Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: Distribution: Hardware Environment: Software Environment: Problem Description: The Linux kernel ACPI interpreter fails the following AML test when it is compiled into a simulator. So if an OEM BIOS includes this code, Linux would fail. Steps to reproduce: Run interpreter with the .asl demo code attached below.
Created attachment 6356 [details] ASL code to reproduce bug. The LIMIT group exceptions: AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT AE_AML_STRING_LIMIT AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT AE_AML_REGISTER_LIMIT all are made precisely but only AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT exception occurs instead of AE_AML_STRING_LIMIT one (see Method m000 of demo attached). Check to see if that could be fixed easily. INTERNAL BUG NUMBER 177
Created attachment 6833 [details] Proposed patch The update was tested by the ASLTS test suite runs (all the test cases) on the following systems: - CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin - Linux 2.6.5-7.191-smp #1 SMP Tue Jun 28 14:58:56 UTC 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux for the following (all) modes supported by the ASLTS test suite: - 32-bit norm mode - 64-bit norm mode - 32-bit slack mode - 32-bit slack mode The tests were run (on the systems described above) before update, then the tests were run on those systems after update. Then results of two runs were compared. All is Ok (the relevant error fixed, no new errors).
Released in ACPICA version 20060210
ACPICA 20060608 shipped in Linux-2.6.17-git9, closed.