From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
index 24da921..39d7421 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 */
--
1.5.6.rc2.23.gea81e
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