[ACPI-sppt] bogus errors

Consider the following chunk of code, produced by
the Intel disassembler:

                Device (HPET)
                {
                    Name (_HID, EisaId ("PNP0103"))
                    Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate ()
                    {
                        IRQNoFlags () {0}
                        IRQNoFlags () {8}
                        Memory32Fixed (ReadOnly, 0xFEC01000, 0x00000400)
                    })
                    OperationRegion (^LPCR, PCI_Config, 0xA0, 0x04)
                    Field (^LPCR, AnyAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
                    {
                        HPTE,   32
                    }

                    Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized)
                    {
                        And (HPTE, 0x01, Local0)
                        If (Local0)
                        {
                            Return (0x0F)
                        }

                        Return (0x00)
                    }
                }


There we have a 4-byte OperationRegion with a 32-bit
field called HPTE. That fits. Then, in _STA, HPTE is
read, and linux-2.6.0-test3 spits out errors:


ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030714
 tbxface-0117 [03] acpi_load_tables      : ACPI Tables successfully acquired
Parsing all Control Methods:.........................................................................................................................................
Table [DSDT](id F004) - 446 Objects with 42 Devices 137 Methods 13 Regions
ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root ffffffff80590780
evxfevnt-0093 [04] acpi_enable           : Transition to ACPI mode successful
evgpeblk-0748 [06] ev_create_gpe_block   : GPE 00 to 15 [_GPE] 2 regs at 0000000000005020 on int 9
evgpeblk-0748 [06] ev_create_gpe_block   : GPE 16 to 47 [_GPE] 4 regs at 00000000000050B0 on int 9
Completing Region/Field/Buffer/Package initialization:............................................................................................
Initialized 12/14 Regions 26/26 Fields 38/38 Buffers 16/16 Packages (455 nodes)
Executing all Device _STA and_INI methods:...................... exfldio-0129 [23] ex_setup_region       : Field [HPTE] access width (1 bytes) too large for region [LPCR] (length 0)
 exfldio-0140 [23] ex_setup_region       : Field [HPTE] Base+Offset+Width 0+0+1 is beyond end of region [LPCR] (length 0)
 dswexec-0422 [15] ds_exec_end_op        : [And]: Could not resolve operands, AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.HPET._STA] (Node 00000100081d36f0), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
  uteval-0098: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.HPET._STA] (Node 00000100081d36f0), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
.....................
43 Devices found containing: 42 _STA, 0 _INI methods
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCI1._PRT]
 exfldio-0129 [21] ex_setup_region       : Field [HPTE] access width (1 bytes) too large for region [LPCR] (length 0)
 exfldio-0140 [21] ex_setup_region       : Field [HPTE] Base+Offset+Width 0+0+1 is beyond end of region [LPCR] (length 0)
 dswexec-0422 [13] ds_exec_end_op        : [And]: Could not resolve operands, AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.HPET._STA] (Node 00000100081d36f0), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT


Somehow, the LPCR region is being seen as length 0.
This is not correct; it is 4 bytes wide.

BTW, what is a PNP0103 device?




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