diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h
index 2cbb56652f1c..57ea2276790f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acpredef.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ enum acpi_return_package_types {
 
 /* Support macros for users of the predefined info table */
 
-#define METHOD_PREDEF_ARGS_MAX          4
+#define METHOD_PREDEF_ARGS_MAX          5
 #define METHOD_ARG_BIT_WIDTH            3
 #define METHOD_ARG_MASK                 0x0007
 #define ARG_COUNT_IS_MINIMUM            0x8000
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ enum acpi_return_package_types {
 #define METHOD_2ARGS(a1,a2)             (2 | (a1 << 3) | (a2 << 6))
 #define METHOD_3ARGS(a1,a2,a3)          (3 | (a1 << 3) | (a2 << 6) | (a3 << 9))
 #define METHOD_4ARGS(a1,a2,a3,a4)       (4 | (a1 << 3) | (a2 << 6) | (a3 << 9) | (a4 << 12))
+#define METHOD_5ARGS(a1,a2,a3,a4,a5)    (5 | (a1 << 3) | (a2 << 6) | (a3 << 9) | (a4 << 12) | (a5 << 15))
 
 #define METHOD_RETURNS(type)            (type)
 #define METHOD_NO_RETURN_VALUE          0
@@ -902,9 +903,39 @@ const union acpi_predefined_info acpi_gbl_predefined_methods[] = {
 	{{"_S4W", METHOD_0ARGS,
 	  METHOD_RETURNS(ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER)}},
 
+	{{"_SBA", METHOD_0ARGS,
+	  METHOD_RETURNS(ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE)}},	/* Fixed-length (4 Int) */
+	PACKAGE_INFO(ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 4, 0, 0, 0),
+
+	{{"_SBI", METHOD_0ARGS,
+	  METHOD_RETURNS(ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE)}},	/* Fixed-length (1 Int, 1 Buf) */
+	PACKAGE_INFO(ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 1,
+		     ACPI_RTYPE_BUFFER, 1, 0),
+
+	{{"_SBR",
+	  METHOD_3ARGS(ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
+			ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER),
+	   METHOD_RETURNS(ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE)}},	/* Fixed-length (2 Int) */
+	PACKAGE_INFO(ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 2,
+		     ACPI_RTYPE_BUFFER | ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 1, 0),
+
 	{{"_SBS", METHOD_0ARGS,
 	  METHOD_RETURNS(ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER)}},
 
+	{{"_SBT",
+	  METHOD_4ARGS(ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
+			ACPI_TYPE_ANY),
+	   METHOD_RETURNS(ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE)}},	/* Fixed-length (2 Int, 1 Buf | Int) */
+	PACKAGE_INFO(ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 2,
+		     ACPI_RTYPE_BUFFER | ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 1, 0),
+
+	{{"_SBW",
+	  METHOD_5ARGS(ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
+			ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, ACPI_TYPE_ANY),
+	   METHOD_RETURNS(ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE)}},
+	PACKAGE_INFO(ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_BUFFER | ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER,
+		     1, 0, 0, 0),
+
 	{{"_SCP", METHOD_1ARGS(ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) | ARG_COUNT_IS_MINIMUM,
 	  METHOD_NO_RETURN_VALUE}},	/* Acpi 1.0 allowed 1 integer arg. Acpi 3.0 expanded to 3 args. Allow both. */
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsarguments.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsarguments.c
index d5e8405e9d8f..6bbc7d350a16 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsarguments.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsarguments.c
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ void acpi_ns_check_argument_types(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info)
 		arg_type = METHOD_GET_NEXT_TYPE(arg_type_list);
 		user_arg_type = info->parameters[i]->common.type;
 
-		if (user_arg_type != arg_type) {
+		/* No typechecking for ACPI_TYPE_ANY */
+
+		if ((user_arg_type != arg_type) && (arg_type != ACPI_TYPE_ANY)) {
 			ACPI_WARN_PREDEFINED((AE_INFO, info->full_pathname,
 					      ACPI_WARN_ALWAYS,
 					      "Argument #%u type mismatch - "
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c
index c780046bf294..bd3caf735be3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ acpi_status acpi_ps_parse_aml(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
 			}
 
 			/*
-			 * If the transfer to the new method method call worked
-			 *, a new walk state was created -- get it
+			 * If the transfer to the new method method call worked,
+			 * a new walk state was created -- get it
 			 */
 			walk_state = acpi_ds_get_current_walk_state(thread);
 			continue;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utpredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utpredef.c
index 05fe3470fb93..dd277f7e9f10 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utpredef.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utpredef.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static u32 acpi_ut_get_argument_types(char *buffer, u16 argument_types);
 
 static const char *ut_external_type_names[] =	/* Indexed by ACPI_TYPE_* */
 {
-	", UNSUPPORTED-TYPE",
+	", Type_ANY",
 	", Integer",
 	", String",
 	", Buffer",
@@ -311,8 +311,7 @@ static u32 acpi_ut_get_argument_types(char *buffer, u16 argument_types)
 	for (i = 0; i < arg_count; i++) {
 		this_argument_type = METHOD_GET_NEXT_TYPE(argument_types);
 
-		if (!this_argument_type
-		    || (this_argument_type > METHOD_MAX_ARG_TYPE)) {
+		if (this_argument_type > METHOD_MAX_ARG_TYPE) {
 			printf("**** Invalid argument type (%u) "
 			       "in predefined info structure\n",
 			       this_argument_type);