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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
index 61bd0f6755d2..4009498fbabd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
@@ -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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