Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20160831.

* Improve support for the so-called "module-level code".

* Fixed a possible mutex error during control method auto-serialization.

* Implemented two new t

Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20160831.

* Improve support for the so-called "module-level code".

* Fixed a possible mutex error during control method auto-serialization.

* Implemented two new table handler events (table install/uninstall).

* New 'execute predef' subcommand in the AML debugger.

* Various issues fixed.

For a more detailed list, please see sys/contrib/dev/acpica/changes.txt.

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Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20160729.

* Restructured and standardized the C library configuration for
ACPICA.

* AML interpreter: Allows for execution of so-called "executable"
AML code out

Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20160729.

* Restructured and standardized the C library configuration for
ACPICA.

* AML interpreter: Allows for execution of so-called "executable"
AML code outside of control methods, not just at the module level
(top level) but also within any scope declared outside of a
control method - Scope{}, Device{}, Processor{}, PowerResource{},
and ThermalZone{}. Lv Zheng.

* iASL: Add full support for the RASF ACPI table (RAS Features Table).

* iASL: Allows for compilation/disassembly of so-called "executable"
AML code (see above).

For a more detailed list, please see sys/contrib/dev/acpica/changes.txt.

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Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20160422.

* Fixed AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite regression from 20160318. It was
insufficiently worked around by me in 3b9bfd22b87e14, but was
still causing issues with

Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20160422.

* Fixed AcpiHwRead/AcpiHwWrite regression from 20160318. It was
insufficiently worked around by me in 3b9bfd22b87e14, but was
still causing issues with qemu (as reported by zrj).

* Support for I2cSerialBusV2, SpiSerialBusV2 and UartSerialBusV2.
The original non-V2 names are deprecated. V2 macros have one
new argument.

* Support for new integer field in _BIX's returned package object.

* New PCCT subtable (HW-Reduced Comm Subspace Type2).

* Various improvements to iASL.

For a more detailed list, please see sys/contrib/dev/acpica/changes.txt.

Tested-by: ivadasz, zrj

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Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20151124.

* Silence warnings about non-existant _Sx methods because they are
optional. In fact, we already had a fix for this from sephe
(671882eba43).

* Fixed

Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20151124.

* Silence warnings about non-existant _Sx methods because they are
optional. In fact, we already had a fix for this from sephe
(671882eba43).

* Fixed bugs in FADT handling and auto-serialization.

* Removed support for _SUB in AcpiGetObjectInfo because it caused
errors due to not fully initialized operation regions.

* Fixed issues with terminate/quit/exit commands in the debugger.
Also thread ID support was added to the debugger.

* Allow multiple definitions blocks in ASL/AML files for iasl,
acpiexec and acpixtract.

* Enhanced type checking for Name() in iasl. Also indent fixes for
-ic and -ia.

* Additional error message for attempting to open a Scope() on an
object defined in an SSDT.

* Improved formatting.

For a more detailed list, please see sys/contrib/dev/acpica/changes.txt.

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Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20150717.

* Better partitioning between debugger and disassembler.

* Add 'Trace' command to the debugger.

* Add support for the TCPA table to compiler and template

Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20150717.

* Better partitioning between debugger and disassembler.

* Add 'Trace' command to the debugger.

* Add support for the TCPA table to compiler and template generator.

* Fix '!!' command issue in the debugger. This had already been committed.

* Various cleanups and fixes.

For a more detailed list, please see sys/contrib/dev/acpica/changes.txt.

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kernel: Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20140627.

* Various bug fixes and enhancements (see changes.txt).

* Use new local printf() like functions for the utilities.

* Use new AcpiLogError for por

kernel: Sync ACPICA with Intel's version 20140627.

* Various bug fixes and enhancements (see changes.txt).

* Use new local printf() like functions for the utilities.

* Use new AcpiLogError for portability.

This that are also changed/new but it don't affect DragonFly so far:

* Support for ACPICA generation within the EFI environment.

* New OSL file I/O interface.

* New global AcpiGbl_VerifyTableChecksum.

For a more detailed list, please see sys/contrib/dev/acpica/changes.txt.

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sys/acpi: Bring in Intel's acpica-unix2-20131218 verbatim.

On acpica.org, -unix is the version with an Intel license and
-unix2 is the BSD/GPL dual licensed version. I didn't want to
call the direct

sys/acpi: Bring in Intel's acpica-unix2-20131218 verbatim.

On acpica.org, -unix is the version with an Intel license and
-unix2 is the BSD/GPL dual licensed version. I didn't want to
call the directory acpica-unix2 instead of our acpica-unix so
I settled on simply acpica.

Further updates would be done in-place in that directory.

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