically) delete the portion of the 
+namespace 
+that is currently being examined by a walk. Adds a new file, utlock.c, 
+that 
 implements the reader/writer lock mechanism. ACPICA BZ 749.
 
-Fixed a regression introduced in version 20090220 where a change to the FADT 
-handling could cause the ACPICA subsystem to access non-existent I/O ports.
+Fixed a regression introduced in version 20090220 where a change to the 
+FADT 
+handling could cause the ACPICA subsystem to access non-existent I/O 
+ports.
 
-Modified the handling of FADT register and table (FACS/DSDT) addresses. The 
+Modified the handling of FADT register and table (FACS/DSDT) addresses. 
+The 
 FADT can contain both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these addresses. 
-Previously, the 64-bit versions were favored, meaning that if both 32 and 64 
+Previously, the 64-bit versions were favored, meaning that if both 32 and 
+64 
 versions were valid, but not equal, the 64-bit version was used. This was 
-found to cause some machines to fail. Now, in this case, the 32-bit version 
+found to cause some machines to fail. Now, in this case, the 32-bit 
+version 
 is used instead. This now matches the Windows behavior.
 
-Implemented a new mechanism to protect certain I/O ports. Provides Microsoft 
+Implemented a new mechanism to protect certain I/O ports. Provides 
+Microsoft 
 compatibility and protects the standard PC I/O ports from access via AML 
 code. Adds a new file, hwvalid.c
 
@@ -2603,30 +3238,38 @@ Fixed a possible extraneous warning message from the FADT support. The
 message warns of a 32/64 length mismatch between the legacy and GAS 
 definitions for a register.
 
-Removed the obsolete AcpiOsValidateAddress OSL interface. This interface is 
-made obsolete by the port protection mechanism above. It was previously used 
-to validate the entire address range of an operation region, which could be 
+Removed the obsolete AcpiOsValidateAddress OSL interface. This interface 
+is 
+made obsolete by the port protection mechanism above. It was previously 
+used 
+to validate the entire address range of an operation region, which could 
+be 
 incorrect if the range included illegal ports, but fields within the 
 operation region did not actually access those ports. Validation is now 
 performed on a per-field basis instead of the entire region.
 
 Modified the handling of the PM1 Status Register ignored bit (bit 11.) 
 Ignored bits must be "preserved" according to the ACPI spec. Usually, this 
-means a read/modify/write when writing to the register. However, for status 
-registers, writing a one means clear the event. Writing a zero means preserve 
+means a read/modify/write when writing to the register. However, for 
+status 
+registers, writing a one means clear the event. Writing a zero means 
+preserve 
 the event (do not clear.) This behavior is clarified in the ACPI 4.0 spec, 
 and the ACPICA code now simply always writes a zero to the ignored bit.
 
-Modified the handling of ignored bits for the PM1 A/B Control Registers. As 
+Modified the handling of ignored bits for the PM1 A/B Control Registers. 
+As 
 per the ACPI specification, for the control registers, preserve 
-(read/modify/write) all bits that are defined as either reserved or ignored.
+(read/modify/write) all bits that are defined as either reserved or 
+ignored.
 
 Updated the handling of write-only bits in the PM1 A/B Control Registers. 
 When reading the register, zero the write-only bits as per the ACPI spec. 
 ACPICA BZ 443. Lin Ming.
 
 Removed "Linux" from the list of supported _OSI strings. Linux no longer 
-wants to reply true to this request. The Windows strings are the only paths 
+wants to reply true to this request. The Windows strings are the only 
+paths 
 through the AML that are tested and known to work properly.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2638,7 +3281,8 @@ through the AML that are tested and known to work properly.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Acpiexec: Split the large aeexec.c file into two new files, aehandlers.c and 
+Acpiexec: Split the large aeexec.c file into two new files, aehandlers.c 
+and 
 aetables.c
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -2646,47 +3290,63 @@ aetables.c
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Optimized the ACPI register locking. Removed locking for reads from the ACPI 
+Optimized the ACPI register locking. Removed locking for reads from the 
+ACPI 
 bit registers in PM1 Status, Enable, Control, and PM2 Control. The lock is 
 not required when reading the single-bit registers. The 
 AcpiGetRegisterUnlocked function is no longer needed and has been removed. 
 This will improve performance for reads on these registers. ACPICA BZ 760.
 
 Fixed the parameter validation for AcpiRead/Write. Now return 
-AE_BAD_PARAMETER if the input register pointer is null, and AE_BAD_ADDRESS if 
-the register has an address of zero. Previously, these cases simply returned 
-AE_OK. For optional registers such as PM1B status/enable/control, the caller 
+AE_BAD_PARAMETER if the input register pointer is null, and AE_BAD_ADDRESS 
+if 
+the register has an address of zero. Previously, these cases simply 
+returned 
+AE_OK. For optional registers such as PM1B status/enable/control, the 
+caller 
 should check for a valid register address before calling. ACPICA BZ 748.
 
 Renamed the external ACPI bit register access functions. Renamed 
 AcpiGetRegister and AcpiSetRegister to clarify the purpose of these 
 functions. The new names are AcpiReadBitRegister and AcpiWriteBitRegister. 
-Also, restructured the code for these functions by simplifying the code path 
+Also, restructured the code for these functions by simplifying the code 
+path 
 and condensing duplicate code to reduce code size.
 
 Added new functions to transparently handle the possibly split PM1 A/B 
 registers. AcpiHwReadMultiple and AcpiHwWriteMultiple. These two functions 
-now handle the split registers for PM1 Status, Enable, and Control. ACPICA BZ 
+now handle the split registers for PM1 Status, Enable, and Control. ACPICA 
+BZ 
 746.
 
-Added a function to handle the PM1 control registers, AcpiHwWritePm1Control. 
-This function writes both of the PM1 control registers (A/B). These registers 
-are different than the PM1 A/B status and enable registers in that different 
+Added a function to handle the PM1 control registers, 
+AcpiHwWritePm1Control. 
+This function writes both of the PM1 control registers (A/B). These 
+registers 
+are different than the PM1 A/B status and enable registers in that 
+different 
 values can be written to the A/B registers. Most notably, the SLP_TYP bits 
-can be different, as per the values returned from the _Sx predefined methods.
+can be different, as per the values returned from the _Sx predefined 
+methods.
 
-Removed an extra register write within AcpiHwClearAcpiStatus. This function 
-was writing an optional PM1B status register twice. The existing call to the 
-low-level AcpiHwRegisterWrite automatically handles a possibly split PM1 A/B 
+Removed an extra register write within AcpiHwClearAcpiStatus. This 
+function 
+was writing an optional PM1B status register twice. The existing call to 
+the 
+low-level AcpiHwRegisterWrite automatically handles a possibly split PM1 
+A/B 
 register. ACPICA BZ 751.
 
-Split out the PM1 Status registers from the FADT. Added new globals for these 
+Split out the PM1 Status registers from the FADT. Added new globals for 
+these 
 registers (A/B), similar to the way the PM1 Enable registers are handled. 
 Instead of overloading the FADT Event Register blocks. This makes the code 
 clearer and less prone to error.
 
-Fixed the warning message for when the platform contains too many ACPI tables 
-for the default size of the global root table data structure. The calculation 
+Fixed the warning message for when the platform contains too many ACPI 
+tables 
+for the default size of the global root table data structure. The 
+calculation 
 for the truncation value was incorrect.
 
 Removed the ACPI_GET_OBJECT_TYPE macro. Removed all instances of this 
@@ -2701,13 +3361,15 @@ Conditionally compile the AcpiSetFirmwareWakingVector64 function. This
 function is only needed on 64-bit host operating systems and is thus not 
 included for 32-bit hosts.
 
-Debug output: print the input and result for invocations of the _OSI reserved 
+Debug output: print the input and result for invocations of the _OSI 
+reserved 
 control method via the ACPI_LV_INFO debug level. Also, reduced some of the 
 verbosity of this debug level. Len Brown.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2731,10 +3393,14 @@ Added the 2009 copyright to all module headers and signons. This affects
 virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, the iASL compiler, and 
 the tools/utilities.
 
-Implemented a change to allow the host to override any ACPI table, including 
-dynamically loaded tables. Previously, only the DSDT could be replaced by the 
-host. With this change, the AcpiOsTableOverride interface is called for each 
-table found in the RSDT/XSDT during ACPICA initialization, and also whenever 
+Implemented a change to allow the host to override any ACPI table, 
+including 
+dynamically loaded tables. Previously, only the DSDT could be replaced by 
+the 
+host. With this change, the AcpiOsTableOverride interface is called for 
+each 
+table found in the RSDT/XSDT during ACPICA initialization, and also 
+whenever 
 a table is dynamically loaded via the AML Load operator.
 
 Updated FADT flag definitions, especially the Boot Architecture flags.
@@ -2745,7 +3411,8 @@ with the actual namespace entry which is itself padded with underscores.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2759,11 +3426,13 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 Fix build error under Bison-2.4.
 
-Dissasembler: Enhanced FADT support. Added decoding of the Boot Architecture 
+Dissasembler: Enhanced FADT support. Added decoding of the Boot 
+Architecture 
 flags. Now decode all flags, regardless of the FADT version. Flag output 
 includes the FADT version which first defined each flag.
 
-The iASL -g option now dumps the RSDT to a file (in addition to the FADT and 
+The iASL -g option now dumps the RSDT to a file (in addition to the FADT 
+and 
 DSDT). Windows only.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -2771,7 +3440,8 @@ DSDT). Windows only.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-The ACPICA Programmer Reference has been completely updated and revamped for 
+The ACPICA Programmer Reference has been completely updated and revamped 
+for 
 this release. This includes updates to the external interfaces, OSL 
 interfaces, the overview sections, and the debugger reference.
 
@@ -2785,31 +3455,37 @@ AcpiGbl_CurrentGpeCount - Tracks the current number of available GPEs.
 AcpiRead - Low-level read ACPI register (was HwLowLevelRead.)
 AcpiWrite - Low-level write ACPI register (was HwLowLevelWrite.)
 
-Most of the public ACPI hardware-related interfaces have been moved to a new 
+Most of the public ACPI hardware-related interfaces have been moved to a 
+new 
 file, components/hardware/hwxface.c
 
 Enhanced the FADT parsing and low-level ACPI register access: The ACPI 
 register lengths within the FADT are now used, and the low level ACPI 
 register access no longer hardcodes the ACPI register lengths. Given that 
-there may be some risk in actually trusting the FADT register lengths, a run-
+there may be some risk in actually trusting the FADT register lengths, a 
+run-
 time option was added to fall back to the default hardcoded lengths if the 
 FADT proves to contain incorrect values - UseDefaultRegisterWidths. This 
-option is set to true for now, and a warning is issued if a suspicious FADT 
+option is set to true for now, and a warning is issued if a suspicious 
+FADT 
 register length is overridden with the default value.
 
-Fixed a reference count issue in NsRepairObject. This problem was introduced 
+Fixed a reference count issue in NsRepairObject. This problem was 
+introduced 
 in version 20081031 as part of a fix to repair Buffer objects within 
 Packages. Lin Ming.
 
 Added semaphore support to the Linux/Unix application OS-services layer 
 (OSL). ACPICA BZ 448. Lin Ming.
 
-Added the ACPI_MUTEX_TYPE configuration option to select whether mutexes will 
+Added the ACPI_MUTEX_TYPE configuration option to select whether mutexes 
+will 
 be implemented in the OSL, or will binary semaphores be used instead.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2821,14 +3497,16 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Completed the '-e' option to include additional ACPI tables in order to 
+iASL: Completed the '-e' option to include additional ACPI tables in order 
+to 
 aid with disassembly and External statement generation. ACPICA BZ 742. Lin 
 Ming.
 
 iASL: Removed the "named object in while loop" error. The compiler cannot 
 determine how many times a loop will execute. ACPICA BZ 730.
 
-Disassembler: Implemented support for FADT revision 2 (MS extension). ACPICA 
+Disassembler: Implemented support for FADT revision 2 (MS extension). 
+ACPICA 
 BZ 743.
 
 Disassembler: Updates for several ACPI data tables (HEST, EINJ, and MCFG).
@@ -2838,24 +3516,33 @@ Disassembler: Updates for several ACPI data tables (HEST, EINJ, and MCFG).
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Restructured the ACPICA header files into public/private. acpi.h now includes 
-only the "public" acpica headers. All other acpica headers are "private" and 
-should not be included by acpica users. One new file, accommon.h is used to 
-include the commonly used private headers for acpica code generation. Future 
+Restructured the ACPICA header files into public/private. acpi.h now 
+includes 
+only the "public" acpica headers. All other acpica headers are "private" 
+and 
+should not be included by acpica users. One new file, accommon.h is used 
+to 
+include the commonly used private headers for acpica code generation. 
+Future 
 plans include moving all private headers to a new subdirectory.
 
 Implemented an automatic Buffer->String return value conversion for 
 predefined ACPI methods. For these methods (such as _BIF), added automatic 
-conversion for return objects that are required to be a String, but a Buffer 
-was found instead. This can happen when reading string battery data from an 
+conversion for return objects that are required to be a String, but a 
+Buffer 
+was found instead. This can happen when reading string battery data from 
+an 
 operation region, because it used to be difficult to convert the data from 
 buffer to string from within the ASL. Ensures that the host OS is provided 
 with a valid null-terminated string. Linux BZ 11822.
 
-Updated the FACS waking vector interfaces. Split AcpiSetFirmwareWakingVector 
-into two: one for the 32-bit vector, another for the 64-bit vector. This is 
+Updated the FACS waking vector interfaces. Split 
+AcpiSetFirmwareWakingVector 
+into two: one for the 32-bit vector, another for the 64-bit vector. This 
+is 
 required because the host OS must setup the wake much differently for each 
-vector (real vs. protected mode, etc.) and the interface itself should not be 
+vector (real vs. protected mode, etc.) and the interface itself should not 
+be 
 deciding which vector to use. Also, eliminated the GetFirmwareWakingVector 
 interface, as it served no purpose (only the firmware reads the vector, OS 
 only writes the vector.) ACPICA BZ 731.
@@ -2864,7 +3551,8 @@ Implemented a mechanism to escape infinite AML While() loops. Added a loop
 counter to force exit from AML While loops if the count becomes too large. 
 This can occur in poorly written AML when the hardware does not respond 
 within a while loop and the loop does not implement a timeout. The maximum 
-loop count is configurable. A new exception code is returned when a loop is 
+loop count is configurable. A new exception code is returned when a loop 
+is 
 broken, AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP. Alexey Starikovskiy, Bob Moore.
 
 Optimized the execution of AML While loops. Previously, a control state 
@@ -2872,37 +3560,46 @@ object was allocated and freed for each execution of the loop. The
 optimization is to simply reuse the control state for each iteration. This 
 speeds up the raw loop execution time by about 5%.
 
-Enhanced the implicit return mechanism. For Windows compatibility, return an 
-implicit integer of value zero for methods that contain no executable code. 
+Enhanced the implicit return mechanism. For Windows compatibility, return 
+an 
+implicit integer of value zero for methods that contain no executable 
+code. 
 Such methods are seen in the field as stubs (presumably), and can cause 
 drivers to fail if they expect a return value. Lin Ming.
 
 Allow multiple backslashes as root prefixes in namepaths. In a fully 
-qualified namepath, allow multiple backslash prefixes. This can happen (and 
+qualified namepath, allow multiple backslash prefixes. This can happen 
+(and 
 is seen in the field) because of the use of a double-backslash in strings 
 (since backslash is the escape character) causing confusion. ACPICA BZ 739 
 Lin Ming.
 
 Emit a warning if two different FACS or DSDT tables are discovered in the 
-FADT. Checks if there are two valid but different addresses for the FACS and 
+FADT. Checks if there are two valid but different addresses for the FACS 
+and 
 DSDT within the FADT (mismatch between the 32-bit and 64-bit fields.)
 
-Consolidated the method argument count validation code. Merged the code that 
+Consolidated the method argument count validation code. Merged the code 
+that 
 validates control method argument counts into the predefined validation 
-module. Eliminates possible multiple warnings for incorrect argument counts.
+module. Eliminates possible multiple warnings for incorrect argument 
+counts.
 
 Implemented ACPICA example code. Includes code for ACPICA initialization, 
 handler installation, and calling a control method. Available at 
 source/tools/examples.
 
-Added a global pointer for FACS table to simplify internal FACS access. Use 
-the global pointer instead of using AcpiGetTableByIndex for each FACS access. 
+Added a global pointer for FACS table to simplify internal FACS access. 
+Use 
+the global pointer instead of using AcpiGetTableByIndex for each FACS 
+access. 
 This simplifies the code for the Global Lock and the Firmware Waking 
 Vector(s).
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2914,14 +3611,18 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-iASL: Improved disassembly of external method calls. Added the -e option to 
-allow the inclusion of additional ACPI tables to help with the disassembly of 
+iASL: Improved disassembly of external method calls. Added the -e option 
+to 
+allow the inclusion of additional ACPI tables to help with the disassembly 
+of 
 method invocations and the generation of external declarations during the 
 disassembly. Certain external method invocations cannot be disassembled 
-properly without the actual declaration of the method. Use the -e option to 
+properly without the actual declaration of the method. Use the -e option 
+to 
 include the table where the external method(s) are actually declared. Most 
 useful for disassembling SSDTs that make method calls back to the master 
-DSDT. Lin Ming. Example: To disassemble an SSDT with calls to DSDT:  iasl -d 
+DSDT. Lin Ming. Example: To disassemble an SSDT with calls to DSDT:  iasl 
+-d 
 -e dsdt.aml ssdt1.aml
 
 iASL: Fix to allow references to aliases within ASL namepaths. Fixes a 
@@ -2934,25 +3635,34 @@ references from the Alias operator itself. ACPICA BZ 738.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Designed and implemented a mechanism to validate predefined ACPI methods and 
-objects. This code validates the predefined ACPI objects (objects whose names 
+Designed and implemented a mechanism to validate predefined ACPI methods 
+and 
+objects. This code validates the predefined ACPI objects (objects whose 
+names 
 start with underscore) that appear in the namespace, at the time they are 
 evaluated. The argument count and the type of the returned object are 
-validated against the ACPI specification. The purpose of this validation is 
-to detect problems with the BIOS-implemented predefined ACPI objects before 
-the results are returned to the ACPI-related drivers. Future enhancements may 
+validated against the ACPI specification. The purpose of this validation 
+is 
+to detect problems with the BIOS-implemented predefined ACPI objects 
+before 
+the results are returned to the ACPI-related drivers. Future enhancements 
+may 
 include actual repair of incorrect return objects where possible. Two new 
 files are nspredef.c and acpredef.h.
 
 Fixed a fault in the AML parser if a memory allocation fails during the Op 
 completion routine AcpiPsCompleteThisOp. Lin Ming. ACPICA BZ 492.
 
-Fixed an issue with implicit return compatibility. This change improves the 
-implicit return mechanism to be more compatible with the MS interpreter. Lin 
+Fixed an issue with implicit return compatibility. This change improves 
+the 
+implicit return mechanism to be more compatible with the MS interpreter. 
+Lin 
 Ming, ACPICA BZ 349.
 
-Implemented support for zero-length buffer-to-string conversions. Allow zero 
-length strings during interpreter buffer-to-string conversions. For example, 
+Implemented support for zero-length buffer-to-string conversions. Allow 
+zero 
+length strings during interpreter buffer-to-string conversions. For 
+example, 
 during the ToDecimalString and ToHexString operators, as well as implicit 
 conversions. Fiodor Suietov, ACPICA BZ 585.
 
@@ -2962,18 +3672,22 @@ similar in that they use a stack of state objects in order to eliminate
 recursion. The stack must be fully unwound and deallocated if an error 
 occurs. Lin Ming. ACPICA BZ 383.
 
-Removed the unused ACPI_BITREG_WAKE_ENABLE definition and entry in the global 
+Removed the unused ACPI_BITREG_WAKE_ENABLE definition and entry in the 
+global 
 ACPI register table. This bit does not exist and is unused. Lin Ming, Bob 
 Moore ACPICA BZ 442.
 
 Removed the obsolete version number in module headers. Removed the 
-"$Revision" number that appeared in each module header. This version number 
-was useful under SourceSafe and CVS, but has no meaning under git. It is not 
+"$Revision" number that appeared in each module header. This version 
+number 
+was useful under SourceSafe and CVS, but has no meaning under git. It is 
+not 
 only incorrect, it could also be misleading.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -2991,41 +3705,53 @@ much larger code and data size.
 Completed a major cleanup of the internal ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT of type 
 Reference. Changes include the elimination of cheating on the Object field 
 for the DdbHandle subtype, addition of a reference class field to 
-differentiate the various reference types (instead of an AML opcode), and the 
+differentiate the various reference types (instead of an AML opcode), and 
+the 
 cleanup of debug output for this object. Lin Ming, Bob Moore. BZ 723
 
 Reduce an error to a warning for an incorrect method argument count. 
 Previously aborted with an error if too few arguments were passed to a 
-control method via the external ACPICA interface. Now issue a warning instead 
+control method via the external ACPICA interface. Now issue a warning 
+instead 
 and continue. Handles the case where the method inadvertently declares too 
-many arguments, but does not actually use the extra ones. Applies mainly to 
+many arguments, but does not actually use the extra ones. Applies mainly 
+to 
 the predefined methods. Lin Ming. Linux BZ 11032.
 
-Disallow the evaluation of named object types with no intrinsic value. Return 
-AE_TYPE for objects that have no value and therefore evaluation is undefined: 
-Device, Event, Mutex, Region, Thermal, and Scope. Previously, evaluation of 
-these types were allowed, but an exception would be generated at some point 
+Disallow the evaluation of named object types with no intrinsic value. 
+Return 
+AE_TYPE for objects that have no value and therefore evaluation is 
+undefined: 
+Device, Event, Mutex, Region, Thermal, and Scope. Previously, evaluation 
+of 
+these types were allowed, but an exception would be generated at some 
+point 
 during the evaluation. Now, the error is generated up front.
 
 Fixed a possible memory leak in the AcpiNsGetExternalPathname function 
 (nsnames.c). Fixes a leak in the error exit path.
 
-Removed the obsolete debug levels ACPI_DB_WARN and ACPI_DB_ERROR. These debug 
-levels were made obsolete by the ACPI_WARNING, ACPI_ERROR, and ACPI_EXCEPTION 
+Removed the obsolete debug levels ACPI_DB_WARN and ACPI_DB_ERROR. These 
+debug 
+levels were made obsolete by the ACPI_WARNING, ACPI_ERROR, and 
+ACPI_EXCEPTION 
 interfaces. Also added ACPI_DB_EVENTS to correspond with the existing 
 ACPI_LV_EVENTS.
 
 Removed obsolete and/or unused exception codes from the acexcep.h header. 
-There is the possibility that certain device drivers may be affected if they 
+There is the possibility that certain device drivers may be affected if 
+they 
 use any of these exceptions.
 
