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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c25
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/tables/tbxface.c2
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c
index 402f93e1ff2..5336ce88f89 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbinstal.c
@@ -123,24 +123,13 @@ acpi_tb_add_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc,
}
}
- /* The table must be either an SSDT or a PSDT or an OEMx */
-
- if (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_PSDT)&&
- !ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table_desc->pointer->signature, ACPI_SIG_SSDT)&&
- strncmp(table_desc->pointer->signature, "OEM", 3)) {
- /* Check for a printable name */
- if (acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(
- *(u32 *) table_desc->pointer->signature)) {
- ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Table has invalid signature "
- "[%4.4s], must be SSDT or PSDT",
- table_desc->pointer->signature));
- } else {
- ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Table has invalid signature "
- "(0x%8.8X), must be SSDT or PSDT",
- *(u32 *) table_desc->pointer->signature));
- }
- return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_SIGNATURE);
- }
+ /*
+ * Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT" here.
+ * Next, we added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM".
+ * Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we've just
+ * given up on validating the signature, since it seems to be a waste
+ * of code. The original code was removed (05/2008).
+ */
(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxface.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxface.c
index fb57b93c249..0e319604d3e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxface.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_tb_load_namespace(void)
acpi_tb_print_table_header(0, table);
if (no_auto_ssdt == 0) {
- printk(KERN_WARNING "ACPI: DSDT override uses original SSDTs unless \"acpi_no_auto_ssdt\"");
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "ACPI: DSDT override uses original SSDTs unless \"acpi_no_auto_ssdt\"\n");
}
}