Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:09:09 -0700 From: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover@intel.com> To: "'acpi-jp@jp.FreeBSD.org'" <acpi-jp@jp.FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: [acpi-jp 1750] Re: Call for testers: acpica-unix-20020815 Message-ID: <EDC461A30AC4D511ADE10002A5072CAD0236DDE3@orsmsx119.jf.intel.com>
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> From: Moore, Robert [mailto:robert.moore@intel.com]
> 1) Fix the ASL so that it compiles without errors or warnings
> 2) Override the BIOS version of the table with your new one.
> (I don't know
> how this is done on FreeBSD, someone else will have to help you.
ISTR someone (Iwasaki-san?) had a patch that applied against our code to
workaround this problem. While we won't accept that patch into our release,
why can't you keep using it? Then, we get to keep the moral high ground and
you get fewer problems.
Regards -- Andy
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yann Berthier [mailto:yb@sainte-barbe.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 3:19 PM
> To: acpi-jp@jp.FreeBSD.org; current@freebsd.org
> Subject: [acpi-jp 1750] Re: Call for testers: acpica-unix-20020815
>
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Moore, Robert wrote:
>
> >
> > This looks like the (in)famous "implicit return" problem
> that is in some
> > Toshiba ASL files.
> >
> > Method(_CRS) {
> > CRS_(0x10)
> > }
> >
> > This does NOT actually return a value and the ASL code is
> incorrect. It
> has
> > to be:
> >
> > Method(_CRS) {
> > Return (CRS_(0x10))
> > }
> >
> > The iASL compiler generates warnings for all instances of
> this erroneous
> > code.
>
> Thanks a lot for your input. What is the best way for me to verify
> this ?
>
> - yann
>
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