-The ACPICA documentation has been added to the public git source tree, under 
+The ACPICA documentation has been added to the public git source tree, 
+under 
 acpica/documents. Included are the ACPICA programmer reference, the iASL 
 compiler reference, and the changes.txt release logfile.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3043,12 +3769,15 @@ argument. iASL now allows both definitions.
 
 iASL/disassembler: avoid infinite loop on bad ACPI tables. Check for zero-
 length subtables when disassembling ACPI tables. Also fixed a couple of 
-errors where a full 16-bit table type field was not extracted from the input 
+errors where a full 16-bit table type field was not extracted from the 
+input 
 properly.
 
 acpisrc: Improve comment counting mechanism for generating source code 
-statistics. Count first and last lines of multi-line comments as whitespace, 
-not comment lines. Handle Linux legal header in addition to standard acpica 
+statistics. Count first and last lines of multi-line comments as 
+whitespace, 
+not comment lines. Handle Linux legal header in addition to standard 
+acpica 
 header.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -3058,41 +3787,54 @@ header.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Fix a possible deadlock in the GPE dispatch. Remove call to 
-AcpiHwDisableAllGpes during wake in AcpiEvGpeDispatch. This call will attempt 
-to acquire the GPE lock but can deadlock since the GPE lock is already held 
-at dispatch time. This code was introduced in version 20060831 as a response 
+AcpiHwDisableAllGpes during wake in AcpiEvGpeDispatch. This call will 
+attempt 
+to acquire the GPE lock but can deadlock since the GPE lock is already 
+held 
+at dispatch time. This code was introduced in version 20060831 as a 
+response 
 to Linux BZ 6881 and has since been removed from Linux.
 
-Add a function to dereference returned reference objects. Examines the return 
-object from a call to AcpiEvaluateObject. Any Index or RefOf references are 
+Add a function to dereference returned reference objects. Examines the 
+return 
+object from a call to AcpiEvaluateObject. Any Index or RefOf references 
+are 
 automatically dereferenced in an attempt to return something useful (these 
-reference types cannot be converted into an external ACPI_OBJECT.) Provides 
+reference types cannot be converted into an external ACPI_OBJECT.) 
+Provides 
 MS compatibility. Lin Ming, Bob Moore. Linux BZ 11105
 
 x2APIC support: changes for MADT and SRAT ACPI tables. There are 2 new 
 subtables for the MADT and one new subtable for the SRAT. Includes 
-disassembler and AcpiSrc support. Data from the Intel 64 Architecture x2APIC 
+disassembler and AcpiSrc support. Data from the Intel 64 Architecture 
+x2APIC 
 Specification, June 2008.
 
-Additional error checking for pathname utilities. Add error check after all 
+Additional error checking for pathname utilities. Add error check after 
+all 
 calls to AcpiNsGetPathnameLength. Add status return from 
-AcpiNsBuildExternalPath and check after all calls. Add parameter validation 
+AcpiNsBuildExternalPath and check after all calls. Add parameter 
+validation 
 to AcpiUtInitializeBuffer. Reported by and initial patch by Ingo Molnar.
 
-Return status from the global init function AcpiUtGlobalInitialize. This is 
+Return status from the global init function AcpiUtGlobalInitialize. This 
+is 
 used by both the kernel subsystem and the utilities such as iASL compiler. 
 The function could possibly fail when the caches are initialized. Yang Yi.
 
 Add a function to decode reference object types to strings. Created for 
 improved error messages. 
 
-Improve object conversion error messages. Better error messages during object 
-conversion from internal to the external ACPI_OBJECT. Used for external calls 
+Improve object conversion error messages. Better error messages during 
+object 
+conversion from internal to the external ACPI_OBJECT. Used for external 
+calls 
 to AcpiEvaluateObject.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3106,7 +3848,8 @@ much larger code and data size.
 
 Debugger: fix a possible hang when evaluating non-methods. Fixes a problem 
 introduced in version 20080701. If the object being evaluated (via execute 
-command) is not a method, the debugger can hang while trying to obtain non-
+command) is not a method, the debugger can hang while trying to obtain 
+non-
 existent parameters.
 
 iASL: relax error for using reserved "_T_x" identifiers. These names can 
@@ -3114,16 +3857,21 @@ appear in a disassembled ASL file if they were emitted by the original
 compiler. Instead of issuing an error or warning and forcing the user to 
 manually change these names, issue a remark instead.
 
-iASL: error if named object created in while loop. Emit an error if any named 
-object is created within a While loop. If allowed, this code will generate a 
-run-time error on the second iteration of the loop when an attempt is made to 
+iASL: error if named object created in while loop. Emit an error if any 
+named 
+object is created within a While loop. If allowed, this code will generate 
+a 
+run-time error on the second iteration of the loop when an attempt is made 
+to 
 create the same named object twice. ACPICA bugzilla 730.
 
-iASL: Support absolute pathnames for include files. Add support for absolute 
+iASL: Support absolute pathnames for include files. Add support for 
+absolute 
 pathnames within the Include operator. previously, only relative pathnames 
 were supported.
 
-iASL: Enforce minimum 1 interrupt in interrupt macro and Resource Descriptor. 
+iASL: Enforce minimum 1 interrupt in interrupt macro and Resource 
+Descriptor. 
 The ACPI spec requires one interrupt minimum. BZ 423
 
 iASL: Handle a missing ResourceSource arg, with a present SourceIndex. 
@@ -3131,13 +3879,16 @@ Handles the case for the Interrupt Resource Descriptor where
 the ResourceSource argument is omitted but ResourceSourceIndex
 is present. Now leave room for the Index. BZ 426
 
-iASL: Prevent error message if CondRefOf target does not exist. Fixes cases 
+iASL: Prevent error message if CondRefOf target does not exist. Fixes 
+cases 
 where an error message is emitted if the target does not exist. BZ 516
 
 iASL: Fix broken -g option (get Windows ACPI tables). Fixes the -g option 
-(get ACPI tables on Windows). This was apparently broken in version 20070919.
+(get ACPI tables on Windows). This was apparently broken in version 
+20070919.
 
-AcpiXtract: Handle EOF while extracting data. Correctly handle the case where 
+AcpiXtract: Handle EOF while extracting data. Correctly handle the case 
+where 
 the EOF happens immediately after the last table in the input file. Print 
 completion message. Previously, no message was displayed in this case.
 
@@ -3152,9 +3903,12 @@ source tree.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Implemented a "careful" GPE disable in AcpiEvDisableGpe, only modify one 
-enable bit. Now performs a read-change-write of the enable register instead 
-of simply writing out the cached enable mask. This will prevent inadvertent 
-enabling of GPEs if a rogue GPE is received during initialization (before GPE 
+enable bit. Now performs a read-change-write of the enable register 
+instead 
+of simply writing out the cached enable mask. This will prevent 
+inadvertent 
+enabling of GPEs if a rogue GPE is received during initialization (before 
+GPE 
 handlers are installed.)
 
 Implemented a copy for dynamically loaded tables. Previously, dynamically 
@@ -3164,32 +3918,41 @@ OpRegion case, added checksum verify. Use the table length from the table
 header, not the region length. For the Buffer case, use the table length 
 also. Dennis Noordsij, Bob Moore. BZ 10734
 
-Fixed a problem where the same ACPI table could not be dynamically loaded and 
-unloaded more than once. Without this change, a table cannot be loaded again 
+Fixed a problem where the same ACPI table could not be dynamically loaded 
+and 
+unloaded more than once. Without this change, a table cannot be loaded 
+again 
 once it has been loaded/unloaded one time. The current mechanism does not 
-unregister a table upon an unload. During a load, if the same table is found, 
+unregister a table upon an unload. During a load, if the same table is 
+found, 
 this no longer returns an exception. BZ 722
 
 Fixed a problem where the wrong descriptor length was calculated for the 
 EndTag descriptor in 64-bit mode. The "minimal" descriptors such as EndTag 
 are calculated as 12 bytes long, but the actual length in the internal 
-descriptor is 16 because of the round-up to 8 on the 64-bit build. Reported 
+descriptor is 16 because of the round-up to 8 on the 64-bit build. 
+Reported 
 by Linn Crosetto. BZ 728
 
-Fixed a possible memory leak in the Unload operator. The DdbHandle returned 
-by Load() did not have its reference count decremented during unload, leading 
+Fixed a possible memory leak in the Unload operator. The DdbHandle 
+returned 
+by Load() did not have its reference count decremented during unload, 
+leading 
 to a memory leak. Lin Ming. BZ 727
 
 Fixed a possible memory leak when deleting thermal/processor objects. Any 
 associated notify handlers (and objects) were not being deleted. Fiodor 
 Suietov. BZ 506
 
-Fixed the ordering of the ASCII names in the global mutex table to match the 
-actual mutex IDs. Used by AcpiUtGetMutexName, a function used for debug only. 
+Fixed the ordering of the ASCII names in the global mutex table to match 
+the 
+actual mutex IDs. Used by AcpiUtGetMutexName, a function used for debug 
+only. 
 Vegard Nossum. BZ 726
 
 Enhanced the AcpiGetObjectInfo interface to return the number of required 
-arguments if the object is a control method. Added this call to the debugger 
+arguments if the object is a control method. Added this call to the 
+debugger 
 so the proper number of default arguments are passed to a method. This 
 prevents a warning when executing methods from AcpiExec.
 
@@ -3200,7 +3963,8 @@ Fixed an extraneous warning from exconfig.c on the 64-bit build.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3215,20 +3979,26 @@ much larger code and data size.
 iASL: Added two missing ACPI reserved names. Added _MTP and _ASZ, both 
 resource descriptor names.
 
-iASL: Detect invalid ASCII characters in input (windows version). Removed the 
+iASL: Detect invalid ASCII characters in input (windows version). Removed 
+the 
 "-CF" flag from the flex compile, enables correct detection of non-ASCII 
 characters in the input. BZ 441
 
-iASL: Eliminate warning when result of LoadTable is not used. Eliminate the 
+iASL: Eliminate warning when result of LoadTable is not used. Eliminate 
+the 
 "result of operation not used" warning when the DDB handle returned from 
 LoadTable is not used. The warning is not needed. BZ 590
 
-AcpiExec: Add support for dynamic table load/unload. Now calls _CFG method to 
-pass address of table to the AML. Added option to disable OpRegion simulation 
-to allow creation of an OpRegion with a real address that was passed to _CFG. 
+AcpiExec: Add support for dynamic table load/unload. Now calls _CFG method 
+to 
+pass address of table to the AML. Added option to disable OpRegion 
+simulation 
+to allow creation of an OpRegion with a real address that was passed to 
+_CFG. 
 All of this allows testing of the Load and Unload operators from AcpiExec.
 
-Debugger: update tables command for unloaded tables. Handle unloaded tables 
+Debugger: update tables command for unloaded tables. Handle unloaded 
+tables 
 and use the standard table header output routine.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -3236,49 +4006,63 @@ and use the standard table header output routine.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented a workaround for reversed _PRT entries. A significant number of 
+Implemented a workaround for reversed _PRT entries. A significant number 
+of 
 BIOSs erroneously reverse the _PRT SourceName and the SourceIndex. This 
-change dynamically detects and repairs this problem. Provides compatibility 
+change dynamically detects and repairs this problem. Provides 
+compatibility 
 with MS ACPI. BZ 6859
 
 Simplified the internal ACPI hardware interfaces to eliminate the locking 
 flag parameter from Register Read/Write. Added a new external interface, 
 AcpiGetRegisterUnlocked.
 
-Fixed a problem where the invocation of a GPE control method could hang. This 
+Fixed a problem where the invocation of a GPE control method could hang. 
+This 
 was a regression introduced in 20080514. The new method argument count 
 validation mechanism can enter an infinite loop when a GPE method is 
-dispatched. Problem fixed by removing the obsolete code that passed GPE block 
-information to the notify handler via the control method parameter pointer.
+dispatched. Problem fixed by removing the obsolete code that passed GPE 
+block 
+information to the notify handler via the control method parameter 
+pointer.
 
-Fixed a problem where the _SST execution status was incorrectly returned to 
+Fixed a problem where the _SST execution status was incorrectly returned 
+to 
 the caller of AcpiEnterSleepStatePrep. This was a regression introduced in 
 20080514. _SST is optional and a NOT_FOUND exception should never be 
 returned. BZ 716
 
-Fixed a problem where a deleted object could be accessed from within the AML 
-parser. This was a regression introduced in version 20080123 as a fix for the 
+Fixed a problem where a deleted object could be accessed from within the 
+AML 
+parser. This was a regression introduced in version 20080123 as a fix for 
+the 
 Unload operator. Lin Ming. BZ 10669
 
-Cleaned up the debug operand dump mechanism. Eliminated unnecessary operands 
+Cleaned up the debug operand dump mechanism. Eliminated unnecessary 
+operands 
 and eliminated the use of a negative index in a loop. Operands are now 
-displayed in the correct order, not backwards. This also fixes a regression 
+displayed in the correct order, not backwards. This also fixes a 
+regression 
 introduced in 20080514 on 64-bit systems where the elimination of 
-ACPI_NATIVE_UINT caused the negative index to go large and positive. BZ 715
+ACPI_NATIVE_UINT caused the negative index to go large and positive. BZ 
+715
 
-Fixed a possible memory leak in EvPciConfigRegionSetup where the error exit 
+Fixed a possible memory leak in EvPciConfigRegionSetup where the error 
+exit 
 path did not delete a locally allocated structure.
 
 Updated definitions for the DMAR and SRAT tables to synchronize with the 
 current specifications. Includes disassembler support.
 
 Fixed a problem in the mutex debug code (in utmutex.c) where an incorrect 
-loop termination value was used. Loop terminated on iteration early, missing 
+loop termination value was used. Loop terminated on iteration early, 
+missing 
 one mutex. Linn Crosetto
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3304,38 +4088,52 @@ Disassembler: Added support for DMAR and SRAT table definition changes.
 
 Fixed a problem where GPEs were enabled too early during the ACPICA 
 initialization. This could lead to "handler not installed" errors on some 
-machines. Moved GPE enable until after _REG/_STA/_INI methods are run. This 
-ensures that all operation regions and devices throughout the namespace have 
+machines. Moved GPE enable until after _REG/_STA/_INI methods are run. 
+This 
+ensures that all operation regions and devices throughout the namespace 
+have 
 been initialized before GPEs are enabled. Alexey Starikovskiy, BZ 9916.
 
 Implemented a change to the enter sleep code. Moved execution of the _GTS 
-method to just before setting sleep enable bit. The execution was moved from 
+method to just before setting sleep enable bit. The execution was moved 
+from 
 AcpiEnterSleepStatePrep to AcpiEnterSleepState. _GTS is now executed 
 immediately before the SLP_EN bit is set, as per the ACPI specification. 
 Luming Yu, BZ 1653.
 
-Implemented a fix to disable unknown GPEs (2nd version). Now always disable 
+Implemented a fix to disable unknown GPEs (2nd version). Now always 
+disable 
 the GPE, even if ACPICA thinks that that it is already disabled. It is 
-possible that the AML or some other code has enabled the GPE unbeknownst to 
+possible that the AML or some other code has enabled the GPE unbeknownst 
+to 
 the ACPICA code.
 
-Fixed a problem with the Field operator where zero-length fields would return 
-an AE_AML_NO_OPERAND exception during table load. Fix enables zero-length ASL 
+Fixed a problem with the Field operator where zero-length fields would 
+return 
+an AE_AML_NO_OPERAND exception during table load. Fix enables zero-length 
+ASL 
 field declarations in Field(), BankField(), and IndexField(). BZ 10606.
 
-Implemented a fix for the Load operator, now load the table at the namespace 
-root. This reverts a change introduced in version 20071019. The table is now 
+Implemented a fix for the Load operator, now load the table at the 
+namespace 
+root. This reverts a change introduced in version 20071019. The table is 
+now 
 loaded at the namespace root even though this goes against the ACPI 
-specification. This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. 
-The ACPI specification will be updated to reflect this in ACPI 4.0. Lin Ming.
+specification. This provides compatibility with other ACPI 
+implementations. 
+The ACPI specification will be updated to reflect this in ACPI 4.0. Lin 
+Ming.
 
-Fixed a problem where ACPICA would not Load() tables with unusual signatures. 
+Fixed a problem where ACPICA would not Load() tables with unusual 
+signatures. 
 Now ignore ACPI table signature for Load() operator. Only "SSDT" is 
 acceptable to the ACPI spec, but tables are seen with OEMx and null sigs. 
-Therefore, signature validation is worthless. Apparently MS ACPI accepts such 
+Therefore, signature validation is worthless. Apparently MS ACPI accepts 
+such 
 signatures, ACPICA must be compatible. BZ 10454.
 
-Fixed a possible negative array index in AcpiUtValidateException. Added NULL 
+Fixed a possible negative array index in AcpiUtValidateException. Added 
+NULL 
 fields to the exception string arrays to eliminate a -1 subtraction on the 
 SubStatus field.
 
@@ -3345,12 +4143,16 @@ instead of pointers to static strings. Jan Beulich and Bob Moore.
 
 Implemented argument count checking in control method invocation via 
 AcpiEvaluateObject. Now emit an error if too few arguments, warning if too 
-many. This applies only to extern programmatic control method execution, not 
+many. This applies only to extern programmatic control method execution, 
+not 
 method-to-method calls within the AML. Lin Ming.
 
-Eliminated the ACPI_NATIVE_UINT type across all ACPICA code. This type is no 
-longer needed, especially with the removal of 16-bit support. It was replaced 
-mostly with UINT32, but also ACPI_SIZE where a type that changes 32/64 bit on 
+Eliminated the ACPI_NATIVE_UINT type across all ACPICA code. This type is 
+no 
+longer needed, especially with the removal of 16-bit support. It was 
+replaced 
+mostly with UINT32, but also ACPI_SIZE where a type that changes 32/64 bit 
+on 
 32/64-bit platforms is required.
 
 Added the C const qualifier for appropriate string constants -- mostly 
@@ -3358,7 +4160,8 @@ MODULE_NAME and printf format strings. Jan Beulich.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a 
 much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3371,7 +4174,8 @@ much larger code and data size.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
 Implemented ACPI table revision ID validation in the disassembler. Zero is 
-always invalid. For DSDTs, the ID controls the interpreter integer width. 1 
+always invalid. For DSDTs, the ID controls the interpreter integer width. 
+1 
 means 32-bit and this is unusual. 2 or greater is 64-bit.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -3381,45 +4185,60 @@ means 32-bit and this is unusual. 2 or greater is 64-bit.
 
 Implemented an additional change to the GPE support in order to suppress 
 spurious or stray GPEs. The AcpiEvDisableGpe function will now permanently 
-disable incoming GPEs that are neither enabled nor disabled -- meaning that 
-the GPE is unknown to the system. This should prevent future interrupt floods 
+disable incoming GPEs that are neither enabled nor disabled -- meaning 
+that 
+the GPE is unknown to the system. This should prevent future interrupt 
+floods 
 from that GPE. BZ 6217 (Zhang Rui)
 
 Fixed a problem where NULL package elements were not returned to the 
 AcpiEvaluateObject interface correctly. The element was simply ignored 
-instead of returning a NULL ACPI_OBJECT package element, potentially causing 
-a buffer overflow and/or confusing the caller who expected a fixed number of 
+instead of returning a NULL ACPI_OBJECT package element, potentially 
+causing 
+a buffer overflow and/or confusing the caller who expected a fixed number 
+of 
 elements. BZ 10132 (Lin Ming, Bob Moore)
 
-Fixed a problem with the CreateField, CreateXXXField (Bit, Byte, Word, Dword, 
-Qword), Field, BankField, and IndexField operators when invoked from inside 
-an executing control method. In this case, these operators created namespace 
+Fixed a problem with the CreateField, CreateXXXField (Bit, Byte, Word, 
+Dword, 
+Qword), Field, BankField, and IndexField operators when invoked from 
+inside 
+an executing control method. In this case, these operators created 
+namespace 
 nodes that were incorrectly left marked as permanent nodes instead of 
 temporary nodes. This could cause a problem if there is race condition 
-between an exiting control method and a running namespace walk. (Reported by 
+between an exiting control method and a running namespace walk. (Reported 
+by 
 Linn Crosetto)
 
 Fixed a problem where the CreateField and CreateXXXField operators would 
-incorrectly allow duplicate names (the name of the field) with no exception 
+incorrectly allow duplicate names (the name of the field) with no 
+exception 
 generated.
 
-Implemented several changes for Notify handling. Added support for new Notify 
+Implemented several changes for Notify handling. Added support for new 
+Notify 
 values (ACPI 2.0+) and improved the Notify debug output. Notify on 
 PowerResource objects is no longer allowed, as per the ACPI specification. 
 (Bob Moore, Zhang Rui)
 
-All Reference Objects returned via the AcpiEvaluateObject interface are now 
-marked as type "REFERENCE" instead of "ANY". The type ANY is now reserved for 
-NULL objects - either NULL package elements or unresolved named references.
+All Reference Objects returned via the AcpiEvaluateObject interface are 
+now 
+marked as type "REFERENCE" instead of "ANY". The type ANY is now reserved 
+for 
+NULL objects - either NULL package elements or unresolved named 
+references.
 
 Fixed a problem where an extraneous debug message was produced for package 
 objects (when debugging enabled). The message "Package List length larger 
 than NumElements count" is now produced in the correct case, and is now an 
 error message rather than a debug message. Added a debug message for the 
-opposite case, where NumElements is larger than the Package List (the package 
+opposite case, where NumElements is larger than the Package List (the 
+package 
 will be padded out with NULL elements as per the ACPI spec.)
 
-Implemented several improvements for the output of the ASL "Debug" object to 
+Implemented several improvements for the output of the ASL "Debug" object 
+to 
 clarify and keep all data for a given object on one output line.
 
 Fixed two size calculation issues with the variable-length Start Dependent 
@@ -3427,7 +4246,8 @@ resource descriptor.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3443,34 +4263,45 @@ Fixed a problem with the use of the Switch operator where execution of the
 containing method by multiple concurrent threads could cause an 
 AE_ALREADY_EXISTS exception. This is caused by the fact that there is no 
 actual Switch opcode, it must be simulated with local named temporary 
-variables and if/else pairs. The solution chosen was to mark any method that 
-uses Switch as Serialized, thus preventing multiple thread entries. BZ 469.
+variables and if/else pairs. The solution chosen was to mark any method 
+that 
+uses Switch as Serialized, thus preventing multiple thread entries. BZ 
+469.
 
