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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700 |
| commit | 4ae127d1b6c71f9240dd4245f240e6dd8fc98014 (patch) | |
| tree | b7aa27b3e0c655f4613fe2146cb57d7f69e421f6 /drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c | |
| parent | 875ec4333b99144e2589e900a0bcd2c25c757b27 (diff) | |
| parent | 7775c9753b94fe429dc4323360d6502c95e0dd6e (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/net/smc911x.c
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c index 402f93e1ff2..5336ce88f89 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c @@ -123,24 +123,13 @@ acpi_tb_add_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc, } } - /* The table must be either an SSDT or a PSDT or an OEMx */ - - if (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_PSDT)&& - !ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_SSDT)&& - strncmp(table_desc->pointer->signature, "OEM", 3)) { - /* Check for a printable name */ - if (acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name( - *(u32 *) table_desc->pointer->signature)) { - ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Table has invalid signature " - "[%4.4s], must be SSDT or PSDT", - table_desc->pointer->signature)); - } else { - ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Table has invalid signature " - "(0x%8.8X), must be SSDT or PSDT", - *(u32 *) table_desc->pointer->signature)); - } - return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_SIGNATURE); - } + /* + * Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT" here. + * Next, we added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM". + * Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we've just + * given up on validating the signature, since it seems to be a waste + * of code. The original code was removed (05/2008). + */ (void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES); |