IBM_GET_TABLE_FROM_ACPI

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

ibm_get_table_from_acpi - reads the APLS buffer from ACPI  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

int ibm_get_table_from_acpi (char ** bufp);  

ARGUMENTS

bufp
address to pointer to allocate for the table
 

DESCRIPTION

this method reads the APLS buffer in from ACPI and stores the ``stripped'' table into a single buffer it allocates and passes the address back in bufp

If NULL is passed in as buffer, this method only calculates the size of the table and returns that without filling in the buffer

returns < 0 on error or the size of the table on success


 

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