 ----------------------------------------
 13 February 2008. Summary of changes for version 20080213:
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented another MS compatibility design change for GPE/Notify handling. 
-GPEs are now cleared/enabled asynchronously to allow all pending notifies to 
+Implemented another MS compatibility design change for GPE/Notify 
+handling. 
+GPEs are now cleared/enabled asynchronously to allow all pending notifies 
+to 
 complete first. It is expected that the OSL will queue the enable request 
-behind all pending notify requests (may require changes to the local host OSL 
+behind all pending notify requests (may require changes to the local host 
+OSL 
 in AcpiOsExecute). Alexey Starikovskiy.
 
 Fixed a problem where buffer and package objects passed as arguments to a 
-control method via the external AcpiEvaluateObject interface could cause an 
+control method via the external AcpiEvaluateObject interface could cause 
+an 
 AE_AML_INTERNAL exception depending on the order and type of operators 
 executed by the target control method.
 
 Fixed a problem where resource descriptor size optimization could cause a 
 problem when a _CRS resource template is passed to a _SRS method. The _SRS 
 resource template must use the same descriptors (with the same size) as 
-returned from _CRS. This change affects the following resource descriptors: 
-IRQ / IRQNoFlags and StartDependendentFn / StartDependentFnNoPri. (BZ 9487)
-
-Fixed a problem where a CopyObject to RegionField, BankField, and IndexField 
-objects did not perform an implicit conversion as it should. These types must 
-retain their initial type permanently as per the ACPI specification. However, 
+returned from _CRS. This change affects the following resource 
+descriptors: 
+IRQ / IRQNoFlags and StartDependendentFn / StartDependentFnNoPri. (BZ 
+9487)
+
+Fixed a problem where a CopyObject to RegionField, BankField, and 
+IndexField 
+objects did not perform an implicit conversion as it should. These types 
+must 
+retain their initial type permanently as per the ACPI specification. 
+However, 
 a CopyObject to all other object types should not perform an implicit 
 conversion, as per the ACPI specification. (Lin Ming, Bob Moore) BZ 388
 
@@ -3478,7 +4309,8 @@ Fixed a problem with the AcpiGetDevices interface where the mechanism to
 match device CIDs did not examine the entire list of available CIDs, but 
 instead aborted on the first non-matching CID. Andrew Patterson.
 
-Fixed a regression introduced in version 20071114. The ACPI_HIDWORD macro was 
+Fixed a regression introduced in version 20071114. The ACPI_HIDWORD macro 
+was 
 inadvertently changed to return a 16-bit value instead of a 32-bit value, 
 truncating the upper dword of a 64-bit value. This macro is only used to 
 display debug output, so no incorrect calculations were made. Also, 
@@ -3490,7 +4322,8 @@ statement.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3518,37 +4351,48 @@ the tools/utilities.
 
 Fixed a problem with the SizeOf operator when used with Package and Buffer 
 objects. These objects have deferred execution for some arguments, and the 
-execution is now completed before the SizeOf is executed. This problem caused 
-unexpected AE_PACKAGE_LIMIT errors on some systems (Lin Ming, Bob Moore) BZ 
+execution is now completed before the SizeOf is executed. This problem 
+caused 
+unexpected AE_PACKAGE_LIMIT errors on some systems (Lin Ming, Bob Moore) 
+BZ 
 9558
 
-Implemented an enhancement to the interpreter "slack mode". In the absence of 
+Implemented an enhancement to the interpreter "slack mode". In the absence 
+of 
 an explicit return or an implicitly returned object from the last executed 
-opcode, a control method will now implicitly return an integer of value 0 for 
+opcode, a control method will now implicitly return an integer of value 0 
+for 
 Microsoft compatibility. (Lin Ming) BZ 392
 
-Fixed a problem with the Load operator where an exception was not returned in 
+Fixed a problem with the Load operator where an exception was not returned 
+in 
 the case where the table is already loaded. (Lin Ming) BZ 463
 
-Implemented support for the use of DDBHandles as an Indexed Reference, as per 
+Implemented support for the use of DDBHandles as an Indexed Reference, as 
+per 
 the ACPI spec. (Lin Ming) BZ 486
 
-Implemented support for UserTerm (Method invocation) for the Unload operator 
+Implemented support for UserTerm (Method invocation) for the Unload 
+operator 
 as per the ACPI spec. (Lin Ming) BZ 580
 
 Fixed a problem with the LoadTable operator where the OemId and OemTableId 
-input strings could cause unexpected failures if they were shorter than the 
+input strings could cause unexpected failures if they were shorter than 
+the 
 maximum lengths allowed. (Lin Ming, Bob Moore) BZ 576
 
-Implemented support for UserTerm (Method invocation) for the Unload operator 
+Implemented support for UserTerm (Method invocation) for the Unload 
+operator 
 as per the ACPI spec. (Lin Ming) BZ 580
 
-Implemented header file support for new ACPI tables - BERT, ERST, EINJ, HEST, 
+Implemented header file support for new ACPI tables - BERT, ERST, EINJ, 
+HEST, 
 IBFT, UEFI, WDAT. Disassembler support is forthcoming.
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3560,15 +4404,19 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Implemented support in the disassembler for checksum validation on incoming 
-binary DSDTs and SSDTs. If incorrect, a message is displayed within the table 
+Implemented support in the disassembler for checksum validation on 
+incoming 
+binary DSDTs and SSDTs. If incorrect, a message is displayed within the 
+table 
 header dump at the start of the disassembly.
 
 Implemented additional debugging information in the namespace listing file 
-created during compilation. In addition to the namespace hierarchy, the full 
+created during compilation. In addition to the namespace hierarchy, the 
+full 
 pathname to each namespace object is displayed.
 
-Fixed a problem with the disassembler where invalid ACPI tables could cause 
+Fixed a problem with the disassembler where invalid ACPI tables could 
+cause 
 faults or infinite loops.
 
 Fixed an unexpected parse error when using the optional "parameter types" 
@@ -3578,7 +4426,8 @@ Fixed a problem where two External declarations with the same name did not
 cause an error (Lin Ming) BZ 509
 
 Implemented support for full TermArgs (adding Argx, Localx and method 
-invocation) for the ParameterData parameter to the LoadTable operator. (Lin 
+invocation) for the ParameterData parameter to the LoadTable operator. 
+(Lin 
 Ming) BZ 583,587
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -3588,22 +4437,28 @@ Ming) BZ 583,587
 
 Implemented full support for deferred execution for the TermArg string 
 arguments for DataTableRegion. This enables forward references and full 
-operand resolution for the three string arguments. Similar to OperationRegion 
+operand resolution for the three string arguments. Similar to 
+OperationRegion 
 deferred argument execution.) Lin Ming. BZ 430
 
 Implemented full argument resolution support for the BankValue argument to 
-BankField. Previously, only constants were supported, now any TermArg may be 
+BankField. Previously, only constants were supported, now any TermArg may 
+be 
 used. Lin Ming BZ 387, 393
 
 Fixed a problem with AcpiGetDevices where the search of a branch of the 
 device tree could be terminated prematurely. In accordance with the ACPI 
-specification, the search down the current branch is terminated if a device 
-is both not present and not functional (instead of just not present.) Yakui 
+specification, the search down the current branch is terminated if a 
+device 
+is both not present and not functional (instead of just not present.) 
+Yakui 
 Zhao.
 
-Fixed a problem where "unknown" GPEs could be allowed to fire repeatedly if 
+Fixed a problem where "unknown" GPEs could be allowed to fire repeatedly 
+if 
 the underlying AML code changed the GPE enable registers. Now, any unknown 
-incoming GPE (no _Lxx/_Exx method and not the EC GPE) is immediately disabled 
+incoming GPE (no _Lxx/_Exx method and not the EC GPE) is immediately 
+disabled 
 instead of simply ignored. Rui Zhang.
 
 Fixed a problem with Index Fields where the Index register was incorrectly 
@@ -3614,7 +4469,8 @@ the AML Interpreter slack mode is enabled. Lin Ming BZ 349
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3631,13 +4487,15 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 Implemented event counters for each of the Fixed Events, the ACPI SCI 
 (interrupt) itself, and control methods executed. Named 
-AcpiFixedEventCount[], AcpiSciCount, and AcpiMethodCount respectively. These 
+AcpiFixedEventCount[], AcpiSciCount, and AcpiMethodCount respectively. 
+These 
 should be useful for debugging and statistics.
 
 Implemented a new external interface, AcpiGetStatistics, to retrieve the 
 contents of the various event counters. Returns the current values for 
 AcpiSciCount, AcpiGpeCount, the AcpiFixedEventCount array, and 
-AcpiMethodCount. The interface can be expanded in the future if new counters 
+AcpiMethodCount. The interface can be expanded in the future if new 
+counters 
 are added. Device drivers should use this interface rather than access the 
 counters directly.
 
@@ -3646,22 +4504,28 @@ the ShortDivide function worked incorrectly, causing problems with the BCD
 functions with large input values. A truncation from 64-bit to 32-bit 
 inadvertently occurred. Internal BZ 435. Lin Ming
 
-Fixed a problem with Index references passed as method arguments. References 
-passed as arguments to control methods were dereferenced immediately (before 
+Fixed a problem with Index references passed as method arguments. 
+References 
+passed as arguments to control methods were dereferenced immediately 
+(before 
 control was passed to the called method). The references are now correctly 
 passed directly to the called method. BZ 5389. Lin Ming
 
-Fixed a problem with CopyObject used in conjunction with the Index operator. 
-The reference was incorrectly dereferenced before the copy. The reference is 
+Fixed a problem with CopyObject used in conjunction with the Index 
+operator. 
+The reference was incorrectly dereferenced before the copy. The reference 
+is 
 now correctly copied. BZ 5391. Lin Ming
 
-Fixed a problem with Control Method references within Package objects. These 
+Fixed a problem with Control Method references within Package objects. 
+These 
 references are now correctly generated. This completes the package 
 construction overhaul that began in version 20071019.
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3678,7 +4542,8 @@ The AcpiExec utility now installs handlers for all of the predefined
 Operation Region types. New types supported are: PCI_Config, CMOS, and 
 PCIBARTarget.
 
-Fixed a problem with the 64-bit version of AcpiExec where the extended (64-
+Fixed a problem with the 64-bit version of AcpiExec where the extended 
+(64-
 bit) address fields for the DSDT and FACS within the FADT were not being 
 used, causing truncation of the upper 32-bits of these addresses. Lin Ming 
 and Bob Moore
@@ -3691,12 +4556,15 @@ and Bob Moore
 Fixed a problem with the Alias operator when the target of the alias is a 
 named ASL operator that opens a new scope -- Scope, Device, PowerResource, 
 Processor, and ThermalZone. In these cases, any children of the original 
-operator could not be accessed via the alias, potentially causing unexpected 
+operator could not be accessed via the alias, potentially causing 
+unexpected 
 AE_NOT_FOUND exceptions. (BZ 9067)
 
 Fixed a problem with the Package operator where all named references were 
-created as object references and left otherwise unresolved. According to the 
-ACPI specification, a Package can only contain Data Objects or references to 
+created as object references and left otherwise unresolved. According to 
+the 
+ACPI specification, a Package can only contain Data Objects or references 
+to 
 control methods. The implication is that named references to Data Objects 
 (Integer, Buffer, String, Package, BufferField, Field) should be resolved 
 immediately upon package creation. This is the approach taken with this 
@@ -3705,11 +4573,13 @@ etc.) are all now properly created as reference objects. (BZ 5328)
 
 Reverted a change to Notify handling that was introduced in version 
 20070508. This version changed the Notify handling from asynchronous to 
-fully synchronous (Device driver Notify handling with respect to the Notify 
+fully synchronous (Device driver Notify handling with respect to the 
+Notify 
 ASL operator). It was found that this change caused more problems than it 
 solved and was removed by most users.
 
-Fixed a problem with the Increment and Decrement operators where the type of 
+Fixed a problem with the Increment and Decrement operators where the type 
+of 
 the target object could be unexpectedly and incorrectly changed. (BZ 353) 
 Lin Ming.
 
@@ -3720,19 +4590,24 @@ loaded into the root or current scope. Lin Ming.
 Fixed a problem with the Load operator when loading a table from a buffer 
 object. The input buffer was prematurely zeroed and/or deleted. (BZ 577)
 
-Fixed a problem with the Debug object where a store of a DdbHandle reference 
+Fixed a problem with the Debug object where a store of a DdbHandle 
+reference 
 object to the Debug object could cause a fault.
 
-Added a table checksum verification for the Load operator, in the case where 
+Added a table checksum verification for the Load operator, in the case 
+where 
 the load is from a buffer. (BZ 578).
 
-Implemented additional parameter validation for the LoadTable operator. The 
-length of the input strings SignatureString, OemIdString, and OemTableId are 
+Implemented additional parameter validation for the LoadTable operator. 
+The 
+length of the input strings SignatureString, OemIdString, and OemTableId 
+are 
 now checked for maximum lengths. (BZ 582) Lin Ming.
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3755,7 +4630,8 @@ version 20070917.)
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Designed and implemented new external interfaces to install and remove 
-handlers for ACPI table-related events. Current events that are defined are 
+handlers for ACPI table-related events. Current events that are defined 
+are 
 LOAD and UNLOAD. These interfaces allow the host to track ACPI tables as 
 they are dynamically loaded and unloaded. See AcpiInstallTableHandler and 
 AcpiRemoveTableHandler. (Lin Ming and Bob Moore)
@@ -3770,7 +4646,8 @@ referenced from within the same control method (Lin Ming) BZ 341
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3783,8 +4660,10 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Implemented support to allow multiple files to be compiled/disassembled in a 
-single invocation. This includes command line wildcard support for both the 
+Implemented support to allow multiple files to be compiled/disassembled in 
+a 
+single invocation. This includes command line wildcard support for both 
+the 
 Windows and Unix versions of the compiler. This feature simplifies the 
 disassembly and compilation of multiple ACPI tables in a single directory.
 
@@ -3793,12 +4672,14 @@ disassembly and compilation of multiple ACPI tables in a single directory.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented a Microsoft compatibility design change for the handling of the 
+Implemented a Microsoft compatibility design change for the handling of 
+the 
 Notify AML operator. Previously, notify handlers were dispatched and 
 executed completely asynchronously in a deferred thread. The new design 
 still executes the notify handlers in a different thread, but the original 
 thread that executed the Notify() now waits at a synchronization point for 
-the notify handler to complete. Some machines depend on a synchronous Notify 
+the notify handler to complete. Some machines depend on a synchronous 
+Notify 
 operator in order to operate correctly.
 
 Implemented support to allow Package objects to be passed as method 
@@ -3807,15 +4688,18 @@ would return the AE_NOT_IMPLEMENTED exception. This feature had not been
 implemented since there were no reserved control methods that required it 
 until recently.
 
-Fixed a problem with the internal FADT conversion where ACPI 1.0 FADTs that 
+Fixed a problem with the internal FADT conversion where ACPI 1.0 FADTs 
+that 
 contained invalid non-zero values in reserved fields could cause later 
 failures because these fields have meaning in later revisions of the FADT. 
-For incoming ACPI 1.0 FADTs, these fields are now always zeroed. (The fields 
+For incoming ACPI 1.0 FADTs, these fields are now always zeroed. (The 
+fields 
 are: Preferred_PM_Profile, PSTATE_CNT, CST_CNT, and IAPC_BOOT_FLAGS.)
 
 Fixed a problem where the Global Lock handle was not properly updated if a 
 thread that acquired the Global Lock via executing AML code then attempted 
-to acquire the lock via the AcpiAcquireGlobalLock interface. Reported by Joe 
+to acquire the lock via the AcpiAcquireGlobalLock interface. Reported by 
+Joe 
 Liu.
 
 Fixed a problem in AcpiEvDeleteGpeXrupt where the global interrupt list 
@@ -3824,7 +4708,8 @@ list. Reported by Linn Crosetto.
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3847,41 +4732,51 @@ operand list has been parsed). The previous behavior caused several subtle
 incompatibilities with the Microsoft AML interpreter as well as being 
 somewhat non-intuitive. BZ 7871, local BZ 263. Valery Podrezov.
 
-Implemented a change to the ACPI Global Lock support. All interfaces to the 
+Implemented a change to the ACPI Global Lock support. All interfaces to 
+the 
 global lock now allow the same thread to acquire the lock multiple times. 
-This affects the AcpiAcquireGlobalLock external interface to the global lock 
+This affects the AcpiAcquireGlobalLock external interface to the global 
+lock 
 as well as the internal use of the global lock to support AML fields -- a 
-control method that is holding the global lock can now simultaneously access 
+control method that is holding the global lock can now simultaneously 
+access 
 AML fields that require global lock protection. Previously, in both cases, 
-this would have resulted in an AE_ALREADY_ACQUIRED exception. The change to 
+this would have resulted in an AE_ALREADY_ACQUIRED exception. The change 
+to 
 AcpiAcquireGlobalLock is of special interest to drivers for the Embedded 
-Controller. There is no change to the behavior of the AML Acquire operator, 
+Controller. There is no change to the behavior of the AML Acquire 
+operator, 
 as this can already be used to acquire a mutex multiple times by the same 
 thread. BZ 8066. With assistance from Alexey Starikovskiy.
 
 Fixed a problem where invalid objects could be referenced in the AML 
 Interpreter after error conditions. During operand evaluation, ensure that 
 the internal "Return Object" field is cleared on error and only valid 
-pointers are stored there. Caused occasional access to deleted objects that 
+pointers are stored there. Caused occasional access to deleted objects 
+that 
 resulted in "large reference count" warning messages. Valery Podrezov.
 
-Fixed a problem where an AE_STACK_OVERFLOW internal exception could occur on 
+Fixed a problem where an AE_STACK_OVERFLOW internal exception could occur 
+on 
 deeply nested control method invocations. BZ 7873, local BZ 487. Valery 
 Podrezov.
 
 Fixed an internal problem with the handling of result objects on the 
 interpreter result stack. BZ 7872. Valery Podrezov.
 
-Removed obsolete code that handled the case where AML_NAME_OP is the target 
+Removed obsolete code that handled the case where AML_NAME_OP is the 
+target 
 of a reference (Reference.Opcode). This code was no longer necessary. BZ 
 7874. Valery Podrezov.
 
-Removed obsolete ACPI_NO_INTEGER64_SUPPORT from two header files. This was a 
+Removed obsolete ACPI_NO_INTEGER64_SUPPORT from two header files. This was 
+a 
 remnant from the previously discontinued 16-bit support.
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3901,12 +4796,14 @@ virtually every file in the ACPICA core subsystem, the iASL compiler, and
 the utilities.
 
 Implemented a fix for an incorrect parameter passed to AcpiTbDeleteTable 
-during a table load. A bad pointer was passed in the case where the DSDT is 
+during a table load. A bad pointer was passed in the case where the DSDT 
+is 
 overridden, causing a fault in this case.
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3921,9 +4818,11 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Support for 16-bit ACPICA has been completely removed since it is no longer 
+Support for 16-bit ACPICA has been completely removed since it is no 
+longer 
 necessary and it clutters the code. All 16-bit macros, types, and 
-conditional compiles have been removed, cleaning up and simplifying the code 
+conditional compiles have been removed, cleaning up and simplifying the 
+code 
 across the entire subsystem. DOS support is no longer needed since the 
 bootable Linux firmware kit is now available.
 
@@ -3933,16 +4832,20 @@ AcpiEvRemoveGlobalLockHandler function. (With assistance from Joel Bretz,
 HP)
 
 Implemented enhancements to the multithreading support within the debugger 
-to enable improved multithreading debugging and evaluation of the subsystem. 
+to enable improved multithreading debugging and evaluation of the 
+subsystem. 
 (Valery Podrezov)
 
-Debugger: Enhanced the Statistics/Memory command to emit the total (maximum) 
-memory used during the execution, as well as the maximum memory consumed by 
+Debugger: Enhanced the Statistics/Memory command to emit the total 
+(maximum) 
+memory used during the execution, as well as the maximum memory consumed 
+by 
 each of the various object types. (Valery Podrezov)
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -3969,9 +4872,11 @@ performing a bytewise read. (Region must be of type SystemMemory, see
 below.)
 
 Fixed the Load ASL operator for the case where the source operand is a 
-region field. A buffer object is also allowed as the source operand. BZ 480
+region field. A buffer object is also allowed as the source operand. BZ 
+480
 
-Fixed a problem where the Load ASL operator allowed the source operand to be 
+Fixed a problem where the Load ASL operator allowed the source operand to 
+be 
 an operation region of any type. It is now restricted to regions of type 
 SystemMemory, as per the ACPI specification. BZ 481
 
@@ -3980,13 +4885,15 @@ Additional cleanup and optimizations for the new Table Manager code.
 AcpiEnable will now fail if all of the required ACPI tables are not loaded 
 (FADT, FACS, DSDT). BZ 477
 
-Added #pragma pack(8/4) to acobject.h to ensure that the structures in this 
+Added #pragma pack(8/4) to acobject.h to ensure that the structures in 
+this 
 header are always compiled as aligned. The ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECT has been 
 manually optimized to be aligned and will not work if it is byte-packed. 
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4017,11 +4924,14 @@ interpreter performance by ~25%, reduces code size, and reduces CPU stack
 use. (Valery Podrezov + interpreter changes in version 20051202 that 
 eliminated namespace loading during the pass one parse.)
 
-Implemented _CID support for PCI Root Bridge detection. If the _HID does not 
-match the predefined PCI Root Bridge IDs, the _CID list (if present) is now 
+Implemented _CID support for PCI Root Bridge detection. If the _HID does 
+not 
+match the predefined PCI Root Bridge IDs, the _CID list (if present) is 
+now 
 obtained and also checked for an ID match.
 
-Implemented additional support for the PCI _ADR execution: upsearch until a 
+Implemented additional support for the PCI _ADR execution: upsearch until 
+a 
 device scope is found before executing _ADR. This allows PCI_Config 
 operation regions to be declared locally within control methods underneath 
 PCI device objects.
@@ -4043,7 +4953,8 @@ of prefix handle and pathname. BZ 478
 
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 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4055,7 +4966,8 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Ported the -g option (get local ACPI tables) to the new ACPICA Table Manager 
+Ported the -g option (get local ACPI tables) to the new ACPICA Table 
+Manager 
 to restore original behavior.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -4072,12 +4984,14 @@ obtained before it is actually obtained. The global lock semaphore was
 inadvertently created with one unit instead of zero units. (BZ 464) Fiodor 
 Suietov.
 
-Fixed a possible memory leak and fault in AcpiExResolveObjectToValue during 
+Fixed a possible memory leak and fault in AcpiExResolveObjectToValue 
+during 
 a read from a buffer or region field. (BZ 458) Fiodor Suietov.
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4091,7 +5005,8 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
 Fixed a compilation problem with the pre-defined Resource Descriptor field 
-names where an "object does not exist" error could be incorrectly generated 
+names where an "object does not exist" error could be incorrectly 
+generated 
 if the parent ResourceTemplate pathname places the template within a 
 different namespace scope than the current scope. (BZ 7212)
 
@@ -4099,7 +5014,8 @@ Fixed a problem where the compiler could hang after syntax errors detected
 in an ElseIf construct. (BZ 453)
 
 Fixed a problem with the AmlFilename parameter to the DefinitionBlock() 
-operator. An incorrect output filename was produced when this parameter was 
+operator. An incorrect output filename was produced when this parameter 
+was 
 a null string (""). Now, the original input filename is used as the AML 
 output filename, with an ".aml" extension.
 
