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| author | Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> | 2009-12-11 15:24:27 +0800 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-12-15 17:29:36 -0500 |
| commit | 43420bbb892268b5fc42cb80c3bc31dedbad3ac9 (patch) | |
| tree | d7c1030dfdca4c6c354d5ff1c10af017d2ac04e3 /drivers/acpi | |
| parent | 3a58176e4fa47d8232e04131b023f3f2ecd7084b (diff) | |
ACPICA: Update function headers and comments, no functional change
Update comments for repair of _FDE and _GTM methods.
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/nsrepair.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c | 11 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c index 907f60c9c9e5..4fd1bdb056b2 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c @@ -399,6 +399,11 @@ acpi_ns_convert_to_buffer(union acpi_operand_object *original_object, break; case ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE: + /* + * This case is often seen for predefined names that must return a + * Buffer object with multiple DWORD integers within. For example, + * _FDE and _GTM. The Package can be converted to a Buffer. + */ /* All elements of the Package must be integers */ diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c index 199333880c8d..e7373eb6cfa5 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c @@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ acpi_ns_sort_list(union acpi_operand_object **elements, * As necessary: * * _ALR: Sort the list ascending by ambient_illuminance - * _FDE: Convert a Package or Buffer of BYTEs to a Buffer of DWORDs - * _GTM: Convert a Package or Buffer of BYTEs to a Buffer of DWORDs + * _FDE: Convert Buffer of BYTEs to a Buffer of DWORDs + * _GTM: Convert Buffer of BYTEs to a Buffer of DWORDs * _PSS: Sort the list descending by Power * _TSS: Sort the list descending by Power */ @@ -238,10 +238,9 @@ acpi_ns_repair_ALR(struct acpi_predefined_data *data, * RETURN: Status. AE_OK if object is OK or was repaired successfully * * DESCRIPTION: Repair for the _FDE and _GTM objects. The expected return - * value is a Buffer of 5 DWORDs. This function repairs two - * possible problems: - * 1) The return value is a Buffer of BYTEs, not DWORDs - * 2) The return value is a Package of Integer objects + * value is a Buffer of 5 DWORDs. This function repairs a common + * problem where the return value is a Buffer of BYTEs, not + * DWORDs. * *****************************************************************************/ |