ACPICA: Fix for Load operator, load table at the namespace root
authorBob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:14:17 +0000 (14:14 +0800)
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:13:47 +0000 (19:13 -0400)
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>
drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c

index 24da921d13e3b2112048b428f97a43298bb7c1c9..39d7421905840f1437c5408d2e4fe47e31f8b68d 100644 (file)
@@ -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 */