@@ -4113,15 +5029,18 @@ any AML debugger command) (Valery Podrezov).
 
 Enhanced the implementation of the "serialized mode" of the interpreter 
 (enabled via the AcpiGbl_AllMethodsSerialized flag.) When this mode is 
-specified, instead of creating a serialization semaphore per control method, 
+specified, instead of creating a serialization semaphore per control 
+method, 
 the interpreter lock is simply no longer released before a blocking 
 operation during control method execution. This effectively makes the AML 
 Interpreter single-threaded. The overhead of a semaphore per-method is 
 eliminated.
 
-Fixed a regression where an error was no longer emitted if a control method 
+Fixed a regression where an error was no longer emitted if a control 
+method 
 attempts to create 2 objects of the same name. This once again returns 
-AE_ALREADY_EXISTS. When this exception occurs, it invokes the mechanism that 
+AE_ALREADY_EXISTS. When this exception occurs, it invokes the mechanism 
+that 
 will dynamically serialize the control method to possible prevent future 
 errors. (BZ 440)
 
@@ -4133,12 +5052,15 @@ AcpiHwInitialize function - the FADT registers are now validated when the
 table is loaded.
 
 Added two new warnings during FADT verification - 1) if the FADT is larger 
-than the largest known FADT version, and 2) if there is a mismatch between a 
-32-bit block address and the 64-bit X counterpart (when both are non-zero.)
+than the largest known FADT version, and 2) if there is a mismatch between 
+a 
+32-bit block address and the 64-bit X counterpart (when both are non-
+zero.)
 
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-debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4169,10 +5091,12 @@ Disassembly of ASF! table now includes all variable-length data fields at
 the end of some of the subtables.
 
 The disassembler now emits a comment if a buffer appears to be a 
-ResourceTemplate, but cannot be disassembled as such because the EndTag does 
+ResourceTemplate, but cannot be disassembled as such because the EndTag 
+does 
 not appear at the very end of the buffer.
 
-AcpiExec - Added the "-t" command line option to enable the serialized mode 
+AcpiExec - Added the "-t" command line option to enable the serialized 
+mode 
 of the AML interpreter.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -4188,7 +5112,8 @@ Miscellaneous fixes for the Table Manager:
 - Additional parameter validation for AcpiGetTable, AcpiGetTableHeader, 
 AcpiGetTableByIndex
 
-Change for GPE support: when a "wake" GPE is received, all wake GPEs are now 
+Change for GPE support: when a "wake" GPE is received, all wake GPEs are 
+now 
 immediately disabled to prevent the waking GPE from firing again and to 
 prevent other wake GPEs from interrupting the wake process.
 
@@ -4200,7 +5125,8 @@ both the ACPICA headers and the disassembler.
 
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 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4221,22 +5147,26 @@ Disassembler support for the DMAR ACPI table.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 The Table Manager component has been completely redesigned and 
-reimplemented. The new design is much simpler, and reduces the overall code 
-and data size of the kernel-resident ACPICA by approximately 5%. Also, it is 
+reimplemented. The new design is much simpler, and reduces the overall 
+code 
+and data size of the kernel-resident ACPICA by approximately 5%. Also, it 
+is 
 now possible to obtain the ACPI tables very early during kernel 
 initialization, even before dynamic memory management is initialized. 
 (Alexey Starikovskiy, Fiodor Suietov, Bob Moore)
 
 Obsolete ACPICA interfaces:
 
-- AcpiGetFirmwareTable: Use AcpiGetTable instead (works at early kernel init 
+- AcpiGetFirmwareTable: Use AcpiGetTable instead (works at early kernel 
+init 
 time).
 - AcpiLoadTable: Not needed.
 - AcpiUnloadTable: Not needed.
 
 New ACPICA interfaces:
 
-- AcpiInitializeTables: Must be called before the table manager can be used.
+- AcpiInitializeTables: Must be called before the table manager can be 
+used.
 - AcpiReallocateRootTable: Used to transfer the root table to dynamically 
 allocated memory after it becomes available.
 - AcpiGetTableByIndex: Allows the host to easily enumerate all ACPI tables 
@@ -4244,39 +5174,49 @@ in the RSDT/XSDT.
 
 Other ACPICA changes:
 
-- AcpiGetTableHeader returns the actual mapped table header, not a copy. Use 
+- AcpiGetTableHeader returns the actual mapped table header, not a copy. 
+Use 
 AcpiOsUnmapMemory to free this mapping.
 - AcpiGetTable returns the actual mapped table. The mapping is managed 
 internally and must not be deleted by the caller. Use of this interface 
 causes no additional dynamic memory allocation.
-- AcpiFindRootPointer: Support for physical addressing has been eliminated, 
+- AcpiFindRootPointer: Support for physical addressing has been 
+eliminated, 
 it appeared to be unused.
 - The interface to AcpiOsMapMemory has changed to be consistent with the 
 other allocation interfaces.
-- The interface to AcpiOsGetRootPointer has changed to eliminate unnecessary 
+- The interface to AcpiOsGetRootPointer has changed to eliminate 
+unnecessary 
 parameters.
 - ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS is now 32 bits on 32-bit platforms, 64 bits on 64-
 bit platforms. Was previously 64 bits on all platforms.
-- The interface to the ACPI Global Lock acquire/release macros have changed 
+- The interface to the ACPI Global Lock acquire/release macros have 
+changed 
 slightly since ACPICA no longer keeps a local copy of the FACS with a 
 constructed pointer to the actual global lock.
 
 Porting to the new table manager:
 
 - AcpiInitializeTables: Must be called once, and can be called anytime 
-during the OS initialization process. It allows the host to specify an area 
+during the OS initialization process. It allows the host to specify an 
+area 
 of memory to be used to store the internal version of the RSDT/XSDT (root 
-table). This allows the host to access ACPI tables before memory management 
+table). This allows the host to access ACPI tables before memory 
+management 
 is initialized and running.
-- AcpiReallocateRootTable: Can be called after memory management is running 
+- AcpiReallocateRootTable: Can be called after memory management is 
+running 
 to copy the root table to a dynamically allocated array, freeing up the 
 scratch memory specified in the call to AcpiInitializeTables.
 - AcpiSubsystemInitialize: This existing interface is independent of the 
 Table Manager, and does not have to be called before the Table Manager can 
 be used, it only must be called before the rest of ACPICA can be used.
-- ACPI Tables: Some changes have been made to the names and structure of the 
-actbl.h and actbl1.h header files and may require changes to existing code. 
-For example, bitfields have been completely removed because of their lack of 
+- ACPI Tables: Some changes have been made to the names and structure of 
+the 
+actbl.h and actbl1.h header files and may require changes to existing 
+code. 
+For example, bitfields have been completely removed because of their lack 
+of 
 portability across C compilers.
 - Update interfaces to the Global Lock acquire/release macros if local 
 versions are used. (see acwin.h)
@@ -4287,7 +5227,8 @@ New files: tbfind.c
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4309,43 +5250,51 @@ No changes for this release.
 
 The full source code for the ASL test suite used to validate the iASL 
 compiler and the ACPICA core subsystem is being released with the ACPICA 
-source for the first time. The source is contained in a separate package and 
-consists of over 1100 files that exercise all ASL/AML operators. The package 
+source for the first time. The source is contained in a separate package 
+and 
+consists of over 1100 files that exercise all ASL/AML operators. The 
+package 
 should appear on the Intel/ACPI web site shortly. (Valery Podrezov, Fiodor 
 Suietov)
 
 Completed a new design and implementation for support of the ACPI Global 
 Lock. On the OS side, the global lock is now treated as a standard AML 
 mutex. Previously, multiple OS threads could "acquire" the global lock 
-simultaneously. However, this could cause the BIOS to be starved out of the 
+simultaneously. However, this could cause the BIOS to be starved out of 
+the 
 lock - especially in cases such as the Embedded Controller driver where 
 there is a tight coupling between the OS and the BIOS.
 
 Implemented an optimization for the ACPI Global Lock interrupt mechanism. 
 The Global Lock interrupt handler no longer queues the execution of a 
-separate thread to signal the global lock semaphore. Instead, the semaphore 
+separate thread to signal the global lock semaphore. Instead, the 
+semaphore 
 is signaled directly from the interrupt handler.
 
 Implemented support within the AML interpreter for package objects that 
 contain a larger AML length (package list length) than the package element 
 count. In this case, the length of the package is truncated to match the 
-package element count. Some BIOS code apparently modifies the package length 
+package element count. Some BIOS code apparently modifies the package 
+length 
 on the fly, and this change supports this behavior. Provides compatibility 
 with the MS AML interpreter. (With assistance from Fiodor Suietov)
 
 Implemented a temporary fix for the BankValue parameter of a Bank Field to 
 support all constant values, now including the Zero and One opcodes. 
-Evaluation of this parameter must eventually be converted to a full TermArg 
+Evaluation of this parameter must eventually be converted to a full 
+TermArg 
 evaluation. A not-implemented error is now returned (temporarily) for non-
 constant values for this parameter.
 
 Fixed problem reports (Fiodor Suietov) integrated:
-- Fix for premature object deletion after CopyObject on Operation Region (BZ 
+- Fix for premature object deletion after CopyObject on Operation Region 
+(BZ 
 350)
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4371,18 +5320,21 @@ structures - even though the hardware itself may support misaligned
 transfers. Some of the debug data structures are packed by default to 
 minimize size.
 
-Added an error message for the case where AcpiOsGetThreadId() returns zero. 
+Added an error message for the case where AcpiOsGetThreadId() returns 
+zero. 
 A non-zero value is required by the core ACPICA code to ensure the proper 
 operation of AML mutexes and recursive control methods.
 
 The DSDT is now the only ACPI table that determines whether the AML 
-interpreter is in 32-bit or 64-bit mode. Not really a functional change, but 
+interpreter is in 32-bit or 64-bit mode. Not really a functional change, 
+but 
 the hooks for per-table 32/64 switching have been removed from the code. A 
 clarification to the ACPI specification is forthcoming in ACPI 3.0B.
 
 Fixed a possible leak of an OwnerID in the error path of 
 AcpiTbInitTableDescriptor (tbinstal.c), and migrated all table OwnerID 
-deletion to a single place in AcpiTbUninstallTable to correct possible leaks 
+deletion to a single place in AcpiTbUninstallTable to correct possible 
+leaks 
 when using the AcpiTbDeleteTablesByType interface (with assistance from 
 Lance Ortiz.)
 
@@ -4390,7 +5342,8 @@ Fixed a problem with Serialized control methods where the semaphore
 associated with the method could be over-signaled after multiple method 
 invocations.
 
-Fixed two issues with the locking of the internal namespace data structure. 
+Fixed two issues with the locking of the internal namespace data 
+structure. 
 Both the Unload() operator and AcpiUnloadTable interface now lock the 
 namespace during the namespace deletion associated with the table unload 
 (with assistance from Linn Crosetto.)
@@ -4402,18 +5355,21 @@ Fixed problem reports (Fiodor Suietov) integrated:
 - Incomplete cleanup branches in AcpiTbGetTableRsdt (BZ 369)
 - On Address Space handler deletion, needless deactivation call (BZ 374)
 - AcpiRemoveAddressSpaceHandler: validate Device handle parameter (BZ 375)
-- Possible memory leak, Notify sub-objects of Processor, Power, ThermalZone 
+- Possible memory leak, Notify sub-objects of Processor, Power, 
+ThermalZone 
 (BZ 376)
 - AcpiRemoveAddressSpaceHandler: validate Handler parameter (BZ 378)
 - Minimum Length of RSDT should be validated (BZ 379)
 - AcpiRemoveNotifyHandler: return AE_NOT_EXIST if Processor Obj has no 
 Handler (BZ (380)
-- AcpiUnloadTable: return AE_NOT_EXIST if no table of specified type loaded 
+- AcpiUnloadTable: return AE_NOT_EXIST if no table of specified type 
+loaded 
 (BZ 381)
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4441,27 +5397,33 @@ allows the type to be customized to the host OS for improved efficiency
 
 Implemented support for "ignored" bits in the ACPI registers. According to 
 the ACPI specification, these bits should be preserved when writing the 
-registers via a read/modify/write cycle. There are 3 bits preserved in this 
+registers via a read/modify/write cycle. There are 3 bits preserved in 
+this 
 manner: PM1_CONTROL[0] (SCI_EN), PM1_CONTROL[9], and PM1_STATUS[11].
 
 Implemented the initial deployment of new OSL mutex interfaces. Since some 
 host operating systems have separate mutex and semaphore objects, this 
 feature was requested. The base code now uses mutexes (and the new mutex 
 interfaces) wherever a binary semaphore was used previously. However, for 
-the current release, the mutex interfaces are defined as macros to map them 
-to the existing semaphore interfaces. Therefore, no OSL changes are required 
+the current release, the mutex interfaces are defined as macros to map 
+them 
+to the existing semaphore interfaces. Therefore, no OSL changes are 
+required 
 at this time. (See acpiosxf.h)
 
 Fixed several problems with the support for the control method SyncLevel 
 parameter. The SyncLevel now works according to the ACPI specification and 
 in concert with the Mutex SyncLevel parameter, since the current SyncLevel 
-is a property of the executing thread. Mutual exclusion for control methods 
+is a property of the executing thread. Mutual exclusion for control 
+methods 
 is now implemented with a mutex instead of a semaphore.
 
 Fixed three instances of the use of the C shift operator in the bitfield 
 support code (exfldio.c) to avoid the use of a shift value larger than the 
-target data width. The behavior of C compilers is undefined in this case and 
-can cause unpredictable results, and therefore the case must be detected and 
+target data width. The behavior of C compilers is undefined in this case 
+and 
+can cause unpredictable results, and therefore the case must be detected 
+and 
 avoided. (Fiodor Suietov)
 
 Added an info message whenever an SSDT or OEM table is loaded dynamically 
@@ -4471,7 +5433,8 @@ the tables present in the RSDT/XSDT.)
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4494,16 +5457,20 @@ No changes for this release.
 Converted the locking mutex used for the ACPI hardware to a spinlock. This 
 change should eliminate all problems caused by attempting to acquire a 
 semaphore at interrupt level, and it means that all ACPICA external 
-interfaces that directly access the ACPI hardware can be safely called from 
-interrupt level. OSL code that implements the semaphore interfaces should be 
+interfaces that directly access the ACPI hardware can be safely called 
+from 
+interrupt level. OSL code that implements the semaphore interfaces should 
+be 
 able to eliminate any workarounds for being called at interrupt level.
 
 Fixed a regression introduced in 20060526 where the ACPI device 
-initialization could be prematurely aborted with an AE_NOT_FOUND if a device 
+initialization could be prematurely aborted with an AE_NOT_FOUND if a 
+device 
 did not have an optional _INI method.
 
 Fixed an IndexField issue where a write to the Data Register should be 
-limited in size to the AccessSize (width) of the IndexField itself. (BZ 433, 
+limited in size to the AccessSize (width) of the IndexField itself. (BZ 
+433, 
 Fiodor Suietov)
 
 Fixed problem reports (Valery Podrezov) integrated:
@@ -4517,7 +5484,8 @@ used.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4545,17 +5513,20 @@ Suietov)
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Restructured, flattened, and simplified the internal interfaces for 
-namespace object evaluation - resulting in smaller code, less CPU stack use, 
+namespace object evaluation - resulting in smaller code, less CPU stack 
+use, 
 and fewer interfaces. (With assistance from Mikhail Kouzmich)
 
 Fixed a problem with the CopyObject operator where the first parameter was 
-not typed correctly for the parser, interpreter, compiler, and disassembler. 
+not typed correctly for the parser, interpreter, compiler, and 
+disassembler. 
 Caused various errors and unexpected behavior.
 
 Fixed a problem where a ShiftLeft or ShiftRight of more than 64 bits 
 produced incorrect results with some C compilers. Since the behavior of C 
 compilers when the shift value is larger than the datatype width is 
-apparently not well defined, the interpreter now detects this condition and 
+apparently not well defined, the interpreter now detects this condition 
+and 
 simply returns zero as expected in all such cases. (BZ 395)
 
 Fixed problem reports (Valery Podrezov) integrated:
@@ -4564,20 +5535,23 @@ Fixed problem reports (Valery Podrezov) integrated:
 
 Fixed problem reports (Fiodor Suietov) integrated:
 - AcpiTerminate doesn't free debug memory allocation list objects (BZ 355)
-- After Core Subsystem shutdown, AcpiSubsystemStatus returns AE_OK (BZ 356)
+- After Core Subsystem shutdown, AcpiSubsystemStatus returns AE_OK (BZ 
+356)
 - AcpiOsUnmapMemory for RSDP can be invoked inconsistently (BZ 357)
 - Resource Manager should return AE_TYPE for non-device objects (BZ 358)
 - Incomplete cleanup branch in AcpiNsEvaluateRelative (BZ 359)
 - Use AcpiOsFree instead of ACPI_FREE in AcpiRsSetSrsMethodData (BZ 360)
 - Incomplete cleanup branch in AcpiPsParseAml (BZ 361)
 - Incomplete cleanup branch in AcpiDsDeleteWalkState (BZ 362)
-- AcpiGetTableHeader returns AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES until DSDT is loaded (BZ 365)
+- AcpiGetTableHeader returns AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES until DSDT is loaded (BZ 
+365)
 - Status of the Global Initialization Handler call not used (BZ 366)
 - Incorrect object parameter to Global Initialization Handler (BZ 367)
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4606,14 +5580,19 @@ disassembly of some Alias operators.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Replaced the AcpiOsQueueForExecution interface with a new interface named 
-AcpiOsExecute. The major difference is that the new interface does not have 
-a Priority parameter, this appeared to be useless and has been replaced by a 
+AcpiOsExecute. The major difference is that the new interface does not 
+have 
+a Priority parameter, this appeared to be useless and has been replaced by 
+a 
 Type parameter. The Type tells the host what type of execution is being 
 requested, such as global lock handler, notify handler, GPE handler, etc. 
-This allows the host to queue and execute the request as appropriate for the 
-request type, possibly using different work queues and different priorities 
+This allows the host to queue and execute the request as appropriate for 
+the 
+request type, possibly using different work queues and different 
+priorities 
 for the various request types. This enables fixes for multithreading 
-deadlock problems such as BZ #5534, and will require changes to all existing 
+deadlock problems such as BZ #5534, and will require changes to all 
+existing 
 OS interface layers. (Alexey Starikovskiy and Bob Moore)
 
 Fixed a possible memory leak associated with the support for the so-called 
@@ -4622,11 +5601,13 @@ Suietov)
 
 Fixed a problem with the Load() operator where a table load from an 
 operation region could overwrite an internal table buffer by up to 7 bytes 
-and cause alignment faults on IPF systems. (With assistance from Luming Yu)
+and cause alignment faults on IPF systems. (With assistance from Luming 
+Yu)
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4640,14 +5621,17 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Disassembler: Implemented support to cross reference the internal namespace 
-and automatically generate ASL External() statements for symbols not defined 
+Disassembler: Implemented support to cross reference the internal 
+namespace 
+and automatically generate ASL External() statements for symbols not 
+defined 
 within the current table being disassembled. This will simplify the 
 disassembly and recompilation of interdependent tables such as SSDTs since 
 these statements will no longer have to be added manually.
 
 Disassembler: Implemented experimental support to automatically detect 
-invocations of external control methods and generate appropriate External() 
+invocations of external control methods and generate appropriate 
+External() 
 statements. This is problematic because the AML cannot be correctly parsed 
 until the number of arguments for each control method is known. Currently, 
 standalone method invocations and invocations as the source operand of a 
@@ -4667,7 +5651,8 @@ Removed a device initialization optimization introduced in 20051216 where
 the _STA method was not run unless an _INI was also present for the same 
 device. This optimization could cause problems because it could allow _INI 
 methods to be run within a not-present device subtree. (If a not-present 
-device had no _INI, _STA would not be run, the not-present status would not 
+device had no _INI, _STA would not be run, the not-present status would 
+not 
 be discovered, and the children of the device would be incorrectly 
 traversed.)
 
@@ -4677,7 +5662,8 @@ Selectively running _STA can significantly improve boot time on large
 machines (with assistance from Len Brown.)
 
 Implemented support for the device initialization case where the returned 
-_STA flags indicate a device not-present but functioning. In this case, _INI 
+_STA flags indicate a device not-present but functioning. In this case, 
+_INI 
 is not run, but the device children are examined for presence, as per the 
 ACPI specification.
 
@@ -4705,17 +5691,20 @@ paths within DsCallControlMethod and DsTerminateControlMethod in dsmethod
 (with assistance from Takayoshi Kochi.)
 
 Modified the Linux source converter to ignore quoted string literals while 
-converting identifiers from mixed to lower case. This will correct problems 
+converting identifiers from mixed to lower case. This will correct 
+problems 
 with the disassembler and other areas where such strings must not be 
 modified.
 
 The ACPI_FUNCTION_* macros no longer require quotes around the function 
-name. This allows the Linux source converter to convert the names, now that 
+name. This allows the Linux source converter to convert the names, now 
+that 
 the converter ignores quoted strings.
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4729,14 +5718,17 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
 
-Implemented 3 new warnings for iASL, and implemented multiple warning levels 
+Implemented 3 new warnings for iASL, and implemented multiple warning 
+levels 
 (w2 flag).
 
-1) Ignored timeouts: If the TimeoutValue parameter to Wait or Acquire is not 
+1) Ignored timeouts: If the TimeoutValue parameter to Wait or Acquire is 
+not 
 WAIT_FOREVER (0xFFFF) and the code does not examine the return value to 
 check for the possible timeout, a warning is issued.
 
-2) Useless operators: If an ASL operator does not specify an optional target 
+2) Useless operators: If an ASL operator does not specify an optional 
+target 
 operand and it also does not use the function return value from the 
 operator, a warning is issued since the operator effectively does nothing.
 
@@ -4754,8 +5746,10 @@ expected that the OS will invoke them.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Implemented header file support for the following additional ACPI tables: 
-ASF!, BOOT, CPEP, DBGP, MCFG, SPCR, SPMI, TCPA, and WDRT. With this support, 
-all current and known ACPI tables are now defined in the ACPICA headers and 
+ASF!, BOOT, CPEP, DBGP, MCFG, SPCR, SPMI, TCPA, and WDRT. With this 
+support, 
+all current and known ACPI tables are now defined in the ACPICA headers 
+and 
 are available for use by device drivers and other software.
 
