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authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>2008-06-10 14:14:17 +0800
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-06-11 19:13:47 -0400
commit0bda3f2f86e233b00b46d91b07db25dd23ec15bc (patch)
tree3ec5ae8bb42de8a9783e589b9c5072c5999d0fa9 /drivers/acpi
parentbc45b1d39a925b56796bebf8a397a0491489d85c (diff)
ACPICA: Fix for Load operator, load table at the namespace root
This reverts a change introduced in version 20071019. The table is now loaded at the namespace root even though this goes against the ACPI specification. This provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
index 24da921d13e..39d74219058 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
@@ -375,9 +375,15 @@ acpi_ex_load_op(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
goto cleanup;
}
+ /*
+ * Add the table to the namespace.
+ *
+ * Note: We load the table objects relative to the root of the namespace.
+ * This appears to go against the ACPI specification, but we do it for
+ * compatibility with other ACPI implementations.
+ */
status =
- acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, walk_state->scope_info->scope.node,
- &ddb_handle);
+ acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, acpi_gbl_root_node, &ddb_handle);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
/* On error, table_ptr was deallocated above */