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| author |   Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> | 2010-05-26 11:03:56 +0800 |
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| committer |   Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2010-07-06 22:33:54 -0400 |
| commit | aa9d36060fb7480a5907660b7ba61c3fda20fc61 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b8a85701f1a758984456664e9def711d1422097 /drivers/acpi | |
| parent | Linux 2.6.35-rc4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-aa9d36060fb7480a5907660b7ba61c3fda20fc61.tar.xz linux-dev-aa9d36060fb7480a5907660b7ba61c3fda20fc61.zip | |
ACPICA: Add comment: _BCL cannot be sorted on the fly
Because of package index values used for _BQC and _BCM.
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c index 61bd0f6755d2..4009498fbabd 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c @@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ acpi_ns_sort_list(union acpi_operand_object **elements, * _GTM: Convert Buffer of BYTEs to a Buffer of DWORDs * _PSS: Sort the list descending by Power * _TSS: Sort the list descending by Power + * + * Names that must be packages, but cannot be sorted: + * + * _BCL: Values are tied to the Package index where they appear, and cannot + * be moved or sorted. These index values are used for _BQC and _BCM. + * However, we can fix the case where a buffer is returned, by converting + * it to a Package of integers. */ static const struct acpi_repair_info acpi_ns_repairable_names[] = { {"_ALR", acpi_ns_repair_ALR}, |