 Implemented support to allow tables that contain ACPI names with invalid 
@@ -4764,7 +5758,8 @@ fail, but since there are several known cases of such tables on existing
 machines, this change was made to enable ACPI support for them. Also, this 
 matches the behavior of the Microsoft ACPI implementation.
 
-Fixed a couple regressions introduced during the memory optimization in the 
+Fixed a couple regressions introduced during the memory optimization in 
+the 
 20060317 release. The namespace node definition required additional 
 reorganization and an internal datatype that had been changed to 8-bit was 
 restored to 32-bit. (Valery Podrezov)
@@ -4775,20 +5770,24 @@ null pointers are now trapped and ignored, matching the behavior of the
 previous implementation before the deployment of AcpiOsReleaseObject.
 (Valery Podrezov, Fiodor Suietov)
 
-Fixed a memory mapping leak during the deletion of a SystemMemory operation 
+Fixed a memory mapping leak during the deletion of a SystemMemory 
+operation 
 region where a cached memory mapping was not deleted. This became a 
-noticeable problem for operation regions that are defined within frequently 
+noticeable problem for operation regions that are defined within 
+frequently 
 used control methods. (Dana Meyers)
 
 Reorganized the ACPI table header files into two main files: one for the 
 ACPI tables consumed by the ACPICA core, and another for the miscellaneous 
-ACPI tables that are consumed by the drivers and other software. The various 
+ACPI tables that are consumed by the drivers and other software. The 
+various 
 FADT definitions were merged into one common section and three different 
 tables (ACPI 1.0, 1.0+, and 2.0)
 
 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 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has 
 a much larger code and data size.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -4803,16 +5802,19 @@ a much larger code and data size.
 
 Disassembler: Implemented support to decode and format all non-AML ACPI 
 tables (tables other than DSDTs and SSDTs.) This includes the new tables 
-added to the ACPICA headers, therefore all current and known ACPI tables are 
+added to the ACPICA headers, therefore all current and known ACPI tables 
+are 
 supported.
 
 Disassembler: The change to allow ACPI names with invalid characters also 
-enables the disassembly of such tables. Invalid characters within names are 
+enables the disassembly of such tables. Invalid characters within names 
+are 
 changed to '*' to make the name printable; the iASL compiler will still 
 generate an error for such names, however, since this is an invalid ACPI 
 character.
 
-Implemented an option for AcpiXtract (-a) to extract all tables found in the 
+Implemented an option for AcpiXtract (-a) to extract all tables found in 
+the 
 input file. The default invocation extracts only the DSDTs and SSDTs.
 
 Fixed a couple of gcc generation issues for iASL and AcpiExec and added a 
@@ -4828,7 +5830,8 @@ Since there are about 1000 static nodes in a typical system, this will
 decrease memory use for cache implementations that minimize per-allocation 
 overhead (such as a slab allocator.)
 
-Removed the reference count mechanism for internal namespace nodes, since it 
+Removed the reference count mechanism for internal namespace nodes, since 
+it 
 was deemed unnecessary. This reduces the size of each namespace node by 
 about 5%-10% on all platforms. Nodes are now 20 bytes for the 32-bit case, 
 and 32 bytes for the 64-bit case.
@@ -4846,13 +5849,16 @@ utalloc.c to uttrack.c. This mechanism appears to be only useful for
 application-level code. Kernels may wish to not include uttrack.c in 
 distributions.
 
-Removed all remnants of the obsolete ACPI_REPORT_* macros and the associated 
+Removed all remnants of the obsolete ACPI_REPORT_* macros and the 
+associated 
 code. (These macros have been replaced by the ACPI_ERROR and ACPI_WARNING 
 macros.)
 
 Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the acpica.lib produced by the 
-Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. The values do not include any ACPI 
-driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the debug output 
+Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. The values do not include any 
+ACPI 
+driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the debug 
+output 
 trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note that these 
 values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and the 
 compiler options used during generation.
@@ -4888,12 +5894,15 @@ Added the ACPI_THREAD_ID type for the return value from AcpiOsGetThreadId.
 This allows the host to define this as necessary to simplify kernel 
 integration. The default definition is ACPI_NATIVE_UINT.
 
-Fixed two interpreter problems related to error processing, the deletion of 
+Fixed two interpreter problems related to error processing, the deletion 
+of 
 objects, and placing invalid pointers onto the internal operator result 
 stack. BZ 6028, 6151 (Valery Podrezov)
 
-Increased the reference count threshold where a warning is emitted for large 
-reference counts in order to eliminate unnecessary warnings on systems with 
+Increased the reference count threshold where a warning is emitted for 
+large 
+reference counts in order to eliminate unnecessary warnings on systems 
+with 
 large namespaces (especially 64-bit.) Increased the value from 0x400 to 
 0x800.
 
@@ -4904,8 +5913,10 @@ ACPI_MEM_ALLOCATE and ACPI_MEM_FREE are renamed to ACPI_ALLOCATE and
 ACPI_FREE.
 
 Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the acpica.lib produced by the 
-Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. The values do not include any ACPI 
-driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the debug output 
+Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. The values do not include any 
+ACPI 
+driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the debug 
+output 
 trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note that these 
 values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and the 
 compiler options used during generation.
@@ -4921,8 +5932,10 @@ compiler options used during generation.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
 Disassembler: implemented support for symbolic resource descriptor 
-references. If a CreateXxxxField operator references a fixed offset within a 
-resource descriptor, a name is assigned to the descriptor and the offset is 
+references. If a CreateXxxxField operator references a fixed offset within 
+a 
+resource descriptor, a name is assigned to the descriptor and the offset 
+is 
 translated to the appropriate resource tag and pathname. The addition of 
 this support brings the disassembled code very close to the original ASL 
 source code and helps eliminate run-time errors when the disassembled code 
@@ -4936,8 +5949,10 @@ specification, and will be added for ACPI 3.0b.
 Fixed a problem where the use of the "_OSI" string (versus the full path 
 "\_OSI") caused an internal compiler error. ("No back ptr to op")
 
-Fixed a problem with the error message that occurs when an invalid string is 
-used for a _HID object (such as one with an embedded asterisk: "*PNP010A".) 
+Fixed a problem with the error message that occurs when an invalid string 
+is 
+used for a _HID object (such as one with an embedded asterisk: 
+"*PNP010A".) 
 The correct message is now displayed.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -4945,8 +5960,10 @@ The correct message is now displayed.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented a change to the IndexField support to match the behavior of the 
-Microsoft AML interpreter. The value written to the Index register is now a 
+Implemented a change to the IndexField support to match the behavior of 
+the 
+Microsoft AML interpreter. The value written to the Index register is now 
+a 
 byte offset, no longer an index based upon the width of the Data register. 
 This should fix IndexField problems seen on some machines where the Data 
 register is not exactly one byte wide. The ACPI specification will be 
@@ -4957,12 +5974,15 @@ internal descriptor buffer due to size miscalculation: VendorShort,
 VendorLong, and Interrupt. This was noticed on IA64 machines, but could 
 affect all platforms.
 
-Fixed a problem where individual resource descriptors were misaligned within 
+Fixed a problem where individual resource descriptors were misaligned 
+within 
 the internal buffer, causing alignment faults on IA64 platforms.
 
 Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the acpica.lib produced by the 
-Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. The values do not include any ACPI 
-driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the debug output 
+Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. The values do not include any 
+ACPI 
+driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the debug 
+output 
 trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note that these 
 values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and the 
 compiler options used during generation.
@@ -4993,36 +6013,44 @@ Removed a couple of extraneous ACPI_ERROR messages that appeared during
 normal execution. These became apparent after the conversion from 
 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT.
 
-Fixed a problem where the CreateField operator could hang if the BitIndex or 
+Fixed a problem where the CreateField operator could hang if the BitIndex 
+or 
 NumBits parameter referred to a named object. (Valery Podrezov, BZ 5359)
 
 Fixed a problem where a DeRefOf operation on a buffer object incorrectly 
 failed with an exception. This also fixes a couple of related RefOf and 
 DeRefOf issues. (Valery Podrezov, BZ 5360/5392/5387)
 
-Fixed a problem where the AE_BUFFER_LIMIT exception was returned instead of 
-AE_STRING_LIMIT on an out-of-bounds Index() operation. (Valery Podrezov, BZ 
+Fixed a problem where the AE_BUFFER_LIMIT exception was returned instead 
+of 
+AE_STRING_LIMIT on an out-of-bounds Index() operation. (Valery Podrezov, 
+BZ 
 5480)
 
 Implemented a memory cleanup at the end of the execution of each iteration 
-of an AML While() loop, preventing the accumulation of outstanding objects. 
+of an AML While() loop, preventing the accumulation of outstanding 
+objects. 
 (Valery Podrezov, BZ 5427)
 
-Eliminated a chunk of duplicate code in the object resolution code. (Valery 
+Eliminated a chunk of duplicate code in the object resolution code. 
+(Valery 
 Podrezov, BZ 5336)
 
 Fixed several warnings during the 64-bit code generation.
 
 The AcpiSrc source code conversion tool now inserts one line of whitespace 
-after an if() statement that is followed immediately by a comment, improving 
+after an if() statement that is followed immediately by a comment, 
+improving 
 readability of the Linux code.
 
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5035,7 +6063,8 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Fixed a problem with the disassembly of a BankField operator with a complex 
+Fixed a problem with the disassembly of a BankField operator with a 
+complex 
 expression for the BankValue parameter.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -5044,10 +6073,12 @@ expression for the BankValue parameter.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Implemented support in the Resource Manager to allow unresolved namestring 
-references within resource package objects for the _PRT method. This support 
+references within resource package objects for the _PRT method. This 
+support 
 is in addition to the previously implemented unresolved reference support 
 within the AML parser. If the interpreter slack mode is enabled, these 
-unresolved references will be passed through to the caller as a NULL package 
+unresolved references will be passed through to the caller as a NULL 
+package 
 entry.
 
 Implemented and deployed new macros and functions for error and warning 
@@ -5063,10 +6094,12 @@ Acquire/Release Lock OSL interfaces.
 Fixed a problem where Alias ASL operators are sometimes not correctly 
 resolved, in both the interpreter and the iASL compiler.
 
-Fixed several problems with the implementation of the ConcatenateResTemplate 
+Fixed several problems with the implementation of the 
+ConcatenateResTemplate 
 ASL operator. As per the ACPI specification, zero length buffers are now 
 treated as a single EndTag. One-length buffers always cause a fatal 
-exception. Non-zero length buffers that do not end with a full 2-byte EndTag 
+exception. Non-zero length buffers that do not end with a full 2-byte 
+EndTag 
 cause a fatal exception.
 
 Fixed a possible structure overwrite in the AcpiGetObjectInfo external 
@@ -5075,9 +6108,11 @@ interface. (With assistance from Thomas Renninger)
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5090,7 +6125,8 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Fixed an internal error that was generated for any forward references to ASL 
+Fixed an internal error that was generated for any forward references to 
+ASL 
 Alias objects.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -5106,14 +6142,17 @@ Enhanced the ACPICA error reporting in order to simplify user migration to
 the non-debug version of ACPICA. Replaced all instances of the 
 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT macro invoked at the ACPI_DB_ERROR and ACPI_DB_WARN debug 
 levels with the ACPI_REPORT_ERROR and ACPI_REPORT_WARNING macros, 
-respectively. This preserves all error and warning messages in the non-debug 
+respectively. This preserves all error and warning messages in the non-
+debug 
 version of the ACPICA code (this has been referred to as the "debug lite" 
 option.) Over 200 cases were converted to create a total of over 380 
 error/warning messages across the ACPICA code. This increases the code and 
-data size of the default non-debug version of the code somewhat (about 13K), 
+data size of the default non-debug version of the code somewhat (about 
+13K), 
 but all error/warning reporting may be disabled if desired (and code 
 eliminated) by specifying the ACPI_NO_ERROR_MESSAGES compile-time 
-configuration option. The size of the debug version of ACPICA remains about 
+configuration option. The size of the debug version of ACPICA remains 
+about 
 the same.
 
 Fixed a memory leak within the AML Debugger "Set" command. One object was 
@@ -5122,9 +6161,11 @@ not properly deleted for every successful invocation of the command.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5138,7 +6179,8 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
 The compiler now officially supports the ACPI 3.0a specification that was 
-released on December 30, 2005. (Specification is available at www.acpi.info)
+released on December 30, 2005. (Specification is available at 
+www.acpi.info)
 
 ----------------------------------------
 16 December 2005. Summary of changes for version 20051216:
@@ -5151,14 +6193,19 @@ cannot be located in the current namespace. Enabled via the interpreter
 slack flag, this should eliminate AE_NOT_FOUND exceptions seen on machines 
 that contain such code.
 
-Implemented an optimization to the initialization sequence that can improve 
-boot time. During ACPI device initialization, the _STA method is now run if 
-and only if the _INI method exists. The _STA method is used to determine if 
-the device is present; An _INI can only be run if _STA returns present, but 
+Implemented an optimization to the initialization sequence that can 
+improve 
+boot time. During ACPI device initialization, the _STA method is now run 
+if 
+and only if the _INI method exists. The _STA method is used to determine 
+if 
+the device is present; An _INI can only be run if _STA returns present, 
+but 
 it is a waste of time to run the _STA method if the _INI does not exist. 
 (Prototype and assistance from Dong Wei)
 
-Implemented use of the C99 uintptr_t for the pointer casting macros if it is 
+Implemented use of the C99 uintptr_t for the pointer casting macros if it 
+is 
 available in the current compiler. Otherwise, the default (void *) cast is 
 used as before.
 
@@ -5182,9 +6229,11 @@ generation.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5197,7 +6246,8 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Fixed a problem where a CPU stack overflow fault could occur if a recursive 
+Fixed a problem where a CPU stack overflow fault could occur if a 
+recursive 
 method call was made from within a Return statement.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -5210,15 +6260,19 @@ objects during the first pass of the parse. Objects are now created only
 during the execute phase, at the moment the namespace creation operator is 
 encountered in the AML (Name, OperationRegion, CreateByteField, etc.) This 
 should eliminate ALREADY_EXISTS exceptions seen on some machines where 
-reentrant control methods are protected by an AML mutex. The mutex will now 
+reentrant control methods are protected by an AML mutex. The mutex will 
+now 
 correctly block multiple threads from attempting to create the same object 
 more than once.
 
 Increased the number of available Owner Ids for namespace object tracking 
-from 32 to 255. This should eliminate the OWNER_ID_LIMIT exceptions seen on 
-some machines with a large number of ACPI tables (either static or dynamic).
+from 32 to 255. This should eliminate the OWNER_ID_LIMIT exceptions seen 
+on 
+some machines with a large number of ACPI tables (either static or 
+dynamic).
 
-Fixed a problem with the AcpiExec utility where a fault could occur when the 
+Fixed a problem with the AcpiExec utility where a fault could occur when 
+the 
 -b switch (batch mode) is used.
 
 Enhanced the namespace dump routine to output the owner ID for each 
@@ -5227,9 +6281,11 @@ namespace object.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5242,7 +6298,8 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Fixed a parse error during compilation of certain Switch/Case constructs. To 
+Fixed a parse error during compilation of certain Switch/Case constructs. 
+To 
 simplify the parse, the grammar now allows for multiple Default statements 
 and this error is now detected and flagged during the analysis phase.
 
@@ -5256,32 +6313,41 @@ name and version of the original ASL compiler.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Fixed a problem in the AML parser where the method thread count could be 
-decremented below zero if any errors occurred during the method parse phase. 
-This should eliminate AE_AML_METHOD_LIMIT exceptions seen on some machines. 
+decremented below zero if any errors occurred during the method parse 
+phase. 
+This should eliminate AE_AML_METHOD_LIMIT exceptions seen on some 
+machines. 
 This also fixed a related regression with the mechanism that detects and 
 corrects methods that cannot properly handle reentrancy (related to the 
 deployment of the new OwnerId mechanism.)
 
 Eliminated the pre-parsing of control methods (to detect errors) during 
-table load. Related to the problem above, this was causing unwind issues if 
-any errors occurred during the parse, and it seemed to be overkill. A table 
+table load. Related to the problem above, this was causing unwind issues 
+if 
+any errors occurred during the parse, and it seemed to be overkill. A 
+table 
 load should not be aborted if there are problems with any single control 
 method, thus rendering this feature rather pointless.
 
-Fixed a problem with the new table-driven resource manager where an internal 
+Fixed a problem with the new table-driven resource manager where an 
+internal 
 buffer overflow could occur for small resource templates.
 
-Implemented a new external interface, AcpiGetVendorResource. This interface 
+Implemented a new external interface, AcpiGetVendorResource. This 
+interface 
 will find and return a vendor-defined resource descriptor within a _CRS or 
-_PRS method via an ACPI 3.0 UUID match. With assistance from Bjorn Helgaas.
+_PRS method via an ACPI 3.0 UUID match. With assistance from Bjorn 
+Helgaas.
 
 Removed the length limit (200) on string objects as per the upcoming ACPI 
-3.0A specification. This affects the following areas of the interpreter: 1) 
+3.0A specification. This affects the following areas of the interpreter: 
+1) 
 any implicit conversion of a Buffer to a String, 2) a String object result 
 of the ASL Concatentate operator, 3) the String object result of the ASL 
 ToString operator.
 
-Fixed a problem in the Windows OS interface layer (OSL) where a WAIT_FOREVER 
+Fixed a problem in the Windows OS interface layer (OSL) where a 
+WAIT_FOREVER 
 on a semaphore object would incorrectly timeout. This allows the 
 multithreading features of the AcpiExec utility to work properly under 
 Windows.
@@ -5292,9 +6358,11 @@ the recently added file named "utresrc.c".
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5308,15 +6376,18 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
 Removed the limit (200) on string objects as per the upcoming ACPI 3.0A 
-specification. For the iASL compiler, this means that string literals within 
+specification. For the iASL compiler, this means that string literals 
+within 
 the source ASL can be of any length. 
 
 Enhanced the listing output to dump the AML code for resource descriptors 
-immediately after the ASL code for each descriptor, instead of in a block at 
+immediately after the ASL code for each descriptor, instead of in a block 
+at 
 the end of the entire resource template.
 
 Enhanced the compiler debug output to dump the entire original parse tree 
-constructed during the parse phase, before any transforms are applied to the 
+constructed during the parse phase, before any transforms are applied to 
+the 
 tree. The transformed tree is dumped also.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -5325,22 +6396,26 @@ tree. The transformed tree is dumped also.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Modified the subsystem initialization sequence to improve GPE support. The 
-GPE initialization has been split into two parts in order to defer execution 
+GPE initialization has been split into two parts in order to defer 
+execution 
 of the _PRW methods (Power Resources for Wake) until after the hardware is 
 fully initialized and the SCI handler is installed. This allows the _PRW 
-methods to access fields protected by the Global Lock. This will fix systems 
+methods to access fields protected by the Global Lock. This will fix 
+systems 
 where a NO_GLOBAL_LOCK exception has been seen during initialization.
 
 Converted the ACPI internal object disassemble and display code within the 
 AML debugger to fully table-driven operation, reducing code size and 
 increasing maintainability.
 
-Fixed a regression with the ConcatenateResTemplate() ASL operator introduced 
+Fixed a regression with the ConcatenateResTemplate() ASL operator 
+introduced 
 in the 20051021 release.
 
 Implemented support for "local" internal ACPI object types within the 
 debugger "Object" command and the AcpiWalkNamespace external interfaces. 
-These local types include RegionFields, BankFields, IndexFields, Alias, and 
+These local types include RegionFields, BankFields, IndexFields, Alias, 
+and 
 reference objects.
 
 Moved common AML resource handling code into a new file, "utresrc.c". This 
@@ -5349,9 +6424,11 @@ code is shared by both the Resource Manager and the AML Debugger.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5364,20 +6441,25 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Fixed a problem with very large initializer lists (more than 4000 elements) 
+Fixed a problem with very large initializer lists (more than 4000 
+elements) 
 for both Buffer and Package objects where the parse stack could overflow.
 
-Enhanced the pre-compile source code scan for non-ASCII characters to ignore 
-characters within comment fields. The scan is now always performed and is no 
+Enhanced the pre-compile source code scan for non-ASCII characters to 
+ignore 
+characters within comment fields. The scan is now always performed and is 
+no 
 longer optional, detecting invalid characters within a source file 
 immediately rather than during the parse phase or later.
 
 Enhanced the ASL grammar definition to force early reductions on all list-
 style grammar elements so that the overall parse stack usage is greatly 
-reduced. This should improve performance and reduce the possibility of parse 
+reduced. This should improve performance and reduce the possibility of 
+parse 
 stack overflow.
 
-Eliminated all reduce/reduce conflicts in the iASL parser generation. Also, 
+Eliminated all reduce/reduce conflicts in the iASL parser generation. 
+Also, 
 with the addition of a %expected statement, the compiler generates from 
 source with no warnings.
 
@@ -5397,7 +6479,8 @@ hardware support for non-aligned transfers.
 Completed conversion of the Resource Manager to nearly full table-driven 
 operation. Specifically, the resource conversion code (convert AML to 
 internal format and the reverse) and the debug code to dump internal 
-resource descriptors are fully table-driven, reducing code and data size and 
+resource descriptors are fully table-driven, reducing code and data size 
+and 
 improving maintainability.
 
 The OSL interfaces for Acquire and Release Lock now use a 64-bit flag word 
@@ -5407,7 +6490,8 @@ Alexey Starikovskiy)
 Implemented support within the resource conversion code for the Type-
 Specific byte within the various ACPI 3.0 *WordSpace macros.
 
-Fixed some issues within the resource conversion code for the type-specific 
+Fixed some issues within the resource conversion code for the type-
+specific 
 flags for both Memory and I/O address resource descriptors. For Memory, 
 implemented support for the MTP and TTP flags. For I/O, split the TRS and 
 TTP flags into two separate fields.
@@ -5415,9 +6499,11 @@ TTP flags into two separate fields.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5434,20 +6520,24 @@ of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 Relaxed a compiler restriction that disallowed a ResourceIndex byte if the 
 corresponding ResourceSource string was not also present in a resource 
 descriptor declaration. This restriction caused problems with existing 
-AML/ASL code that includes the Index byte without the string. When such AML 
+AML/ASL code that includes the Index byte without the string. When such 
+AML 
 was disassembled, it could not be compiled without modification. Further, 
-the modified code created a resource template with a different size than the 
+the modified code created a resource template with a different size than 
+the 
 original, breaking code that used fixed offsets into the resource template 
 buffer.
 
-Removed a recent feature of the disassembler to ignore a lone ResourceIndex 
+Removed a recent feature of the disassembler to ignore a lone 
+ResourceIndex 
 byte. This byte is now emitted if present so that the exact AML can be 
 reproduced when the disassembled code is recompiled.
 
