Re: 32-bit versus 64-bit ACPI tables

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On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Am 01.01.70 um 01:00 schrieb :
>
> > My hardware comes with a DSDT with 32-bit tables, however I would like to add a
> > 64-bit table via SSDT.  Although, my SSDT compiles and loads successfully, the
> > kernel truncates my 64-bit values because it apparently remembers that the DSDT
> > used 32-bit tables.  Is there a way to have a 64-bit SSDT, to augment a 32-bit DSDT?
> >
> > I don't quite understand the reason for truncating the SSDT values.  The original
> > code (from 2005!) warns that this is potentially a serious problem in the ACPI
> > table(s) due to (possibly) buggy ASL compilers.  However, in my case, I want
> > to explicitly have a 64-bit SSDT, and set the ComplianceRevision to 2 specifically
> > to support 64-bit integers.  But alas, they are still truncated due to a global
> > setting of
> >
> >                  acpi_gbl_integer_bit_width = 32;
> >                  acpi_gbl_integer_nybble_width = 8;
> >                  acpi_gbl_integer_byte_width = 4;
> >
> > versus having table specific settings.  Is there a workaround for this issue?
> >
> > It would be quite painful (both for me, and for customers) to get new firmware
> > with a higher ComplianceRevision in the DSDT.  I wonder if there is an acceptable
> > alternative.  For example, is truncation really required still (are we still dealing with
> > buggy ASL compilers after 19 more years have elapsed?). Should there be a
> > kernel command line parameter, or a kernel config option, to disable truncation?
> > Should these acpi_gbl_integer_* variables be table specific, rather than global?
> >
> > I would appreciate any insights or advice you can offer me. Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Some additional references:
> >
> > 1. truncation occurs in file drivers/acpi/acpica/exutils.c
> >      function acpi_ex_truncate_for32bit_table
> > 2. initial setting of the globals occurs in file drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
> >      function acpi_ut_set_integer_width
>
> Hi,
>
> the ACPI specification says that the integer length for _both_ DSDT and SSDT tables
> is controlled by the revision field of the DSDT, so your 32-bit DSDT prevents your
> SSDT from using 64-bit integers.
>
> The only solution for this would be to not use 64-bit values inside your SSDT, is
> there a reason why you absolutely need 64-bit integers in your DSDT?

It's not just about the size of integers.

The size of integers was 4 bytes in ACPI 1.0 only, in ACPI 2.0 and
above integers are 64-bit.  If ACPI support in the platform is not
limited to ACPI 1.0, it must use 64-bit integers.

Thanks!





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