- /* Name must consist of printable characters */
-
- if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name (target_name)) {
- ACPI_REPORT_ERROR (("ns_search_and_enter: Bad character in ACPI Name: %X\n",
- target_name));
- return_ACPI_STATUS (AE_BAD_CHARACTER);
+ /*
+ * Name must consist of valid ACPI characters. We will repair the name if
+ * necessary because we don't want to abort because of this, but we want
+ * all namespace names to be printable. A warning message is appropriate.
+ *
+ * This issue came up because there are in fact machines that exhibit
+ * this problem, and we want to be able to enable ACPI support for them,
+ * even though there are a few bad names.
+ */
+ if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(target_name)) {
+ target_name = acpi_ut_repair_name(target_name);
+
+ /* Report warning only if in strict mode or debug mode */
+
+ if (!acpi_gbl_enable_interpreter_slack) {
+ ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO,
+ "Found bad character(s) in name, repaired: [%4.4s]\n",
+ ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, &target_name)));
+ } else {
+ ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_WARN,
+ "Found bad character(s) in name, repaired: [%4.4s]\n",
+ ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, &target_name)));
+ }