 Improved comments and text alignment for the resource descriptor code 
 emitted by the disassembler.
 
-Implemented disassembler support for the ACPI 3.0 AccessSize field within a 
+Implemented disassembler support for the ACPI 3.0 AccessSize field within 
+a 
 Register() resource descriptor.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -5456,10 +6546,13 @@ Register() resource descriptor.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Completed a major overhaul of the Resource Manager code - specifically, 
-optimizations in the area of the AML/internal resource conversion code. The 
-code has been optimized to simplify and eliminate duplicated code, CPU stack 
+optimizations in the area of the AML/internal resource conversion code. 
+The 
+code has been optimized to simplify and eliminate duplicated code, CPU 
+stack 
 use has been decreased by optimizing function parameters and local 
-variables, and naming conventions across the manager have been standardized 
+variables, and naming conventions across the manager have been 
+standardized 
 for clarity and ease of maintenance (this includes function, parameter, 
 variable, and struct/typedef names.) The update may force changes in some 
 driver code, depending on how resources are handled by the host OS.
@@ -5471,10 +6564,13 @@ created, named "rsinfo.c".
 The ACPI return macros (return_ACPI_STATUS, etc.) have been modified to 
 guarantee that the argument is not evaluated twice, making them less prone 
 to macro side-effects. However, since there exists the possibility of 
-additional stack use if a particular compiler cannot optimize them (such as 
-in the debug generation case), the original macros are optionally available.  
+additional stack use if a particular compiler cannot optimize them (such 
+as 
+in the debug generation case), the original macros are optionally 
+available.  
 Note that some invocations of the return_VALUE macro may now cause size 
-mismatch warnings; the return_UINT8 and return_UINT32 macros are provided to 
+mismatch warnings; the return_UINT8 and return_UINT32 macros are provided 
+to 
 eliminate these. (From Randy Dunlap)
 
 Implemented a new mechanism to enable debug tracing for individual control 
@@ -5491,9 +6587,11 @@ the behavior of AcpiUtAllocate.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5515,11 +6613,13 @@ buffer is zero. Previously, this was a warning.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Fixed a problem within the Resource Manager where support for the Generic 
-Register descriptor was not fully implemented. This descriptor is now fully 
+Register descriptor was not fully implemented. This descriptor is now 
+fully 
 recognized, parsed, disassembled, and displayed.
 
 Completely restructured the Resource Manager code to utilize table-driven 
-dispatch and lookup, eliminating many of the large switch() statements. This 
+dispatch and lookup, eliminating many of the large switch() statements. 
+This 
 reduces overall subsystem code size and code complexity. Affects the 
 resource parsing and construction, disassembly, and debug dump output.
 
@@ -5532,9 +6632,11 @@ optional ACPI_MUTEX_DEBUG code to fail compilation if specified.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous library sizes for the core 
 subsystem are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the 
 acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 32-bit compiler. These 
-values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the 
+values do not include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of 
+the 
 code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code 
-and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency 
+and data size. Note that these values will vary depending on the 
+efficiency 
 of the compiler and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5552,7 +6654,8 @@ into the ASL stream if this macro is missing in the original AML code,
 simplifying compilation of the resulting ASL module.
 
 Fixed a problem in the disassembler where a disassembled ResourceSource 
-string (within a large resource descriptor) was not surrounded by quotes and 
+string (within a large resource descriptor) was not surrounded by quotes 
+and 
 not followed by a comma, causing errors when the resulting ASL module was 
 compiled. Also, escape sequences within a ResourceSource string are now 
 handled correctly (especially "\\")
@@ -5569,11 +6672,13 @@ messages seen on some systems. Recursive method invocation depth is
 currently limited to 255. (Alexey Starikovskiy)
 
 Completely eliminated all vestiges of support for the "module-level 
-executable code" until this support is fully implemented and debugged. This 
+executable code" until this support is fully implemented and debugged. 
+This 
 should eliminate the NO_RETURN_VALUE exceptions seen during table load on 
 some systems that invoke this support.
 
-Fixed a problem within the resource manager code where the transaction flags 
+Fixed a problem within the resource manager code where the transaction 
+flags 
 for a 64-bit address descriptor were handled incorrectly in the type-
 specific flag byte.
 
@@ -5589,9 +6694,11 @@ release package.
 Code and Data Size: The current and previous core subsystem library sizes 
 are shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
 produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler. These values do not 
-include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes 
+include any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code 
+includes 
 the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
-Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+Note that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the 
+compiler 
 and the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5604,7 +6711,8 @@ and the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Implemented an error check for illegal duplicate values in the interrupt and 
+Implemented an error check for illegal duplicate values in the interrupt 
+and 
 dma lists for the following ASL macros: Dma(), Irq(), IrqNoFlags(), and 
 Interrupt().
 
@@ -5625,10 +6733,13 @@ resource descriptor has already been used within the current scope.
  
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
  
-Implemented a full bytewise compare to determine if a table load request is 
-attempting to load a duplicate table. The compare is performed if the table 
+Implemented a full bytewise compare to determine if a table load request 
+is 
+attempting to load a duplicate table. The compare is performed if the 
+table 
 signatures and table lengths match. This will allow different tables with 
-the same OEM Table ID and revision to be loaded - probably against the ACPI 
+the same OEM Table ID and revision to be loaded - probably against the 
+ACPI 
 specification, but discovered in the field nonetheless.
  
 Added the changes.txt logfile to each of the zipped release packages.
@@ -5637,8 +6748,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
  
   Previous Release:
@@ -5670,14 +6783,18 @@ attempts to load the same SSDT upon certain events. With assistance from
 Venkatesh Pallipadi.
 
 Restructured the main interface to the AML parser in order to correctly 
-handle all exceptional conditions. This will prevent leakage of the OwnerId 
-resource and should eliminate the AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT exceptions seen on some 
+handle all exceptional conditions. This will prevent leakage of the 
+OwnerId 
+resource and should eliminate the AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT exceptions seen on 
+some 
 machines. With assistance from Alexey Starikovskiy.
 
 Support for "module level code" has been disabled in this version due to a 
-number of issues that have appeared on various machines. The support can be 
+number of issues that have appeared on various machines. The support can 
+be 
 enabled by defining ACPI_ENABLE_MODULE_LEVEL_CODE during subsystem 
-compilation. When the issues are fully resolved, the code will be enabled by 
+compilation. When the issues are fully resolved, the code will be enabled 
+by 
 default again.
 
 Modified the internal functions for debug print support to define the 
@@ -5686,15 +6803,18 @@ built-in macros such as __FUNCTION__, etc.
 
 Linted the entire ACPICA source tree for both 32-bit and 64-bit.
 
-Implemented support to display an object count summary for the AML Debugger 
+Implemented support to display an object count summary for the AML 
+Debugger 
 commands Object and Methods.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5708,7 +6828,8 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
 Fixed a regression that appeared in the 20050708 version of the compiler 
-where an error message was inadvertently emitted for invocations of the _OSI 
+where an error message was inadvertently emitted for invocations of the 
+_OSI 
 reserved control method.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -5720,18 +6841,24 @@ The use of the CPU stack in the debug version of the subsystem has been
 considerably reduced. Previously, a debug structure was declared in every 
 function that used the debug macros. This structure has been removed in 
 favor of declaring the individual elements as parameters to the debug 
-functions. This reduces the cumulative stack use during nested execution of 
-ACPI function calls at the cost of a small increase in the code size of the 
-debug version of the subsystem. With assistance from Alexey Starikovskiy and 
+functions. This reduces the cumulative stack use during nested execution 
+of 
+ACPI function calls at the cost of a small increase in the code size of 
+the 
+debug version of the subsystem. With assistance from Alexey Starikovskiy 
+and 
 Len Brown.
 
 Added the ACPI_GET_FUNCTION_NAME macro to enable the compiler-dependent 
 headers to define a macro that will return the current function name at 
-runtime (such as __FUNCTION__ or _func_, etc.) The function name is used by 
+runtime (such as __FUNCTION__ or _func_, etc.) The function name is used 
+by 
 the debug trace output. If ACPI_GET_FUNCTION_NAME is not defined in the 
-compiler-dependent header, the function name is saved on the CPU stack (one 
+compiler-dependent header, the function name is saved on the CPU stack 
+(one 
 pointer per function.) This mechanism is used because apparently there 
-exists no standard ANSI-C defined macro that that returns the function name.
+exists no standard ANSI-C defined macro that that returns the function 
+name.
 
 Redesigned and reimplemented the "Owner ID" mechanism used to track 
 namespace objects created/deleted by ACPI tables and control method 
@@ -5740,14 +6867,18 @@ the wraparound problem present in the previous implementation. The size of
 the namespace node descriptor was reduced by 2 bytes as a result (Alexey 
 Starikovskiy).
 
-Removed the UINT32_BIT and UINT16_BIT types that were used for the bitfield 
+Removed the UINT32_BIT and UINT16_BIT types that were used for the 
+bitfield 
 flag definitions within the headers for the predefined ACPI tables. These 
-have been replaced by UINT8_BIT in order to increase the code portability of 
+have been replaced by UINT8_BIT in order to increase the code portability 
+of 
 the subsystem. If the use of UINT8 remains a problem, we may be forced to 
 eliminate bitfields entirely because of a lack of portability.
 
-Enhanced the performance of the AcpiUtUpdateObjectReference procedure. This 
-is a frequently used function and this improvement increases the performance 
+Enhanced the performance of the AcpiUtUpdateObjectReference procedure. 
+This 
+is a frequently used function and this improvement increases the 
+performance 
 of the entire subsystem (Alexey Starikovskiy).
 
 Fixed several possible memory leaks and the inverse - premature object 
@@ -5757,8 +6888,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5774,7 +6907,8 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Modified the new OSL cache interfaces to use ACPI_CACHE_T as the type for 
-the host-defined cache object. This allows the OSL implementation to define 
+the host-defined cache object. This allows the OSL implementation to 
+define 
 and type this object in any manner desired, simplifying the OSL 
 implementation. For example, ACPI_CACHE_T is defined as kmem_cache_t for 
 Linux, and should be defined in the OS-specific header file for other 
@@ -5786,21 +6920,28 @@ change was made for performance reasons, since this is the purpose of the
 interface in the first place. AcpiOsAcquireObject is now similar to the 
 AcpiOsAllocate interface.
 
-Implemented a new AML debugger command named Businfo. This command displays 
-information about all devices that have an associate _PRT object. The _ADR, 
+Implemented a new AML debugger command named Businfo. This command 
+displays 
+information about all devices that have an associate _PRT object. The 
+_ADR, 
 _HID, _UID, and _CID are displayed for these devices.
 
-Modified the initialization sequence in AcpiInitializeSubsystem to call the 
-OSL interface AcpiOslInitialize first, before any local initialization. This 
+Modified the initialization sequence in AcpiInitializeSubsystem to call 
+the 
+OSL interface AcpiOslInitialize first, before any local initialization. 
+This 
 change was required because the global initialization now calls OSL 
 interfaces.
 
-Enhanced the Dump command to display the entire contents of Package objects 
+Enhanced the Dump command to display the entire contents of Package 
+objects 
 (including all sub-objects and their values.) 
 
 Restructured the code base to split some files because of size and/or 
-because the code logically belonged in a separate file. New files are listed 
-below. All makefiles and project files included in the ACPI CA release have 
+because the code logically belonged in a separate file. New files are 
+listed 
+below. All makefiles and project files included in the ACPI CA release 
+have 
 been updated.
     utilities/utcache.c           /* Local cache interfaces */
     utilities/utmutex.c           /* Local mutex support */
@@ -5811,8 +6952,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5825,7 +6968,8 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Fixed a regression introduced in version 20050513 where the use of a Package 
+Fixed a regression introduced in version 20050513 where the use of a 
+Package 
 object within a Case() statement caused a compile time exception. The 
 original behavior has been restored (a Match() operator is emitted.)
 
@@ -5834,7 +6978,8 @@ original behavior has been restored (a Match() operator is emitted.)
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Moved the object cache operations into the OS interface layer (OSL) to allow 
+Moved the object cache operations into the OS interface layer (OSL) to 
+allow 
 the host OS to handle these operations if desired (for example, the Linux 
 OSL will invoke the slab allocator). This support is optional; the compile 
 time define ACPI_USE_LOCAL_CACHE may be used to utilize the original cache 
@@ -5847,44 +6992,55 @@ interface definitions. With assistance from Alexey Starikovskiy.
     AcpiOsAcquireObject
     AcpiOsReleaseObject
 
-Modified the interfaces to AcpiOsAcquireLock and AcpiOsReleaseLock to return 
+Modified the interfaces to AcpiOsAcquireLock and AcpiOsReleaseLock to 
+return 
 and restore a flags parameter. This fits better with many OS lock models. 
 Note: the current execution state (interrupt handler or not) is no longer 
-passed to these interfaces. If necessary, the OSL must determine this state 
+passed to these interfaces. If necessary, the OSL must determine this 
+state 
 by itself, a simple and fast operation. With assistance from Alexey 
 Starikovskiy.
 
 Fixed a problem in the ACPI table handling where a valid XSDT was assumed 
-present if the revision of the RSDP was 2 or greater. According to the ACPI 
+present if the revision of the RSDP was 2 or greater. According to the 
+ACPI 
 specification, the XSDT is optional in all cases, and the table manager 
 therefore now checks for both an RSDP >=2 and a valid XSDT pointer. 
 Otherwise, the RSDT pointer is used. Some ACPI 2.0 compliant BIOSs contain 
 only the RSDT.
 
-Fixed an interpreter problem with the Mid() operator in the case of an input 
-string where the resulting output string is of zero length. It now correctly 
+Fixed an interpreter problem with the Mid() operator in the case of an 
+input 
+string where the resulting output string is of zero length. It now 
+correctly 
 returns a valid, null terminated string object instead of a string object 
 with a null pointer.
 
 Fixed a problem with the control method argument handling to allow a store 
-to an Arg object that already contains an object of type Device. The Device 
+to an Arg object that already contains an object of type Device. The 
+Device 
 object is now correctly overwritten. Previously, an error was returned.
 
 
-Enhanced the debugger Find command to emit object values in addition to the 
-found object pathnames. The output format is the same as the dump namespace 
+Enhanced the debugger Find command to emit object values in addition to 
+the 
+found object pathnames. The output format is the same as the dump 
+namespace 
 command.
 
 Enhanced the debugger Set command. It now has the ability to set the value 
-of any Named integer object in the namespace (Previously, only method locals 
+of any Named integer object in the namespace (Previously, only method 
+locals 
 and args could be set.)
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5902,7 +7058,8 @@ output incorrectly. This problem was introduced in the previous release
 (20050526). This problem also affected the single-step disassembly in the 
 debugger.
 
-Fixed a problem where compiling the reserved _OSI method would randomly (but 
+Fixed a problem where compiling the reserved _OSI method would randomly 
+(but 
 rarely) produce compile errors.
 
 Enhanced the disassembler to emit compilable code in the face of incorrect 
@@ -5918,16 +7075,20 @@ errors.
 
 Implemented support to execute Type 1 and Type 2 AML opcodes appearing at 
 the module level (not within a control method.) These opcodes are executed 
-exactly once at the time the table is loaded. This type of code was legal up 
-until the release of ACPI 2.0B (2002) and is now supported within ACPI CA in 
-order to provide backwards compatibility with earlier BIOS implementations. 
+exactly once at the time the table is loaded. This type of code was legal 
+up 
+until the release of ACPI 2.0B (2002) and is now supported within ACPI CA 
+in 
+order to provide backwards compatibility with earlier BIOS 
+implementations. 
 This eliminates the "Encountered executable code at module level" warning 
 that was previously generated upon detection of such code.
 
 Fixed a problem in the interpreter where an AE_NOT_FOUND exception could 
 inadvertently be generated during the lookup of namespace objects in the 
 second pass parse of ACPI tables and control methods. It appears that this 
-problem could occur during the resolution of forward references to namespace 
+problem could occur during the resolution of forward references to 
+namespace 
 objects.
 
 Added the ACPI_MUTEX_DEBUG #ifdef to the AcpiUtReleaseMutex function, 
@@ -5947,8 +7108,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -5969,15 +7132,20 @@ compiler in order to provide backwards compatibility with earlier BIOS ASL
 code.
 
 The ACPI integer width (specified via the table revision ID or the -r 
-override, 32 or 64 bits) is now used internally during compile-time constant 
+override, 32 or 64 bits) is now used internally during compile-time 
+constant 
 folding to ensure that constants are truncated to 32 bits if necessary. 
-Previously, the revision ID value was only emitted in the AML table header.
+Previously, the revision ID value was only emitted in the AML table 
+header.
 
-An error message is now generated for the Mutex and Method operators if the 
+An error message is now generated for the Mutex and Method operators if 
+the 
 SyncLevel parameter is outside the legal range of 0 through 15.
 
-Fixed a problem with the Method operator ParameterTypes list handling (ACPI 
-3.0). Previously, more than 2 types or 2 arguments generated a syntax error.  
+Fixed a problem with the Method operator ParameterTypes list handling 
+(ACPI 
+3.0). Previously, more than 2 types or 2 arguments generated a syntax 
+error.  
 The actual underlying implementation of method argument typechecking is 
 still under development, however.
 
@@ -5986,17 +7154,21 @@ still under development, however.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented support for PCI Express root bridges -- added support for device 
+Implemented support for PCI Express root bridges -- added support for 
+device 
 PNP0A08 in the root bridge search within AcpiEvPciConfigRegionSetup.
 
-The interpreter now automatically truncates incoming 64-bit constants to 32 
-bits if currently executing out of a 32-bit ACPI table (Revision < 2). This 
+The interpreter now automatically truncates incoming 64-bit constants to 
+32 
+bits if currently executing out of a 32-bit ACPI table (Revision < 2). 
+This 
 also affects the iASL compiler constant folding. (Note: as per below, the 
 iASL compiler no longer allows 64-bit constants within 32-bit tables.)
 
 Fixed a problem where string and buffer objects with "static" pointers 
 (pointers to initialization data within an ACPI table) were not handled 
-consistently. The internal object copy operation now always copies the data 
+consistently. The internal object copy operation now always copies the 
+data 
 to a newly allocated buffer, regardless of whether the source object is 
 static or not.
 
@@ -6006,7 +7178,8 @@ operand. Since this is an "explicit conversion" operator, the implicit
 conversion should never be performed on the output.
 
 Fixed a problem with the CopyObject operator where a copy to an existing 
-named object did not always completely overwrite the existing object stored 
+named object did not always completely overwrite the existing object 
+stored 
 at name. Specifically, a buffer-to-buffer copy did not delete the existing 
 buffer.
 
@@ -6017,8 +7190,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6031,17 +7206,21 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-The compiler now emits a warning if an attempt is made to generate a 64-bit 
-integer constant from within a 32-bit ACPI table (Revision < 2). The integer 
+The compiler now emits a warning if an attempt is made to generate a 64-
+bit 
+integer constant from within a 32-bit ACPI table (Revision < 2). The 
+integer 
 is truncated to 32 bits.
 
 Fixed a problem with large package objects: if the static length of the 
 package is greater than 255, the "variable length package" opcode is 
 emitted. Previously, this caused an error. This requires an update to the 
-ACPI spec, since it currently (incorrectly) states that packages larger than 
+ACPI spec, since it currently (incorrectly) states that packages larger 
+than 
 255 elements are not allowed.
 
-The disassembler now correctly handles variable length packages and packages 
+The disassembler now correctly handles variable length packages and 
+packages 
 larger than 255 elements.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -6053,19 +7232,24 @@ Fixed three cases in the interpreter where an "index" argument to an ASL
 function was still (internally) 32 bits instead of the required 64 bits. 
 This was the Index argument to the Index, Mid, and Match operators.
 
-The "strupr" function is now permanently local (AcpiUtStrupr), since this is 
+The "strupr" function is now permanently local (AcpiUtStrupr), since this 
+is 
 not a POSIX-defined function and not present in most kernel-level C 
-libraries. All references to the C library strupr function have been removed 
+libraries. All references to the C library strupr function have been 
+removed 
 from the headers.
 
-Completed the deployment of static functions/prototypes. All prototypes with 
-the static attribute have been moved from the headers to the owning C file.
+Completed the deployment of static functions/prototypes. All prototypes 
+with 
+the static attribute have been moved from the headers to the owning C 
+file.
 
 Implemented an extract option (-e) for the AcpiBin utility (AML binary 
 utility). This option allows the utility to extract individual ACPI tables 
 from the output of AcpiDmp. It provides the same functionality of the 
 acpixtract.pl perl script without the worry of setting the correct perl 
-options. AcpiBin runs on Windows and has not yet been generated/validated in 
+options. AcpiBin runs on Windows and has not yet been generated/validated 
+in 
 the Linux/Unix environment (but should be soon).
  
 Updated and fixed the table dump option for AcpiBin (-d). This option 
@@ -6076,8 +7260,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6090,8 +7276,10 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Disassembler fix: Added a check to ensure that the table length found in the 
-ACPI table header within the input file is not longer than the actual input 
+Disassembler fix: Added a check to ensure that the table length found in 
+the 
+ACPI table header within the input file is not longer than the actual 
+input 
 file size. This indicates some kind of file or table corruption.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -6099,24 +7287,28 @@ file size. This indicates some kind of file or table corruption.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-An error is now generated if an attempt is made to create a Buffer Field of 
+An error is now generated if an attempt is made to create a Buffer Field 
+of 
 length zero (A CreateField with a length operand of zero.)
 
-The interpreter now issues a warning whenever executable code at the module 
+The interpreter now issues a warning whenever executable code at the 
+module 
 level is detected during ACPI table load. This will give some idea of the 
 prevalence of this type of code.
 
 Implemented support for references to named objects (other than control 
 methods) within package objects.
 
-Enhanced package object output for the debug object. Package objects are now 
+Enhanced package object output for the debug object. Package objects are 
+now 
 completely dumped, showing all elements.
 
 Enhanced miscellaneous object output for the debug object. Any object can 
 now be written to the debug object (for example, a device object can be 
 written, and the type of the object will be displayed.)
 
-The "static" qualifier has been added to all local functions across both the 
+The "static" qualifier has been added to all local functions across both 
+the 
 core subsystem and the iASL compiler.
 
 The number of "long" lines (> 80 chars) within the source has been 
@@ -6133,8 +7325,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6149,10 +7343,12 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
 Fixed a problem with the resource descriptor generation/support. For the 
-ResourceSourceIndex and the ResourceSource fields, both must be present, or 
+ResourceSourceIndex and the ResourceSource fields, both must be present, 
+or 
 both must be not present - can't have one without the other.
 
-The compiler now returns non-zero from the main procedure if any errors have 
+The compiler now returns non-zero from the main procedure if any errors 
+have 
 occurred during the compilation.
 
