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Commit: bc45b1d39a925b56796bebf8a397a0491489d85c
Parent: 7aa7d4336df34e32195557a1ad422627bd69ef0b
Author: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 10 14:12:50 2008 +0800
Committer: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed Jun 11 19:13:47 2008 -0400
ACPICA: 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 signatures, ACPICA
must be compatible.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10454
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>
---
drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c | 25 +++++++------------------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c
index 402f93e..5336ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c
@@ -123,24 +123,13 @@ acpi_tb_add_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc,
}
}
- /* The table must be either an SSDT or a PSDT or an OEMx */
-
- if (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_PSDT)&&
- !ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_SSDT)&&
- strncmp(table_desc->pointer->signature, "OEM", 3)) {
- /* Check for a printable name */
- if (acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(
- *(u32 *) table_desc->pointer->signature)) {
- ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Table has invalid signature "
- "[%4.4s], must be SSDT or PSDT",
- table_desc->pointer->signature));
- } else {
- ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Table has invalid signature "
- "(0x%8.8X), must be SSDT or PSDT",
- *(u32 *) ...
