Version 20150515

08 April 2015. Summary of changes for version 20150515:

This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads

This release implements most of ACPI 6.0 as described below.

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Implemented runtime argument checking and return value checking for all new ACPI 6.0 predefined names. This includes: _BTH, _CR3, _DSD, _LPI, _MTL, _PRR, _RDI, _RST, _TFP, _TSN.

Example Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the OS-independent acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 32-bit compiler. The debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much larger code and data size.

Current Release:
Non-Debug Version: 99.9K Code, 27.5K Data, 127.4K Total
Debug Version: 195.2K Code, 80.8K Data, 276.0K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 99.1K Code, 27.3K Data, 126.4K Total
Debug Version: 192.8K Code, 79.9K Data, 272.7K Total

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

iASL compiler: Added compile-time support for all new ACPI 6.0 predefined names (argument count validation and return value typechecking.)

iASL disassembler and table compiler: implemented support for all new ACPI 6.0 tables. This includes: DRTM, IORT, LPIT, NFIT, STAO, WPBT, XENV.

iASL disassembler and table compiler: Added ACPI 6.0 changes to existing tables: FADT, MADT.

iASL preprocessor: Added a new directive to enable inclusion of binary blobs into ASL code. The new directive is #includebinary. It takes a binary file as input and emits a named ascii buffer object into the ASL code.

AcpiHelp: Added support for all new ACPI 6.0 predefined names.

AcpiHelp: Added a new option, -d, to display all iASL preprocessor directives.

AcpiHelp: Added a new option, -t, to display all known/supported ACPI tables.