*
* FUNCTION: acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name
*
- * PARAMETERS: name - The name to be examined
+ * PARAMETERS: name - The name to be examined. Does not have to
+ * be NULL terminated string.
*
* RETURN: TRUE if the name is valid, FALSE otherwise
*
*
******************************************************************************/
-u8 acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(u32 name)
+u8 acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(char *name)
{
u32 i;
ACPI_FUNCTION_ENTRY();
for (i = 0; i < ACPI_NAME_SIZE; i++) {
- if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char
- ((ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, &name))[i], i)) {
+ if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(name[i], i)) {
return (FALSE);
}
}