 
@@ -6161,15 +7357,18 @@ occurred during the compilation.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-The string-to-buffer implicit conversion code has been modified again after 
+The string-to-buffer implicit conversion code has been modified again 
+after 
 a change to the ACPI specification.  In order to match the behavior of the 
-other major ACPI implementation, the target buffer is no longer truncated if 
+other major ACPI implementation, the target buffer is no longer truncated 
+if 
 the source string is smaller than an existing target buffer. This change 
 requires an update to the ACPI spec, and should eliminate the recent 
 AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT issues.
 
 The "implicit return" support was rewritten to a new algorithm that solves 
-the general case. Rather than attempt to determine when a method is about to 
+the general case. Rather than attempt to determine when a method is about 
+to 
 exit, the result of every ASL operator is saved momentarily until the very 
 next ASL operator is executed. Therefore, no matter how the method exits, 
 there will always be a saved implicit return value. This feature is only 
@@ -6177,15 +7376,18 @@ enabled with the AcpiGbl_EnableInterpreterSlack flag, and should eliminate
 AE_AML_NO_RETURN_VALUE errors when enabled.
 
 Implemented implicit conversion support for the predicate (operand) of the 
-If, Else, and While operators. String and Buffer arguments are automatically 
+If, Else, and While operators. String and Buffer arguments are 
+automatically 
 converted to Integers.
 
 Changed the string-to-integer conversion behavior to match the new ACPI 
 errata: "If no integer object exists, a new integer is created. The ASCII 
 string is interpreted as a hexadecimal constant. Each string character is 
 interpreted as a hexadecimal value ('0'-'9', 'A'-'F', 'a', 'f'), starting 
-with the first character as the most significant digit, and ending with the 
-first non-hexadecimal character or end-of-string." This means that the first 
+with the first character as the most significant digit, and ending with 
+the 
+first non-hexadecimal character or end-of-string." This means that the 
+first 
 non-hex character terminates the conversion and this is the code that was 
 changed.
 
@@ -6194,7 +7396,8 @@ on an Index of a Package which pointed to a null package element. The
 operator now properly returns zero (Uninitialized) in this case.
 
 Fixed a problem where the While operator used excessive memory by not 
-properly popping the result stack during execution. There was no memory leak 
+properly popping the result stack during execution. There was no memory 
+leak 
 after execution, however. (Code provided by Valery Podrezov.)
 
 Fixed a problem where references to control methods within Package objects 
@@ -6209,8 +7412,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6224,25 +7429,29 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
 Fixed a problem with the Return operator with no arguments. Since the AML 
-grammar for the byte encoding requires an operand for the Return opcode, the 
+grammar for the byte encoding requires an operand for the Return opcode, 
+the 
 compiler now emits a Return(Zero) for this case.  An ACPI specification 
 update has been written for this case.
 
 For tables other than the DSDT, namepath optimization is automatically 
-disabled. This is because SSDTs can be loaded anywhere in the namespace, the 
+disabled. This is because SSDTs can be loaded anywhere in the namespace, 
+the 
 compiler has no knowledge of where, and thus cannot optimize namepaths.
 
 Added "ProcessorObj" to the ObjectTypeKeyword list. This object type was 
 inadvertently omitted from the ACPI specification, and will require an 
 update to the spec.
 
-The source file scan for ASCII characters is now optional (-a). This change 
+The source file scan for ASCII characters is now optional (-a). This 
+change 
 was made because some vendors place non-ascii characters within comments. 
 However, the scan is simply a brute-force byte compare to ensure all 
 characters in the file are in the range 0x00 to 0x7F.
 
 Fixed a problem with the CondRefOf operator where the compiler was 
-inappropriately checking for the existence of the target. Since the point of 
+inappropriately checking for the existence of the target. Since the point 
+of 
 the operator is to check for the existence of the target at run-time, the 
 compiler no longer checks for the target existence.
 
@@ -6250,17 +7459,21 @@ Fixed a problem where errors generated from the internal AML interpreter
 during constant folding were not handled properly, causing a fault.
 
 Fixed a problem with overly aggressive range checking for the Stall 
-operator. The valid range (max 255) is now only checked if the operand is of 
+operator. The valid range (max 255) is now only checked if the operand is 
+of 
 type Integer. All other operand types cannot be statically checked.
 
 Fixed a problem where control method references within the RefOf, DeRefOf, 
-and ObjectType operators were not treated properly. They are now treated as 
+and ObjectType operators were not treated properly. They are now treated 
+as 
 actual references, not method invocations.
 
-Fixed and enhanced the "list namespace" option (-ln). This option was broken 
+Fixed and enhanced the "list namespace" option (-ln). This option was 
+broken 
 a number of releases ago.
 
-Improved error handling for the Field, IndexField, and BankField operators. 
+Improved error handling for the Field, IndexField, and BankField 
+operators. 
 The compiler now cleanly reports and recovers from errors in the field 
 component (FieldUnit) list.
 
@@ -6279,16 +7492,19 @@ reference) must increment the reference count on the target object for the
 life of the object reference.
 
 Implemented AML Interpreter and Debugger support for the new ACPI 3.0 
-Extended Address (IO, Memory, Space), QwordSpace, DwordSpace, and WordSpace 
+Extended Address (IO, Memory, Space), QwordSpace, DwordSpace, and 
+WordSpace 
 resource descriptors.
 
 Implemented support in the _OSI method for the ACPI 3.0 "Extended Address 
-Space Descriptor" string, indicating interpreter support for the descriptors 
+Space Descriptor" string, indicating interpreter support for the 
+descriptors 
 above.
 
 Implemented header support for the new ACPI 3.0 FADT flag bits.
 
-Implemented header support for the new ACPI 3.0 PCI Express bits for the PM1 
+Implemented header support for the new ACPI 3.0 PCI Express bits for the 
+PM1 
 status/enable registers.
 
 Updated header support for the MADT processor local Apic struct and MADT 
@@ -6296,15 +7512,18 @@ platform interrupt source struct for new ACPI 3.0 fields.
 
 Implemented header support for the SRAT and SLIT ACPI tables.
 
-Implemented the -s switch in AcpiExec to enable the "InterpreterSlack" flag 
+Implemented the -s switch in AcpiExec to enable the "InterpreterSlack" 
+flag 
 at runtime.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6321,11 +7540,13 @@ Fixed a problem with the internal 64-bit String-to-integer conversion with
 strings less than two characters long.
 
 Fixed a problem with constant folding where the result of the Index() 
-operator can not be considered a constant. This means that Index() cannot be 
+operator can not be considered a constant. This means that Index() cannot 
+be 
 a type3 opcode and this will require an update to the ACPI specification.
 
 Disassembler: Implemented support for the TTP, MTP, and TRS resource 
-descriptor fields. These fields were inadvertently ignored and not output in 
+descriptor fields. These fields were inadvertently ignored and not output 
+in 
 the disassembly of the resource descriptor.
 
 
@@ -6335,29 +7556,39 @@ the disassembly of the resource descriptor.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Implemented ACPI 3.0 support for implicit conversion within the Match() 
-operator. MatchObjects can now be of type integer, buffer, or string instead 
-of just type integer.  Package elements are implicitly converted to the type 
+operator. MatchObjects can now be of type integer, buffer, or string 
+instead 
+of just type integer.  Package elements are implicitly converted to the 
+type 
 of the MatchObject. This change aligns the behavior of Match() with the 
-behavior of the other logical operators (LLess(), etc.) It also requires an 
+behavior of the other logical operators (LLess(), etc.) It also requires 
+an 
 errata change to the ACPI specification as this support was intended for 
 ACPI 3.0, but was inadvertently omitted.
 
 Fixed a problem with the internal implicit "to buffer" conversion. Strings 
-that are converted to buffers will cause buffer truncation if the string is 
-smaller than the target buffer. Integers that are converted to buffers will 
+that are converted to buffers will cause buffer truncation if the string 
+is 
+smaller than the target buffer. Integers that are converted to buffers 
+will 
 not cause buffer truncation, only zero extension (both as per the ACPI 
 spec.) The problem was introduced when code was added to truncate the 
-buffer, but this should not be performed in all cases, only the string case.
+buffer, but this should not be performed in all cases, only the string 
+case.
 
-Fixed a problem with the Buffer and Package operators where the interpreter 
+Fixed a problem with the Buffer and Package operators where the 
+interpreter 
 would get confused if two such operators were used as operands to an ASL 
 operator (such as LLess(Buffer(1){0},Buffer(1){1}). The internal result 
-stack was not being popped after the execution of these operators, resulting 
+stack was not being popped after the execution of these operators, 
+resulting 
 in an AE_NO_RETURN_VALUE exception.
 
 Fixed a problem with constructs of the form Store(Index(...),...). The 
-reference object returned from Index was inadvertently resolved to an actual 
-value. This problem was introduced in version 20050114 when the behavior of 
+reference object returned from Index was inadvertently resolved to an 
+actual 
+value. This problem was introduced in version 20050114 when the behavior 
+of 
 Store() was modified to restrict the object types that can be used as the 
 source operand (to match the ACPI specification.)
 
@@ -6371,8 +7602,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6407,32 +7640,42 @@ AcpiExec and the iASL compiler enable the cache because they run in user
 mode and this enhances their performance. #define ACPI_ENABLE_OBJECT_CACHE 
 to enable the local cache.
 
-Fixed an issue in the internal function AcpiUtEvaluateObject concerning the 
-optional "implicit return" support where an error was returned if no return 
-object was expected, but one was implicitly returned. AE_OK is now returned 
+Fixed an issue in the internal function AcpiUtEvaluateObject concerning 
+the 
+optional "implicit return" support where an error was returned if no 
+return 
+object was expected, but one was implicitly returned. AE_OK is now 
+returned 
 in this case and the implicitly returned object is deleted. 
-AcpiUtEvaluateObject is only occasionally used, and only to execute reserved 
+AcpiUtEvaluateObject is only occasionally used, and only to execute 
+reserved 
 methods such as _STA and _INI where the return type is known up front.
 
-Fixed a few issues with the internal convert-to-integer code. It now returns 
+Fixed a few issues with the internal convert-to-integer code. It now 
+returns 
 an error if an attempt is made to convert a null string, a string of only 
-blanks/tabs, or a zero-length buffer. This affects both implicit conversion 
+blanks/tabs, or a zero-length buffer. This affects both implicit 
+conversion 
 and explicit conversion via the ToInteger() operator.
 
-The internal debug code in AcpiUtAcquireMutex has been commented out. It is 
+The internal debug code in AcpiUtAcquireMutex has been commented out. It 
+is 
 not needed for normal operation and should increase the performance of the 
 entire subsystem. The code remains in case it is needed for debug purposes 
 again.
 
-The AcpiExec source and makefile are included in the Unix/Linux package for 
+The AcpiExec source and makefile are included in the Unix/Linux package 
+for 
 the first time.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6444,24 +7687,30 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Switch/Case support: A warning is now issued if the type of the Switch value 
+Switch/Case support: A warning is now issued if the type of the Switch 
+value 
 cannot be determined at compile time. For example, Switch(Arg0) will 
 generate the warning, and the type is assumed to be an integer. As per the 
-ACPI spec, use a construct such as Switch(ToInteger(Arg0)) to eliminate the 
+ACPI spec, use a construct such as Switch(ToInteger(Arg0)) to eliminate 
+the 
 warning.
 
 Switch/Case support: Implemented support for buffer and string objects as 
 the switch value.  This is an ACPI 3.0 feature, now that LEqual supports 
 buffers and strings.
 
-Switch/Case support: The emitted code for the LEqual() comparisons now uses 
-the switch value as the first operand, not the second. The case value is now 
+Switch/Case support: The emitted code for the LEqual() comparisons now 
+uses 
+the switch value as the first operand, not the second. The case value is 
+now 
 the second operand, and this allows the case value to be implicitly 
 converted to the type of the switch value, not the other way around.
 
-Switch/Case support: Temporary variables are now emitted immediately within 
+Switch/Case support: Temporary variables are now emitted immediately 
+within 
 the control method, not at the global level. This means that there are now 
-36 temps available per-method, not 36 temps per-module as was the case with 
+36 temps available per-method, not 36 temps per-module as was the case 
+with 
 the earlier implementation (_T_0 through _T_9 and _T_A through _T_Z.)
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -6474,40 +7723,50 @@ the core subsystem, iASL compiler, and the utilities.
 
 Fixed an issue with the String-to-Buffer conversion code where the string 
 null terminator was not included in the buffer after conversion, but there 
-is existing ASL that assumes the string null terminator is included. This is 
+is existing ASL that assumes the string null terminator is included. This 
+is 
 the root of the ACPI_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT regression. This problem was 
 introduced in the previous version when the code was updated to correctly 
 set the converted buffer size as per the ACPI specification. The ACPI spec 
-is ambiguous and will be updated to specify that the null terminator must be 
+is ambiguous and will be updated to specify that the null terminator must 
+be 
 included in the converted buffer. This also affects the ToBuffer() ASL 
 operator.
 
 Fixed a problem with the Mid() ASL/AML operator where it did not work 
-correctly on Buffer objects. Newly created sub-buffers were not being marked 
+correctly on Buffer objects. Newly created sub-buffers were not being 
+marked 
 as initialized.
 
 
 Fixed a problem in AcpiTbFindTable where incorrect string compares were 
-performed on the OemId and OemTableId table header fields.  These fields are 
+performed on the OemId and OemTableId table header fields.  These fields 
+are 
 not null terminated, so strncmp is now used instead of strcmp.
 
 Implemented a restriction on the Store() ASL/AML operator to align the 
-behavior with the ACPI specification.  Previously, any object could be used 
-as the source operand.  Now, the only objects that may be used are Integers, 
+behavior with the ACPI specification.  Previously, any object could be 
+used 
+as the source operand.  Now, the only objects that may be used are 
+Integers, 
 Buffers, Strings, Packages, Object References, and DDB Handles.  If 
 necessary, the original behavior can be restored by enabling the 
 EnableInterpreterSlack flag.
 
-Enhanced the optional "implicit return" support to allow an implicit return 
+Enhanced the optional "implicit return" support to allow an implicit 
+return 
 value from methods that are invoked externally via the AcpiEvaluateObject 
 interface.  This enables implicit returns from the _STA and _INI methods, 
 for example.
 
-Changed the Revision() ASL/AML operator to return the current version of the 
-AML interpreter, in the YYYYMMDD format. Previously, it incorrectly returned 
+Changed the Revision() ASL/AML operator to return the current version of 
+the 
+AML interpreter, in the YYYYMMDD format. Previously, it incorrectly 
+returned 
 the supported ACPI version (This is the function of the _REV method).
 
-Updated the _REV predefined method to return the currently supported version 
+Updated the _REV predefined method to return the currently supported 
+version 
 of ACPI, now 3.
 
 Implemented batch mode option for the AcpiExec utility (-b).
@@ -6516,8 +7775,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6539,7 +7800,8 @@ Fixed a problem in the ToDecimalString operator where the resulting string
 length was incorrectly calculated. The length is now calculated exactly, 
 eliminating incorrect AE_STRING_LIMIT exceptions.
 
-Fixed a problem in the ToHexString operator to allow a maximum 200 character 
+Fixed a problem in the ToHexString operator to allow a maximum 200 
+character 
 string to be produced.
 
 Fixed a problem in the internal string-to-buffer and buffer-to-buffer copy 
@@ -6550,8 +7812,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6568,7 +7832,8 @@ Implemented the new ACPI 3.0 resource template macros - DWordSpace,
 ExtendedIO, ExtendedMemory, ExtendedSpace, QWordSpace, and WordSpace. 
 Includes support in the disassembler.
 
-Implemented support for the new (ACPI 3.0) parameter to the Register macro, 
+Implemented support for the new (ACPI 3.0) parameter to the Register 
+macro, 
 AccessSize.
 
 Fixed a problem where the _HE resource name for the Interrupt macro was 
@@ -6587,23 +7852,27 @@ optional (default is BusMaster).
 
 Implemented check for maximum 7 data bytes for the VendorShort macro.
 
-The ReadWrite parameter is now optional for the Memory32 and similar macros.
+The ReadWrite parameter is now optional for the Memory32 and similar 
+macros.
 
 ----------------------------------------
 03 December 2004.  Summary of changes for version 20041203:
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-The low-level field insertion/extraction code (exfldio) has been completely 
+The low-level field insertion/extraction code (exfldio) has been 
+completely 
 rewritten to eliminate unnecessary complexity, bugs, and boundary 
 conditions.
 
-Fixed a problem in the ToInteger, ToBuffer, ToHexString, and ToDecimalString 
+Fixed a problem in the ToInteger, ToBuffer, ToHexString, and 
+ToDecimalString 
 operators where the input operand could be inadvertently deleted if no 
 conversion was necessary (e.g., if the input to ToInteger was an Integer 
 object.)
 
-Fixed a problem with the ToDecimalString and ToHexString where an incorrect 
+Fixed a problem with the ToDecimalString and ToHexString where an 
+incorrect 
 exception code was returned if the resulting string would be > 200 chars.  
 AE_STRING_LIMIT is now returned.
 
@@ -6617,8 +7886,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6634,7 +7905,8 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 Fixed typechecking for the ObjectType and SizeOf operators.  Problem was 
 recently introduced in 20041119.
 
-Fixed a problem with the ToUUID macro where the upper nybble of each buffer 
+Fixed a problem with the ToUUID macro where the upper nybble of each 
+buffer 
 byte was inadvertently set to zero.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -6642,22 +7914,30 @@ byte was inadvertently set to zero.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fixed a problem in the internal ConvertToInteger routine where new integers 
-were not truncated to 32 bits for 32-bit ACPI tables. This routine converts 
+Fixed a problem in the internal ConvertToInteger routine where new 
+integers 
+were not truncated to 32 bits for 32-bit ACPI tables. This routine 
+converts 
 buffers and strings to integers.
 
-Implemented support to store a value to an Index() on a String object. This 
+Implemented support to store a value to an Index() on a String object. 
+This 
 is an ACPI 2.0 feature that had not yet been implemented.
 
-Implemented new behavior for storing objects to individual package elements 
-(via the Index() operator). The previous behavior was to invoke the implicit 
+Implemented new behavior for storing objects to individual package 
+elements 
+(via the Index() operator). The previous behavior was to invoke the 
+implicit 
 conversion rules if an object was already present at the index.  The new 
-behavior is to simply delete any existing object and directly store the new 
-object. Although the ACPI specification seems unclear on this subject, other 
+behavior is to simply delete any existing object and directly store the 
+new 
+object. Although the ACPI specification seems unclear on this subject, 
+other 
 ACPI implementations behave in this manner.  (This is the root of the 
 AE_BAD_HEX_CONSTANT issue.)
 
-Modified the RSDP memory scan mechanism to support the extended checksum for 
+Modified the RSDP memory scan mechanism to support the extended checksum 
+for 
 ACPI 2.0 (and above) RSDPs. Note that the search continues until a valid 
 RSDP signature is found with a valid checksum.
 
@@ -6665,8 +7945,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6686,11 +7968,13 @@ Fixed a missing semicolon in the aslcompiler.y file.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented support for FADT revision 2.  This was an interim table (between 
+Implemented support for FADT revision 2.  This was an interim table 
+(between 
 ACPI 1.0 and ACPI 2.0) that adds support for the FADT reset register.
 
 Implemented optional support to allow uninitialized LocalX and ArgX 
-variables in a control method.  The variables are initialized to an Integer 
+variables in a control method.  The variables are initialized to an 
+Integer 
 object with a value of zero.  This support is enabled by setting the 
 AcpiGbl_EnableInterpreterSlack flag to TRUE.
 
@@ -6698,7 +7982,8 @@ Implemented support for Integer objects for the SizeOf operator.  Either 4
 or 8 is returned, depending on the current integer size (32-bit or 64-bit, 
 depending on the parent table revision).
 
-Fixed a problem in the implementation of the SizeOf and ObjectType operators 
+Fixed a problem in the implementation of the SizeOf and ObjectType 
+operators 
 where the operand was resolved to a value too early, causing incorrect 
 return values for some objects.
 
@@ -6708,8 +7993,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6751,8 +8038,10 @@ the number of bug fixes in the next few months.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fixed two alignment issues on 64-bit platforms - within debug statements in 
-AcpiEvGpeDetect and AcpiEvCreateGpeBlock. Removed references to the Address 
+Fixed two alignment issues on 64-bit platforms - within debug statements 
+in 
+AcpiEvGpeDetect and AcpiEvCreateGpeBlock. Removed references to the 
+Address 
 field within the non-aligned ACPI generic address structure.
 
 Fixed a problem in the Increment and Decrement operators where incorrect 
@@ -6760,14 +8049,17 @@ operand resolution could result in the inadvertent modification of the
 original integer when the integer is passed into another method as an 
 argument and the arg is then incremented/decremented.
 
-Fixed a problem in the FromBCD operator where the upper 32-bits of a 64-bit 
+Fixed a problem in the FromBCD operator where the upper 32-bits of a 64-
+bit 
 BCD number were truncated during conversion.
 
-Fixed a problem in the ToDecimal operator where the length of the resulting 
+Fixed a problem in the ToDecimal operator where the length of the 
+resulting 
 string could be set incorrectly too long if the input operand was a Buffer 
 object.
 
-Fixed a problem in the Logical operators (LLess, etc.) where a NULL byte (0) 
+Fixed a problem in the Logical operators (LLess, etc.) where a NULL byte 
+(0) 
 within a buffer would prematurely terminate a compare between buffer 
 objects.
 
@@ -6778,8 +8070,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6800,7 +8094,8 @@ Fixed a problem where the compiler would fault if there was a syntax error
 in the FieldName of all of the various CreateXXXField operators.
 
 Disallow the use of lower case letters within the EISAID macro, as per the 
-ACPI specification.  All EISAID strings must be of the form "UUUNNNN" Where 
+ACPI specification.  All EISAID strings must be of the form "UUUNNNN" 
+Where 
 U is an uppercase letter and N is a hex digit.
 
 
@@ -6813,17 +8108,20 @@ Implemented support for the ACPI 3.0 Timer operator. This ASL function
 implements a 64-bit timer with 100 nanosecond granularity.
 
 Defined a new OSL interface, AcpiOsGetTimer. This interface is used to 
-implement the ACPI 3.0 Timer operator.  This allows the host OS to implement 
+implement the ACPI 3.0 Timer operator.  This allows the host OS to 
+implement 
 the timer with the best clock available. Also, it keeps the core subsystem 
 out of the clock handling business, since the host OS (usually) performs 
 this function.
 
 Fixed an alignment issue on 64-bit platforms. The HwLowLevelRead(Write) 
 functions use a 64-bit address which is part of the packed ACPI Generic 
-Address Structure. Since the structure is non-aligned, the alignment macros 
+Address Structure. Since the structure is non-aligned, the alignment 
+macros 
 are now used to extract the address to a local variable before use.
 
