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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2009-12-11 15:24:27 +0800
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-12-15 17:29:36 -0500
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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/acpica')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c11
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair.c
index 907f60c9c9e..4fd1bdb056b 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 199333880c8..e7373eb6cfa 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.
*
*****************************************************************************/