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ACPICA: Add Buffer->String conversion for predefined methods
authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:44:39 +0000 (08:44 +0800)
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:38:38 +0000 (22:38 -0500)
commite1ec5078328ce092a8ca247935290797454e9641
treef5fc81828932810ddaf19cd1f43732af48215433
parent45e07ec0f00ee1fa822bf11cf9126bc1594395ab
ACPICA: Add Buffer->String conversion for predefined methods

For predefined methods (such as _BIF), add automatic conversion for
objects that are required to be a String, but a Buffer was found
instead. This can happen when reading string battery data from
an operation region, because it used to be difficult to convert
the data from buffer to string from within the ASL. Linux BZ 11822.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11822

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/namespace/nseval.c
drivers/acpi/namespace/nspredef.c
include/acpi/acnamesp.h