-Fixed a problem where the ToInteger operator assumed all input strings were 
+Fixed a problem where the ToInteger operator assumed all input strings 
+were 
 hexadecimal. The operator now handles both decimal strings and hex strings 
 (prefixed with "0x").
 
@@ -6836,18 +8134,22 @@ Fixed two problems in the ToString operator. If the length parameter was
 zero, an incorrect string object was created and the value of the input 
 length parameter was inadvertently changed from zero to Ones.
 
-Fixed a problem where the optional ResourceSource string in the ExtendedIRQ 
+Fixed a problem where the optional ResourceSource string in the 
+ExtendedIRQ 
 resource macro was ignored.
 
-Simplified the interfaces to the internal division functions, reducing code 
+Simplified the interfaces to the internal division functions, reducing 
+code 
 size and complexity.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6862,11 +8164,13 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 Implemented support for the ACPI 3.0 Timer operator.
 
-Fixed a problem where the Default() operator was inadvertently ignored in a 
+Fixed a problem where the Default() operator was inadvertently ignored in 
+a 
 Switch/Case block.  This was a problem in the translation of the Switch 
 statement to If...Else pairs.
 
-Added support to allow a standalone Return operator, with no parentheses (or 
+Added support to allow a standalone Return operator, with no parentheses 
+(or 
 operands).
 
 Fixed a problem with code generation for the ElseIf operator where the 
@@ -6878,9 +8182,12 @@ loss of some code.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Fixed a problem with the implementation of the LNot() operator where "Ones" 
-was not returned for the TRUE case. Changed the code to return Ones instead 
-of (!Arg) which was usually 1. This change affects iASL constant folding for 
+Fixed a problem with the implementation of the LNot() operator where 
+"Ones" 
+was not returned for the TRUE case. Changed the code to return Ones 
+instead 
+of (!Arg) which was usually 1. This change affects iASL constant folding 
+for 
 this operator also.
 
 Fixed a problem in AcpiUtInitializeBuffer where an existing buffer was not 
@@ -6892,8 +8199,10 @@ Milliseconds) to simply (ACPI_INTEGER Milliseconds). This simplifies all
 related code considerably. This will require changes/updates to all OS 
 interface layers (OSLs.)
 
-Implemented a new external interface, AcpiInstallExceptionHandler, to allow 
-a system exception handler to be installed. This handler is invoked upon any 
+Implemented a new external interface, AcpiInstallExceptionHandler, to 
+allow 
+a system exception handler to be installed. This handler is invoked upon 
+any 
 run-time exception that occurs during control method execution.
 
 Added support for the DSDT in AcpiTbFindTable. This allows the 
@@ -6903,8 +8212,10 @@ Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are
 shown below. These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code. The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size. 
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6926,8 +8237,10 @@ longer occurs if such a comment is at the very end of the input ASL source
 file.
 
 Implemented the "-r" option to override the Revision in the table header. 
-The initial use of this option will be to simplify the evaluation of the AML 
-interpreter by allowing a single ASL source module to be compiled for either 
+The initial use of this option will be to simplify the evaluation of the 
+AML 
+interpreter by allowing a single ASL source module to be compiled for 
+either 
 32-bit or 64-bit integers.
 
 
@@ -6944,19 +8257,24 @@ the first operand.  For example:
 
     LEqual (Source1, Source2)
 
-Source1 and Source2 must each evaluate to an integer, a string, or a buffer. 
+Source1 and Source2 must each evaluate to an integer, a string, or a 
+buffer. 
 The data type of Source1 dictates the required type of Source2. Source2 is 
 implicitly converted if necessary to match the type of Source1.
 
-- Updated and corrected the behavior of the string conversion support.  The 
+- Updated and corrected the behavior of the string conversion support.  
+The 
 rules concerning conversion of buffers to strings (according to the ACPI 
 specification) are as follows:
 
 ToDecimalString - explicit byte-wise conversion of buffer to string of 
-decimal values (0-255) separated by commas. ToHexString - explicit byte-wise 
+decimal values (0-255) separated by commas. ToHexString - explicit byte-
+wise 
 conversion of buffer to string of hex values (0-FF) separated by commas. 
-ToString - explicit byte-wise conversion of buffer to string.  Byte-by-byte 
-copy with no transform except NULL terminated. Any other implicit buffer-to-
+ToString - explicit byte-wise conversion of buffer to string.  Byte-by-
+byte 
+copy with no transform except NULL terminated. Any other implicit buffer-
+to-
 string conversion - byte-wise conversion of buffer to string of hex values 
 (0-FF) separated by spaces.
 
@@ -6966,12 +8284,16 @@ string conversion - byte-wise conversion of buffer to string of hex values
 one byte too short in the case of a node in the root scope.  This could 
 cause a fault during debug output.
 
-- Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+- Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes 
+are 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -6999,19 +8321,25 @@ operator.  A few machines depend on this behavior, even though it is not
 explicitly supported by the ASL language.  It is optional support that can 
 be enabled at runtime via the AcpiGbl_EnableInterpreterSlack flag.
 
-Removed support for the PCI_Config address space from the internal low level 
+Removed support for the PCI_Config address space from the internal low 
+level 
 hardware interfaces (AcpiHwLowLevelRead and AcpiHwLowLevelWrite).  This 
-support was not used internally, and would not work correctly anyway because 
+support was not used internally, and would not work correctly anyway 
+because 
 the PCI bus number and segment number were not supported.  There are 
-separate interfaces for PCI configuration space access because of the unique 
+separate interfaces for PCI configuration space access because of the 
+unique 
 interface.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7034,30 +8362,38 @@ generation.  This problem was introduced in the 20040715 release.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Restructured the internal HW GPE interfaces to pass/track the current state 
+Restructured the internal HW GPE interfaces to pass/track the current 
+state 
 of interrupts (enabled/disabled) in order to avoid possible deadlock and 
 increase flexibility of the interfaces.
 
-Implemented a "lexicographical compare" for String and Buffer objects within 
+Implemented a "lexicographical compare" for String and Buffer objects 
+within 
 the logical operators -- LGreater, LLess, LGreaterEqual, and LLessEqual -- 
-as per further clarification to the ACPI specification.  Behavior is similar 
+as per further clarification to the ACPI specification.  Behavior is 
+similar 
 to C library "strcmp".
 
 Completed a major reduction in CPU stack use for the AcpiGetFirmwareTable 
 external function.  In the 32-bit non-debug case, the stack use has been 
 reduced from 168 bytes to 32 bytes.
 
-Deployed a new run-time configuration flag, AcpiGbl_EnableInterpreterSlack, 
+Deployed a new run-time configuration flag, 
+AcpiGbl_EnableInterpreterSlack, 
 whose purpose is to allow the AML interpreter to forgive certain bad AML 
 constructs.  Default setting is FALSE.
 
-Implemented the first use of AcpiGbl_EnableInterpreterSlack in the Field IO 
-support code.  If enabled, it allows field access to go beyond the end of a 
-region definition if the field is within the region length rounded up to the 
+Implemented the first use of AcpiGbl_EnableInterpreterSlack in the Field 
+IO 
+support code.  If enabled, it allows field access to go beyond the end of 
+a 
+region definition if the field is within the region length rounded up to 
+the 
 next access width boundary (a common coding error.)
 
 Renamed OSD_HANDLER to ACPI_OSD_HANDLER, and OSD_EXECUTION_CALLBACK to 
-ACPI_OSD_EXEC_CALLBACK for consistency with other ACPI symbols.  Also, these 
+ACPI_OSD_EXEC_CALLBACK for consistency with other ACPI symbols.  Also, 
+these 
 symbols are lowercased by the latest version of the AcpiSrc tool.
 
 The prototypes for the PCI interfaces in acpiosxf.h have been updated to 
@@ -7065,11 +8401,14 @@ rename "Register" to simply "Reg" to prevent certain compilers from
 complaining.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7084,7 +8423,8 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 Implemented full support for Package objects within the Case() operator.  
 Note: The Break() operator is currently not supported within Case blocks 
-(TermLists) as there is some question about backward compatibility with ACPI 
+(TermLists) as there is some question about backward compatibility with 
+ACPI 
 1.0 interpreters.
 
 
@@ -7103,22 +8443,27 @@ within the DefinitionBlock operator.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Implemented support for Buffer and String objects (as per ACPI 2.0) for the 
+Implemented support for Buffer and String objects (as per ACPI 2.0) for 
+the 
 following ASL operators:  LEqual, LGreater, LLess, LGreaterEqual, and 
 LLessEqual.
 
 All directory names in the entire source package are lower case, as they 
 were in earlier releases.
 
-Implemented "Disassemble" command in the AML debugger that will disassemble 
+Implemented "Disassemble" command in the AML debugger that will 
+disassemble 
 a single control method.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7132,7 +8477,8 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:
 
-Implemented support for Buffer and String objects (as per ACPI 2.0) for the 
+Implemented support for Buffer and String objects (as per ACPI 2.0) for 
+the 
 following ASL operators:  LEqual, LGreater, LLess, LGreaterEqual, and 
 LLessEqual.
 
@@ -7142,14 +8488,17 @@ were in earlier releases.
 Fixed a fault when using the -g or -d<nofilename> options if the FADT was 
 not found.
 
-Fixed an issue with the Windows version of the compiler where later versions 
+Fixed an issue with the Windows version of the compiler where later 
+versions 
 of Windows place the FADT in the registry under the name "FADT" and not 
 "FACP" as earlier versions did.  This applies when using the -g or -
 d<nofilename> options.  The compiler now looks for both strings as 
 necessary.
 
-Fixed a problem with compiler namepath optimization where a namepath within 
-the Scope() operator could not be optimized if the namepath was a subpath of 
+Fixed a problem with compiler namepath optimization where a namepath 
+within 
+the Scope() operator could not be optimized if the namepath was a subpath 
+of 
 the current scope path.
 
 ----------------------------------------
@@ -7157,9 +8506,12 @@ the current scope path.
 
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
-Completed a new design and implementation for EBDA (Extended BIOS Data Area) 
-support in the RSDP scan code.  The original code improperly scanned for the 
-EBDA by simply scanning from memory location 0 to 0x400.  The correct method 
+Completed a new design and implementation for EBDA (Extended BIOS Data 
+Area) 
+support in the RSDP scan code.  The original code improperly scanned for 
+the 
+EBDA by simply scanning from memory location 0 to 0x400.  The correct 
+method 
 is to first obtain the EBDA pointer from within the BIOS data area, then 
 scan 1K of memory starting at the EBDA pointer.  There appear to be few if 
 any machines that place the RSDP in the EBDA, however.
@@ -7176,11 +8528,14 @@ Rolled in a couple of changes to the FreeBSD-specific header.
 
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7207,10 +8562,12 @@ during and after GPE method execution.  Result of 04/27 changes.
 Removed extra "clear all GPEs" when sleeping/waking.
 
 Removed AcpiHwEnableGpe and AcpiHwDisableGpe, replaced by the single 
-AcpiHwWriteGpeEnableReg. Changed a couple of calls to the functions above to 
+AcpiHwWriteGpeEnableReg. Changed a couple of calls to the functions above 
+to 
 the new AcpiEv* calls as appropriate.
 
-ACPI_OS_NAME was removed from the OS-specific headers.  The default name is 
+ACPI_OS_NAME was removed from the OS-specific headers.  The default name 
+is 
 now "Microsoft Windows NT" for maximum compatibility.  However this can be 
 changed by modifying the acconfig.h file.
 
@@ -7218,7 +8575,8 @@ Allow a single invocation of AcpiInstallNotifyHandler for a handler that
 traps both types of notifies (System, Device).  Use ACPI_ALL_NOTIFY flag. 
 
 Run _INI methods on ThermalZone objects.  This is against the ACPI 
-specification, but there is apparently ASL code in the field that has these 
+specification, but there is apparently ASL code in the field that has 
+these 
 _INI methods, and apparently "other" AML interpreters execute them.
 
 Performed a full 16/32/64 bit lint that resulted in some small changes.
@@ -7226,11 +8584,14 @@ Performed a full 16/32/64 bit lint that resulted in some small changes.
 Added a sleep simulation command to the AML debugger to test sleep code. 
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7246,26 +8607,33 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 1) ACPI CA Core Subsystem:
 
 Completed a major overhaul of the GPE handling within ACPI CA.  There are 
-now three types of GPEs:  wake-only, runtime-only, and combination wake/run.  
+now three types of GPEs:  wake-only, runtime-only, and combination 
+wake/run.  
 The only GPEs allowed to be combination wake/run are for button-style 
-devices such as a control-method power button, control-method sleep button, 
-or a notebook lid switch.  GPEs that have an _Lxx or _Exx method and are not 
+devices such as a control-method power button, control-method sleep 
+button, 
+or a notebook lid switch.  GPEs that have an _Lxx or _Exx method and are 
+not 
 referenced by any _PRW methods are marked for "runtime" and hardware 
 enabled.  Any GPE that is referenced by a _PRW method is marked for "wake" 
 (and disabled at runtime).  However, at sleep time, only those GPEs that 
-have been specifically enabled for wake via the AcpiEnableGpe interface will 
+have been specifically enabled for wake via the AcpiEnableGpe interface 
+will 
 actually be hardware enabled.
 
-A new external interface has been added, AcpiSetGpeType(), that is meant to 
+A new external interface has been added, AcpiSetGpeType(), that is meant 
+to 
 be used by device drivers to force a GPE to a particular type.  It will be 
 especially useful for the drivers for the button devices mentioned above.
 
 Completed restructuring of the ACPI CA initialization sequence so that 
-default operation region handlers are installed before GPEs are initialized 
+default operation region handlers are installed before GPEs are 
+initialized 
 and the _PRW methods are executed.  This will prevent errors when the _PRW 
 methods attempt to access system memory or I/O space.
 
-GPE enable/disable no longer reads the GPE enable register.  We now keep the 
+GPE enable/disable no longer reads the GPE enable register.  We now keep 
+the 
 enable info for runtime and wake separate and in the GPE_EVENT_INFO.  We 
 thus no longer depend on the hardware to maintain these bits.
 
@@ -7275,12 +8643,15 @@ for state S5.
 Improved the AML debugger output for displaying the GPE blocks and their 
 current status.
 
-Added new strings for the _OSI method, of the form "Windows 2001 SPx" where 
+Added new strings for the _OSI method, of the form "Windows 2001 SPx" 
+where 
 x = 0,1,2,3,4.
 
 Fixed a problem where the physical address was incorrectly calculated when 
-the Load() operator was used to directly load from an Operation Region (vs. 
-loading from a Field object.)  Also added check for minimum table length for 
+the Load() operator was used to directly load from an Operation Region 
+(vs. 
+loading from a Field object.)  Also added check for minimum table length 
+for 
 this case.
 
 Fix for multiple mutex acquisition.  Restore original thread SyncLevel on 
@@ -7293,19 +8664,23 @@ Shrunk the ACPI_GPE_EVENT_INFO structure by 40%.  There is one such
 structure for each GPE in the system, so the size of this structure is 
 important.
 
-CPU stack requirement reduction:  Cleaned up the method execution and object 
+CPU stack requirement reduction:  Cleaned up the method execution and 
+object 
 evaluation paths so that now a parameter structure is passed, instead of 
 copying the various method parameters over and over again.
 
 In evregion.c:  Correctly exit and reenter the interpreter region if and 
-only if dispatching an operation region request to a user-installed handler.  
+only if dispatching an operation region request to a user-installed 
+handler.  
 Do not exit/reenter when dispatching to a default handler (e.g., default 
 system memory or I/O handlers)
 
 
 Notes for updating drivers for the new GPE support.  The following changes 
-must be made to ACPI-related device drivers that are attached to one or more 
-GPEs: (This information will be added to the ACPI CA Programmer Reference.)
+must be made to ACPI-related device drivers that are attached to one or 
+more 
+GPEs: (This information will be added to the ACPI CA Programmer 
+Reference.)
 
 1) AcpiInstallGpeHandler no longer automatically enables the GPE, you must 
 explicitly call AcpiEnableGpe.
@@ -7328,18 +8703,22 @@ If _PRW exists: /* This is a control-method button */
     AcpiSetGpeType (GpeDevice, GpeNum, ACPI_GPE_TYPE_WAKE_RUN);
     AcpiEnableGpe (GpeDevice, GpeNum, ACPI_NOT_ISR);
 
-For all other devices that have _PRWs, we automatically set the GPE type to 
+For all other devices that have _PRWs, we automatically set the GPE type 
+to 
 ACPI_GPE_TYPE_WAKE, but the GPE is NOT automatically (wake) enabled.  This 
 must be done on a selective basis, usually requiring some kind of user app 
 to allow the user to pick the wake devices.
 
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7359,7 +8738,8 @@ the compiler options used during generation.
 
 Fixed an interpreter problem where an indirect store through an ArgX 
 parameter was incorrectly applying the "implicit conversion rules" during 
-the store.  From the ACPI specification: "If the target is a method local or 
+the store.  From the ACPI specification: "If the target is a method local 
+or 
 argument (LocalX or ArgX), no conversion is performed and the result is 
 stored directly to the target".  The new behavior is to disable implicit 
 conversion during ALL stores to an ArgX.
@@ -7368,16 +8748,20 @@ Changed the behavior of the _PRW method scan to ignore any and all errors
 returned by a given _PRW.  This prevents the scan from aborting from the 
 failure of any single _PRW.
 
-Moved the runtime configuration parameters from the global init procedure to 
+Moved the runtime configuration parameters from the global init procedure 
+to 
 static variables in acglobal.h.  This will allow the host to override the 
 default values easily.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7394,11 +8778,13 @@ iASL now fully disassembles SSDTs.  However, External() statements are not
 generated automatically for unresolved symbols at this time.  This is a 
 planned feature for future implementation.
 
-Fixed a scoping problem in the disassembler that occurs when the type of the 
+Fixed a scoping problem in the disassembler that occurs when the type of 
+the 
 target of a Scope() operator is overridden.  This problem caused an 
 incorrectly nested internal namespace to be constructed.
 
-Any warnings or errors that are emitted during disassembly are now commented 
+Any warnings or errors that are emitted during disassembly are now 
+commented 
 out automatically so that the resulting file can be recompiled without any 
 hand editing.
 
@@ -7410,8 +8796,10 @@ hand editing.
 Implemented support for "wake" GPEs via interaction between GPEs and the 
 _PRW methods.  Every GPE that is pointed to by one or more _PRWs is 
 identified as a WAKE GPE and by default will no longer be enabled at 
-runtime.  Previously, we were blindly enabling all GPEs with a corresponding 
-_Lxx or _Exx method - but most of these turn out to be WAKE GPEs anyway.  We 
+runtime.  Previously, we were blindly enabling all GPEs with a 
+corresponding 
+_Lxx or _Exx method - but most of these turn out to be WAKE GPEs anyway.  
+We 
 believe this has been the cause of thousands of "spurious" GPEs on some 
 systems.
 
@@ -7430,7 +8818,8 @@ Integrated a fix for resource descriptors where both _MEM and _MTP were
 being extracted instead of just _MEM.  (i.e. bitmask was incorrectly too 
 wide, 0x0F instead of 0x03.)
 
-Added a special case for ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT in AcpiUtGetNodeName, preventing a 
+Added a special case for ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT in AcpiUtGetNodeName, preventing 
+a 
 fault in some cases.
 
 Updated Notify() values for debug statements in evmisc.c
@@ -7438,11 +8827,14 @@ Updated Notify() values for debug statements in evmisc.c
 Return proper status from AcpiUtMutexInitialize, not just simply AE_OK.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7463,7 +8855,8 @@ method execution did not abort cleanly.  For example, objects created and
 installed in the namespace were not deleted.  This caused all subsequent 
 invocations of the method to return the AE_ALREADY_EXISTS exception.
 
-Implemented a mechanism to force a control method to "Serialized" execution 
+Implemented a mechanism to force a control method to "Serialized" 
+execution 
 if the method attempts to create namespace objects. (The root of the 
 AE_ALREADY_EXISTS problem.)
 
@@ -7474,10 +8867,13 @@ This feature will allow "other" operating systems to execute the fully
 tested, "Windows" code path through the ASL code
 
 Global Lock Support:  Now allows multiple acquires and releases with any 
-internal thread.  Removed concept of "owning thread" for this special mutex.
+internal thread.  Removed concept of "owning thread" for this special 
+mutex.
 
-Fixed two functions that were inappropriately declaring large objects on the 
-CPU stack:  PsParseLoop, NsEvaluateRelative.  Reduces the stack usage during 
+Fixed two functions that were inappropriately declaring large objects on 
+the 
+CPU stack:  PsParseLoop, NsEvaluateRelative.  Reduces the stack usage 
+during 
 method execution considerably.
 
 Fixed a problem in the ACPI 2.0 FACS descriptor (actbl2.h) where the 
@@ -7486,16 +8882,20 @@ S4Bios_f field was incorrectly defined as UINT32 instead of UINT32_BIT.
 Fixed a problem where AcpiEvGpeDetect would fault if there were no GPEs 
 defined on the machine.
 
-Implemented two runtime options:  One to force all control method execution 
+Implemented two runtime options:  One to force all control method 
+execution 
 to "Serialized" to mimic Windows behavior, another to disable _OSI support 
 if it causes problems on a given machine.
 
 Code and Data Size: Current and previous core subsystem library sizes are 
-shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib produced 
+shown below.  These are the code and data sizes for the acpica.lib 
+produced 
 by the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and these values do not include 
 any ACPI driver or OSPM code.  The debug version of the code includes the 
-debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  Note 
-that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler and 
+debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.  
+Note 
+that these values will vary depending on the efficiency of the compiler 
+and 
 the compiler options used during generation.
 
   Previous Release:
@@ -7530,7 +8930,8 @@ structures to the beginning of the file.
 
 After wake, clear GPE status register(s) before enabling GPEs.
 
-After wake, clear/enable power button.  (Perhaps we should clear/enable all 
+After wake, clear/enable power button.  (Perhaps we should clear/enable 
+all 
 fixed events upon wake.)
 
 Fixed a couple of possible memory leaks in the Namespace manager.
@@ -7550,9 +8951,11 @@ Fixed a problem where a store of an object into an indexed package could
 fail if the store occurs within a different method than the method that 
 created the package.
 
-Fixed a problem where the ToDecimal operator could return incorrect results.
+Fixed a problem where the ToDecimal operator could return incorrect 
+results.
 
-Fixed a problem where the CopyObject operator could fail on some of the more 
+Fixed a problem where the CopyObject operator could fail on some of the 
+more 
 obscure objects (e.g., Reference objects.)
 
 Improved the output of the Debug object to display buffer, package, and 
@@ -7586,7 +8989,8 @@ Removed extraneous reference to NewObj in dsmthdat.c
 
 2) iASL compiler
 
-Fixed a problem introduced in December that disabled the correct disassembly 
+Fixed a problem introduced in December that disabled the correct 
+disassembly 
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