Version 20160930

30 September 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160930:

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

1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:

Fixed a regression in the internal AcpiTbFindTable function where a non AE_OK exception could inadvertently be returned even if the function did not fail. This problem affects the following operators:
DataTableRegion
LoadTable

Fixed a regression in the LoadTable operator where a load to any namespace location other than the root no longer worked properly.

Increased the maximum loop count value that will result in the AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP exception. This is a mechanism that is intended to prevent infinite loops within the AML interpreter and thus the host OS kernel. The value is increased from 0xFFFF to 0xFFFFF loops (65,535 to 1,048,575).

Moved the AcpiGbl_MaxLoopIterations configuration variable to the public acpixf.h file. This allows hosts to easily configure the maximum loop count at runtime.

Removed an illegal character in the strtoul64.c file. This character caused errors with some C compilers.

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: 140.4K Code, 58.1K Data, 198.5K Total
Debug Version: 200.7K Code, 82.1K Data, 282.8K Total
Previous Release:
Non-Debug Version: 140.0K Code, 58.1K Data, 198.1K Total
Debug Version: 200.3K Code, 82.1K Data, 282.4K Total

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:

Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the conversion of Else{If{ blocks into the simpler ASL ElseIf keyword. During the conversion, a trailing If block could be lost and missing from the disassembled output.

iASL: Fixed a missing parser rule for the ObjectType operator. For ASL+, the missing rule caused a parse error when using the Index operator as an operand to ObjectType. This construct now compiles properly. Example:
ObjectType(PKG1[4]).

iASL: Correctly handle unresolved symbols in the hardware map file (-lm option). Previously, unresolved symbols could cause a protection fault. Such symbols are now marked as unresolved in the map file.

iASL: Implemented support to allow control method invocations as an operand to the ASL DeRefOf operator. Example:
DeRefOf(MTH1(Local0))

Disassembler: Improved support for the ToPLD ASL macro. Detection of a possible _PLD buffer now includes examination of both the normal buffer length (16 or 20) as well as the surrounding AML package length.

Disassembler: Fixed a problem with the decoding of complex expressions within the Divide operator for ASL+. For the case where both the quotient and remainder targets are specified, the entire statement cannot be disassembled. Previously, the output incorrectly contained a mix of ASL- and ASL+ operators. This mixed statement causes a syntax error when compiled. Example:
Divide (Add (INT1, 6), 128, RSLT, QUOT) // was incorrectly disassembled to:
Divide (INT1 + 6, 128, RSLT, QUOT)

iASL/Tools: Added support to process AML and non-AML ACPI tables consistently. For the disassembler and AcpiExec, allow all types of ACPI tables (AML and data tables). For the iASL -e option, allow only AML tables (DSDT/SSDT).