Logfile: Changes for version 20160318

Version 20160318.

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-12 February 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160212:
+18 March 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160318:
 
-This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads
+1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
+
+Added support for arbitrary bit lengths and bit offsets for registers 
+defined by the Generic Address Structure. Previously, only aligned bit 
+lengths of 8/16/32/64 were supported. This was sufficient for many years, 
+but recently some machines have been seen that require arbitrary bit-
+level support. ACPICA BZ 1240. Lv Zheng.
+
+Fixed an issue where the \_SB._INI method sometimes must be evaluated 
+before any _REG methods are evaluated. Lv Zheng.
+
+Implemented several changes related to ACPI table support 
+(Headers/Disassembler/TableCompiler):
+NFIT: For ACPI 6.1, updated to add some additional new fields and 
+constants.
+FADT: Updated a warning message and set compliance to ACPI 6.1 (Version 
+6).
+DMAR: Added new constants per the 10/2014 DMAR spec.
+IORT: Added new subtable per the 10/2015 IORT spec.
+HEST: For ACPI 6.1, added new constants and new subtable.
+DBG2: Added new constants per the 12/2015 DBG2 spec.
+FPDT: Fixed several incorrect fields, add the FPDT boot record structure. 
+ACPICA BZ 1249.
+ERST/EINJ: Updated disassembler with new "Execute Timings" actions.
+
+Updated header support for the DMAR table to match the current version of 
+the related spec.
+
+Added extensions to the ASL Concatenate operator to allow any ACPI object 
+to be passed as an operand. Any object other than Integer/String/Buffer 
+simply returns a string containing the object type. This extends the 
+usefulness of the Printf macros. Previously, Concatenate would abort the 
+control method if a non-data object was encountered.
+
+ACPICA source code: Deployed the C "const" keyword across the source code 
+where appropriate. ACPICA BZ 732. Joerg Sonnenberger (NetBSD).
+
+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.
+
+  Current Release:
+    Non-Debug Version: 137.1K Code, 51.5K Data, 188.6K Total
+    Debug Version:     201.0K Code, 82.0K Data, 283.0K Total
+  Previous Release:
+    Non-Debug Version: 136.2K Code, 51.5K Data, 187.7K Total
+    Debug Version:     200.4K Code, 82.0K Data, 282.4K Total
+
+
+2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
+
+iASL/Disassembler: Improved the heuristic used to determine the number of 
+arguments for an externally defined control method (a method in another 
+table). Although this is an improvement, there is no deterministic way to 
+"guess" the number of method arguments. Only the ACPI 6.0 External opcode 
+will completely solve this problem as it is deployed (automatically) in 
+newer BIOS code.
+
+iASL/Disassembler: Fixed an ordering issue for emitted External() ASL 
+statements that could cause errors when the disassembled file is 
+compiled. ACPICA BZ 1243. David Box.
+
+iASL: Fixed a regression caused by the merger of the two versions of the 
+local strtoul64. Because of a dependency on a global variable, strtoul64 
+could return an error for integers greater than a 32-bit value. ACPICA BZ 
+1260.
+
+iASL: Fixed a regression where a fault could occur for an ASL Return 
+statement if it invokes a control method that is not resolved. ACPICA BZ 
+1264.
+
+AcpiXtract: Improved input file validation: detection of binary files and 
+non-acpidump text files.
+
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+12 February 2016. Summary of changes for version 20160212:
 
 1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem: