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ACPICA: Add comment: _BCL cannot be sorted on the fly
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Because of package index values used for _BQC and _BCM.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Bob Moore authored and Len Brown committed Jul 7, 2010
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Expand Up @@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ acpi_ns_sort_list(union acpi_operand_object **elements,
* _GTM: Convert Buffer of BYTEs to a Buffer of DWORDs
* _PSS: Sort the list descending by Power
* _TSS: Sort the list descending by Power
*
* Names that must be packages, but cannot be sorted:
*
* _BCL: Values are tied to the Package index where they appear, and cannot
* be moved or sorted. These index values are used for _BQC and _BCM.
* However, we can fix the case where a buffer is returned, by converting
* it to a Package of integers.
*/
static const struct acpi_repair_info acpi_ns_repairable_names[] = {
{"_ALR", acpi_ns_repair_ALR},
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