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+13 September 2012. Summary of changes for version 20120913:
+
+This release is available at https://www.acpica.org/downloads The ACPI 5.0 
+specification is available at www.acpi.info
+
+1) ACPICA Kernel-resident Subsystem:
+
+ACPI 5.0: Added two new notify types for the Hardware Error Notification 
+Structure within the Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) table -- CMCI(5) and 
+MCE(6).
+ 
+Table Manager: Merged/removed duplicate code in the root table resize 
+functions. One function is external, the other is internal. Lv Zheng, ACPICA 
+BZ 846.
+
+Makefiles: Completely removed the obsolete "Linux" makefiles under 
+acpica/generate/linux. These makefiles are obsolete and have been replaced by 
+the generic unix makefiles under acpica/generate/unix.
+
+Makefiles: Ensure that binary files always copied properly. Minor rule change 
+to ensure that the final binary output files are always copied up to the 
+appropriate binary directory (bin32 or bin64.)
+
+Example Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the OS-independent 
+acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 32-bit compiler. The debug 
+version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and has a much 
+larger code and data size.
+
+  Previous Release:
+    Non-Debug Version:  93.8K Code, 25.3K Data, 119.1K Total
+    Debug Version:     175.7K Code, 74.8K Data, 250.5K Total
+  Current Release:
+    Non-Debug Version:  93.7K Code, 25.3K Data, 119.0K Total
+    Debug Version:     175.0K Code, 74.4K Data, 249.4K Total
+
+
+2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
+
+Disassembler: Fixed a possible fault during the disassembly of resource 
+descriptors when a second parse is required because of the invocation of 
+external control methods within the table. With assistance from 
+adq@lidskialf.net. ACPICA BZ 976.
+
+iASL: Fixed a namepath optimization problem. An error can occur if the parse 
+node that contains the namepath to be optimized does not have a parent node 
+that is a named object. This change fixes the problem.
+
+iASL: Fixed a regression where the AML file is not deleted on errors. The AML 
+output file should be deleted if there are any errors during the compiler. The 
+only exception is if the -f (force output) option is used. ACPICA BZ 974.
+
+iASL: Added a feature to automatically increase internal line buffer sizes. 
+Via realloc(), automatically increase the internal line buffer sizes as 
+necessary to support very long source code lines. The current version of the 
+preprocessor requires a buffer long enough to contain full source code lines. 
+This change increases the line buffer(s) if the input lines go beyond the 
+current buffer size. This eliminates errors that occurred when a source code 
+line was longer than the buffer.
+
+iASL: Fixed a problem with constant folding in method declarations. The 
+SyncLevel term is a ByteConstExpr, and incorrect code would be generated if a 
+Type3 opcode was used.
+
+Debugger: Improved command help support. For incorrect argument count, display 
+full help for the command. For help command itself, allow an argument to 
+specify a command.
+
+Test Suites: Several bug fixes for the ASLTS suite reduces the number of 
+errors during execution of the suite. Guan Chao.
+
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 16 August 2012. Summary of changes for version 20120816:
 
 This release is available at https://www.acpica.org/downloads