This patch is included in the latest release:

http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils/pmtools-20071116.tar.gz

thanks,
-Len

On Tuesday 20 November 2007 03:33, Zhao Yakui wrote:
> Subject: ACPI: Check whether XSDT exists before dump ACPI tables
> From: Zhao Yakui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> The acpidump tool of 20070714 version has some problems on some
> machines.First it will first search XSDT table to
> dump ACPI tables. If XSDT exists it will continue search RSDT and
> only dump ACPI info that doesn't be dumped through XSDT.
> But if XSDT doesn't exist it will report that ACPI tables
> can't be found and exit.
> 
> So it is necessary to first check whether XSDT table exists.
> If XSDT exists(Not check the integrity of XSDT), it will be used to dump
> ACPI tables. Otherwise RSDT table will be used.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
>  acpidump/acpidump.c |    7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: pmtools-20070714/acpidump/acpidump.c
> ===================================================================
> --- pmtools-20070714.orig/acpidump/acpidump.c
> +++ pmtools-20070714/acpidump/acpidump.c
> @@ -521,8 +521,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>       if (connect) {
>               lseek(fd, sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp_descriptor), SEEK_SET);
>       }
> -     if (!acpi_dump_XSDT(fd, &rsdpx))
> -             goto not_found;
> +     if (rsdpx.revision > 1 && rsdpx.xsdt_physical_address) {
> +             /* ACPIDUMP uses xsdt table */
> +             if (!acpi_dump_XSDT(fd, &rsdpx))
> +                     goto not_found;
> +     }
>       if (!acpi_dump_RSDT(fd, &rsdpx))
>               goto not_found;
>       if (connect) {
> 
-
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