{{"_BCT", 1, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
        {{"_BDN", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER}},
        {{"_BFS", 1, 0}},
-       {{"_BIF", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE}}, /* Fixed-length (9 Int),(4 Str) */
-                         {{{ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 9, ACPI_RTYPE_STRING}, 4,0}},
+       {{"_BIF", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE} }, /* Fixed-length (9 Int),(4 Str/Buf) */
+                         {{{ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 9,
+                            ACPI_RTYPE_STRING | ACPI_RTYPE_BUFFER}, 4, 0} },
 
        {{"_BIX", 0, ACPI_RTYPE_PACKAGE}},      /* Fixed-length (16 Int),(4 Str) */
        {{{ACPI_PTYPE1_FIXED, ACPI_RTYPE_INTEGER, 16, ACPI_RTYPE_STRING}, 4,