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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-25 12:30:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-25 12:30:33 +0200 |
| commit | 48cf937f48f68bd1e61f37c6357dbff5adb95532 (patch) | |
| tree | d9e2368a419adc2c11691be2842c66213bec5a42 /drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c | |
| parent | fce39665abb71d01d74ac74eb13dd69a799dfc2f (diff) | |
| parent | 543cf4cb3fe6f6cae3651ba918b9c56200b257d0 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/i8259tip-x86-i8259-2008-06-25_10.30_Wed
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 402f93e1ff20..5336ce88f89f 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); |