linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: Override arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd for debugging

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Date:	Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:25:40 -0400
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
CC:	hpa@...or.com, initramfs@...r.kernel.org, robert.moore@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	yinghai@...nel.org, eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net, vojcek@...n.pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: Override arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd for
 debugging

> +config ACPI_INITRD_TABLE_OVERRIDE
> +       bool
> +       default y

Do distros in addition to SuSE concur they want to ship this way?

The last time we tried to make debugging easier we added
ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD, which allowed root to over-ride an AML method
on a running system.  Distro security-minded people were not amused.

thanks,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center

ps I noticed your reference to acpidump in the README.
That reminded me to push it to the kernel source tree.
Its new home will be tools/power/acpi/

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