linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Implement overriding of arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd

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Date:	Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:25:17 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
CC:	eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net, vojcek@...n.pl, dsdt@...gusch.at,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>, lenb@...nel.org,
	robert.moore@...el.com, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Implement overriding of arbitrary ACPI tables via
 initrd

On 03/25/2012 05:45 PM, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> Best would be if no distro specific mkinitrd magic is needed and it's
> just as easy as it is:
> cp DSDT.aml /boot/initrd-test
> cat /boot/initrd >>/boot/initrd-test
> and add a test boot entry to grub's menu.lst or whereever.
> Then developers would not have to look at distro specific implementations
> (which should not exist) about how to test a table quickly.

There is no distro-specific magic needed.  What I'm proposing is
basically what you have above, except that your DSDT.aml would be
wrapped in a cpio header.  What I would like to ask from you is if it
makes sense to have kernel/acpi/DSDT, kernel/acpi/SSDT and so on, or
just make it a single kernel/acpi member.

By wrapping in a cpio container it becomes a generic mechanism.

>> By the way, if "relying on the bootloader" was an option in any way
> 
> Why exactly is a change in the bootloader not an option?
> Not sure whether a version number is passed, but the magic number could be
> changed for now.

There are a lot of bootloaders, and one of the most commonly used ones
has a very adversarial relationship with the kernel maintainers.

> If the new magic number is passed, we get a linked list.

The linked list stuff is already supported.  This interface has been
supported in the kernel since 2007.

	-hpa
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