diff -Naur acpica-unix2-20190108/source/common/dmrestag.c acpica-unix2-20190108-patch/source/common/dmrestag.c
--- acpica-unix2-20190108/source/common/dmrestag.c	2019-01-08 14:10:31.000000000 -0700
+++ acpica-unix2-20190108-patch/source/common/dmrestag.c	2019-05-10 13:57:10.768398838 -0600
@@ -710,10 +710,25 @@
      * end up in the final compiled AML, it's just an appearance issue for the
      * disassembled code.
      */
-    Pathname[strlen (Pathname) - ACPI_NAME_SIZE] = 0;
-    strncat (Pathname, ResourceNode->Name.Ascii, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
-    strcat (Pathname, ".");
-    strncat (Pathname, Tag, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
+    {
+    	/* 
+	 * GCC9 forces some contortions when non-null-terminated char
+	 * strings are being used; using strncat() might be simpler,
+	 * but the assumption that the string is null-terminated gets
+	 * checked and AML does not always guarantee that is true.
+	 */
+    	char *tmp;
+	unsigned char dot = '.';
+
+    	Pathname[strlen (Pathname) - ACPI_NAME_SIZE] = 0;
+	tmp = Pathname + strlen(Pathname);
+	memcpy (tmp, ResourceNode->Name.Ascii, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
+	tmp += ACPI_NAME_SIZE;
+	memcpy (tmp, &dot, 1);
+	tmp++;
+        memcpy (tmp, Tag, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
+	tmp += ACPI_NAME_SIZE;
+    }
 
     /* Internalize the namepath to AML format */
 
diff -Naur acpica-unix2-20190108/source/compiler/aslcodegen.c acpica-unix2-20190108-patch/source/compiler/aslcodegen.c
--- acpica-unix2-20190108/source/compiler/aslcodegen.c	2019-05-10 13:40:12.827411487 -0600
+++ acpica-unix2-20190108-patch/source/compiler/aslcodegen.c	2019-05-10 13:25:34.667850614 -0600
@@ -450,11 +450,11 @@
      */
     if (AcpiGbl_CaptureComments)
     {
-        strncpy(AcpiGbl_TableSig, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
+        memcpy(AcpiGbl_TableSig, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
         Child->Asl.Value.String = ACPI_SIG_XXXX;
     }
 
-    strncpy (AslGbl_TableHeader.Signature, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
+    memcpy (AslGbl_TableHeader.Signature, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_NAME_SIZE);
 
     /* Revision */
 
@@ -471,12 +471,12 @@
     /* OEMID */
 
     Child = Child->Asl.Next;
-    strncpy (AslGbl_TableHeader.OemId, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_OEM_ID_SIZE);
+    memcpy (AslGbl_TableHeader.OemId, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_OEM_ID_SIZE);
 
     /* OEM TableID */
 
     Child = Child->Asl.Next;
-    strncpy (AslGbl_TableHeader.OemTableId, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID_SIZE);
+    memcpy (AslGbl_TableHeader.OemTableId, Child->Asl.Value.String, ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID_SIZE);
 
     /* OEM Revision */
 
diff -Naur acpica-unix2-20190509.orig/source/include/platform/aclinux.h acpica-unix2-20190509/source/include/platform/aclinux.h
--- acpica-unix2-20190509.orig/source/include/platform/aclinux.h	2019-05-13 10:15:12.878784098 -0600
+++ acpica-unix2-20190509/source/include/platform/aclinux.h	2019-05-13 10:33:52.505004418 -0600
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@
 #define __cdecl
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __ARM_ARCH_7__
+#undef ACPI_MISALIGNMENT_NOT_SUPPORTED
+#endif
+
 #if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
 #define ACPI_BIG_ENDIAN
 #endif