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| author | Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com> | 2010-04-01 11:14:12 +0800 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2010-04-20 10:43:16 -0400 |
| commit | 69ec87efa815d69140423014bb5f91e034faac22 (patch) | |
| tree | 4619ef009c68e1061c41e6081b7967da67974970 /drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c | |
| parent | 729df0f848daf2f17d02107199fa92efe909d995 (diff) | |
| download | linux-69ec87efa815d69140423014bb5f91e034faac22.tar.bz2 | |
ACPICA: Add subsystem option to force copy of DSDT to local memory
Optionally copy the entire DSDT to local memory (instead of
simply mapping it.) There are some BIOSs that corrupt or replace
the original DSDT, creating the need for this option. Default is
FALSE, do not copy the DSDT.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14679
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c | 35 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c index 07bc7437f82b..1efb0940e8b2 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c @@ -387,6 +387,41 @@ void acpi_tb_check_dsdt_header(void) /******************************************************************************* * + * FUNCTION: acpi_tb_copy_dsdt + * + * PARAMETERS: table_desc - Installed table to copy + * + * RETURN: None + * + * DESCRIPTION: Implements a subsystem option to copy the DSDT to local memory. + * Some very bad BIOSs are known to either corrupt the DSDT or + * install a new, bad DSDT. This copy works around the problem. + * + ******************************************************************************/ + +void acpi_tb_copy_dsdt(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc) +{ + struct acpi_table_header *new_table; + + new_table = ACPI_ALLOCATE(table_desc->length); + if (!new_table) { + ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Could not copy DSDT of length 0x%X", + table_desc->length)); + return; + } + + ACPI_MEMCPY(new_table, table_desc->pointer, table_desc->length); + acpi_tb_delete_table(table_desc); + table_desc->pointer = new_table; + table_desc->flags = ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_ALLOCATED; + + ACPI_INFO((AE_INFO, + "Forced DSDT copy: length 0x%05X copied locally, original unmapped", + new_table->length)); +} + +/******************************************************************************* + * * FUNCTION: acpi_tb_install_table * * PARAMETERS: Address - Physical address of DSDT or FACS |