}
}
- /* Shift the B bits above the A bits */
-
- *value = value_a | (value_b << register_a->bit_width);
+ /*
+ * OR the two return values together. No shifting or masking is necessary,
+ * because of how the PM1 registers are defined in the ACPI specification:
+ *
+ * "Although the bits can be split between the two register blocks (each
+ * register block has a unique pointer within the FADT), the bit positions
+ * are maintained. The register block with unimplemented bits (that is,
+ * those implemented in the other register block) always returns zeros,
+ * and writes have no side effects"
+ */
+ *value = (value_a | value_b);
return (AE_OK);
}
return (status);
}
- /* Second register is optional */
-
+ /*
+ * Second register is optional
+ *
+ * No bit shifting or clearing is necessary, because of how the PM1
+ * registers are defined in the ACPI specification:
+ *
+ * "Although the bits can be split between the two register blocks (each
+ * register block has a unique pointer within the FADT), the bit positions
+ * are maintained. The register block with unimplemented bits (that is,
+ * those implemented in the other register block) always returns zeros,
+ * and writes have no side effects"
+ */
if (register_b->address) {
-
- /* Normalize the B bits before write */
-
- status = acpi_write(value >> register_a->bit_width, register_b);
+ status = acpi_write(value, register_b);
}
return (status);