diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 64472e4ec329..1ef7ca486a28 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_db_output_flags;
 
 ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_db_opt_disasm;
 ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_db_opt_verbose;
+ACPI_EXTERN struct acpi_external_list *acpi_gbl_external_list;
+ACPI_EXTERN struct acpi_external_file *acpi_gbl_external_file_list;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef ACPI_DEBUGGER
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index 3453ea68a296..50f8b97e799b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -1027,6 +1027,31 @@ struct acpi_port_info {
 
 #define ACPI_ASCII_ZERO                 0x30
 
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Disassembler
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+struct acpi_external_list {
+	char *path;
+	char *internal_path;
+	struct acpi_external_list *next;
+	u32 value;
+	u16 length;
+	u8 type;
+	u8 flags;
+};
+
+/* Values for Flags field above */
+
+#define ACPI_IPATH_ALLOCATED    0x01
+
+struct acpi_external_file {
+	char *path;
+	struct acpi_external_file *next;
+};
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  * Debugger
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
index 52eb4e01622a..735c05996ec6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include "acinterp.h"
 #include "acnamesp.h"
 #ifdef	ACPI_DISASSEMBLER
-#include <acpi/acdisasm.h>
+#include "acdisasm.h"
 #endif
 
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_DISPATCHER
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
index 557510084c7a..d2907407a64b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #include "acnamesp.h"
 
 #ifdef ACPI_ASL_COMPILER
-#include <acpi/acdisasm.h>
+#include "acdisasm.h"
 #endif
 
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_DISPATCHER
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ acpi_ds_load1_begin_op(struct acpi_walk_state * walk_state,
 			 * Target of Scope() not found. Generate an External for it, and
 			 * insert the name into the namespace.
 			 */
-			acpi_dm_add_to_external_list(path, ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE, 0);
+			acpi_dm_add_to_external_list(op, path, ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE,
+						     0);
 			status =
 			    acpi_ns_lookup(walk_state->scope_info, path,
 					   object_type, ACPI_IMODE_LOAD_PASS1,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nssearch.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nssearch.c
index 1d2d8ffc1bc5..b7f426482e52 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nssearch.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nssearch.c
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ acpi_ns_search_and_enter(u32 target_name,
 		if ((status == AE_OK) && (flags & ACPI_NS_ERROR_IF_FOUND)) {
 			status = AE_ALREADY_EXISTS;
 		}
+#ifdef ACPI_ASL_COMPILER
+		if (*return_node && (*return_node)->type == ACPI_TYPE_ANY) {
+			(*return_node)->flags |= ANOBJ_IS_EXTERNAL;
+		}
+#endif
 
 		/* Either found it or there was an error: finished either way */
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utglobal.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utglobal.c
index d7919a321f4d..4080088f937c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utglobal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utglobal.c
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_init_globals(void)
 	acpi_gbl_root_node_struct.peer = NULL;
 	acpi_gbl_root_node_struct.object = NULL;
 
+#ifdef ACPI_DISASSEMBLER
+	acpi_gbl_external_list = NULL;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 	acpi_gbl_lowest_stack_pointer = ACPI_CAST_PTR(acpi_size, ACPI_SIZE_MAX);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/acpi/acoutput.h b/include/acpi/acoutput.h
index 2457ac849655..38e1be094655 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acoutput.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acoutput.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #define ACPI_EXAMPLE                0x00004000
 #define ACPI_DRIVER                 0x00008000
 #define DT_COMPILER                 0x00010000
+#define ASL_PREPROCESSOR            0x00020000
 
 #define ACPI_ALL_COMPONENTS         0x0001FFFF
 #define ACPI_COMPONENT_DEFAULT      (ACPI_ALL_COMPONENTS)
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h b/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h
index 68a58a163fe1..13ac538f7892 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/acenv.h
@@ -65,32 +65,57 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-/* Linkable ACPICA library */
-#ifdef ACPI_LIBRARY
-#define ACPI_USE_LOCAL_CACHE
-#endif
-
 /* iASL configuration */
 #ifdef ACPI_ASL_COMPILER
-#define ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 #define ACPI_APPLICATION
 #define ACPI_DISASSEMBLER
+#define ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 #define ACPI_CONSTANT_EVAL_ONLY
 #define ACPI_LARGE_NAMESPACE_NODE
 #define ACPI_DATA_TABLE_DISASSEMBLY
+#define ACPI_SINGLE_THREADED
 #endif
 
 /* acpi_exec configuration. Multithreaded with full AML debugger */
 #ifdef ACPI_EXEC_APP
-#undef DEBUGGER_THREADING
-#define DEBUGGER_THREADING      DEBUGGER_SINGLE_THREADED
-#define ACPI_FULL_DEBUG
 #define ACPI_APPLICATION
-#define ACPI_DEBUGGER
+#define ACPI_FULL_DEBUG
 #define ACPI_MUTEX_DEBUG
 #define ACPI_DBG_TRACK_ALLOCATIONS
 #endif
 
+/* acpi_names configuration. Single threaded with debugger output enabled. */
+
+#ifdef ACPI_NAMES_APP
+#define ACPI_DEBUGGER
+#define ACPI_APPLICATION
+#define ACPI_SINGLE_THREADED
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * acpi_bin/acpi_help/acpi_src configuration. All single threaded, with
+ * no debug output.
+ */
+#if (defined ACPI_BIN_APP)   || \
+	(defined ACPI_SRC_APP)   || \
+	(defined ACPI_XTRACT_APP)
+#define ACPI_APPLICATION
+#define ACPI_SINGLE_THREADED
+#endif
+
+#ifdef ACPI_HELP_APP
+#define ACPI_APPLICATION
+#define ACPI_SINGLE_THREADED
+#define ACPI_NO_ERROR_MESSAGES
+#endif
+
+/* Linkable ACPICA library */
+
+#ifdef ACPI_LIBRARY
+#define ACPI_USE_LOCAL_CACHE
+#define ACPI_FUTURE_USAGE
+#endif
+
 /* Common for all ACPICA applications */
 #ifdef ACPI_APPLICATION
 #define ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_CLIBRARY