Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (53 commits)
  ACPI: install ACPI table handler before any dynamic tables being loaded
  ACPI / PM: Blacklist another machine that needs acpi_sleep=nonvs
  ACPI: Page based coalescing of I/O remappings optimization
  ACPI: Convert simple locking to RCU based locking
  ACPI: Pre-map 'system event' related register blocks
  ACPI: Add interfaces for ioremapping/iounmapping ACPI registers
  ACPI: Maintain a list of ACPI memory mapped I/O remappings
  ACPI: Fix ioremap size for MMIO reads and writes
  ACPI / Battery: Return -ENODEV for unknown values in get_property()
  ACPI / PM: Fix reference counting of power resources
  Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: Fix Scope() op in module level code
  ACPI battery: support percentage battery remaining capacity
  ACPI: Make Embedded Controller command timeout delay configurable
  ACPI dock: move some functions to .init.text
  ACPI: thermal: remove unused limit code
  ACPI: static sleep_states[] and acpi_gts_bfs_check
  ACPI: remove dead code
  ACPI: delete dedicated MAINTAINERS entries for ACPI EC and BATTERY drivers
  ACPI: Only processor needs CPU_IDLE
  ACPICA: Update version to 20101013
  ...

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utids.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utids.c
index 1397fadd0d4b..d2906328535d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utids.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utids.c
@@ -48,42 +48,6 @@
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_UTILITIES
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("utids")
 
-/* Local prototypes */
-static void acpi_ut_copy_id_string(char *destination, char *source);
-
-/*******************************************************************************
- *
- * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_copy_id_string
- *
- * PARAMETERS:  Destination         - Where to copy the string
- *              Source              - Source string
- *
- * RETURN:      None
- *
- * DESCRIPTION: Copies an ID string for the _HID, _CID, and _UID methods.
- *              Performs removal of a leading asterisk if present -- workaround
- *              for a known issue on a bunch of machines.
- *
- ******************************************************************************/
-
-static void acpi_ut_copy_id_string(char *destination, char *source)
-{
-
-	/*
-	 * Workaround for ID strings that have a leading asterisk. This construct
-	 * is not allowed by the ACPI specification  (ID strings must be
-	 * alphanumeric), but enough existing machines have this embedded in their
-	 * ID strings that the following code is useful.
-	 */
-	if (*source == '*') {
-		source++;
-	}
-
-	/* Do the actual copy */
-
-	ACPI_STRCPY(destination, source);
-}
-
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_execute_HID
@@ -101,7 +65,6 @@ static void acpi_ut_copy_id_string(char *destination, char *source)
  *              NOTE: Internal function, no parameter validation
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
-
 acpi_status
 acpi_ut_execute_HID(struct acpi_namespace_node *device_node,
 		    struct acpica_device_id **return_id)
@@ -147,7 +110,7 @@ acpi_ut_execute_HID(struct acpi_namespace_node *device_node,
 	if (obj_desc->common.type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
 		acpi_ex_eisa_id_to_string(hid->string, obj_desc->integer.value);
 	} else {
-		acpi_ut_copy_id_string(hid->string, obj_desc->string.pointer);
+		ACPI_STRCPY(hid->string, obj_desc->string.pointer);
 	}
 
 	hid->length = length;
@@ -224,7 +187,7 @@ acpi_ut_execute_UID(struct acpi_namespace_node *device_node,
 	if (obj_desc->common.type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
 		acpi_ex_integer_to_string(uid->string, obj_desc->integer.value);
 	} else {
-		acpi_ut_copy_id_string(uid->string, obj_desc->string.pointer);
+		ACPI_STRCPY(uid->string, obj_desc->string.pointer);
 	}
 
 	uid->length = length;
@@ -357,8 +320,8 @@ acpi_ut_execute_CID(struct acpi_namespace_node *device_node,
 
 			/* Copy the String CID from the returned object */
 
-			acpi_ut_copy_id_string(next_id_string,
-					       cid_objects[i]->string.pointer);
+			ACPI_STRCPY(next_id_string,
+				    cid_objects[i]->string.pointer);
 			length = cid_objects[i]->string.length + 1;
 		}