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+ACPI Custom DSDT read from initramfs
+
+2003 by Markus Gaugusch < dsdt at gaugusch dot at >
+Special thanks go to Thomas Renninger from SuSE, who updated the patch for
+2.6.0 and later modified it to read inside initramfs
+2004 - 2008 maintained by Eric Piel < eric dot piel at tremplin-utc dot net >
+
+This option is intended for people who would like to hack their DSDT and don't
+want to recompile their kernel after every change. It can also be useful to
+distros which offers pre-compiled kernels and want to allow their users to use
+a modified DSDT. In the Kernel config, enable the initial RAM filesystem
+support (in General Setup) and enable ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD at the ACPI
+options (General Setup|ACPI Support|Read Custom DSDT from initramfs).
+
+A custom DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) is useful when your
+computer uses ACPI but problems occur due to broken implementation. Typically,
+your computer works but there are some troubles with the hardware detection or
+the power management. You can check that troubles come from errors in the DSDT by
+activating the ACPI debug option and reading the logs. This table is provided
+by the BIOS, therefore it might be a good idea to check for BIOS update on your
+vendor website before going any further. Errors are often caused by vendors
+testing their hardware only with Windows or because there is code which is
+executed only on a specific OS with a specific version and Linux hasn't been
+considered during the development.
+
+Before you run away from customising your DSDT, you should note that already
+corrected tables are available for a fair amount of computers on this web-page:
+http://acpi.sf.net/dsdt . Be careful though, to work correctly a DSDT has to
+match closely the hardware, including the amount of RAM, the frequency of the
+processor and the PCI cards present! If you are part of the unluckies who
+cannot find their hardware in this database, you can modify your DSDT by
+yourself. This process is less painful than it sounds. Download the Intel ASL
+compiler/decompiler at http://www.intel.com/technology/IAPC/acpi/downloads.htm .
+As root, you then have to dump your DSDT and decompile it. By using the
+compiler messages as well as the kernel ACPI debug messages and the reference
+book (available at the Intel website and also at http://www.acpi.info), it is
+quite easy to obtain a fully working table.
+
+Once your new DSDT is ready you'll have to add it to an initramfs so that the
+kernel can read the table at the very beginning of the boot. As the file has to
+be accessed very early during the boot process the initramfs has to be an
+initramfs. The file is contained into the initramfs under the name /DSDT.aml .
+To obtain such an initramfs, you might have to modify your initramfs script or
+you can add it later to the initramfs with the script appended to this
+document. The command will look like:
+initramfs-add-dsdt initramfs.img my-dsdt.aml
+
+In case you don't use any initramfs, the possibilities you have are to either
+start using one (try mkinitrd or yaird), or use the "Include Custom DSDT"
+configure option to directly include your DSDT inside the kernel.
+
+The message "Looking for DSDT in initramfs..." will tell you if the DSDT was
+found or not. If you need to update your DSDT, generate a new initramfs and
+perform the steps above. Don't forget that with Lilo, you'll have to re-run it.
+
+
+====================== Here starts initramfs-add-dsdt ==========================
+#!/bin/bash
+# Adds a DSDT file to the initrd (if it's an initramfs)
+# first argument is the name of archive
+# second argument is the name of the file to add
+# The file will be copied as /DSDT.aml
+
+# 20060126: fix "Premature end of file" with some old cpio (Roland Robic)
+# 20060205: this time it should really work
+
+# check the arguments
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+ program_name=$(basename $0)
+ echo "\
+$program_name: too few arguments
+Usage: $program_name initrd-name.img DSDT-to-add.aml
+Adds a DSDT file to an initrd (in initramfs format)
+
+ initrd-name.img: filename of the initrd in initramfs format
+ DSDT-to-add.aml: filename of the DSDT file to add
+ " 1>&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# we should check it's an initramfs
+
+tempcpio=$(mktemp -d)
+# cleanup on exit, hangup, interrupt, quit, termination
+trap 'rm -rf $tempcpio' 0 1 2 3 15
+
+# extract the archive
+gunzip -c "$1" > "$tempcpio"/initramfs.cpio || exit 1
+
+# copy the DSDT file at the root of the directory so that we can call it "/DSDT.aml"
+cp -f "$2" "$tempcpio"/DSDT.aml
+
+# add the file
+cd "$tempcpio"
+(echo DSDT.aml | cpio --quiet -H newc -o -A -O "$tempcpio"/initramfs.cpio) || exit 1
+cd "$OLDPWD"
+
+# re-compress the archive
+gzip -c "$tempcpio"/initramfs.cpio > "$1"
Enter the full path name to the file which includes the AmlCode
declaration.
+config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD
+ bool "Read Custom DSDT from initramfs"
+ depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
+ default n
+ help
+ The DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) often needs to be
+ overridden because of broken BIOS implementations. If this feature is
+ activated you will be able to provide a customized DSDT by adding it
+ to your initramfs. If your mkinitrd tool does not support this feature
+ a script is provided in the documentation. For more details see
+ <file:Documentation/dsdt-initrd.txt> or <http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml>.
+ If there is no table found, it will fall-back to the custom DSDT
+ in-kernel (if activated) or to the DSDT from the BIOS.
+
+ Even if you do not need a new one at the moment, you may want to use a
+ better DSDT later. It is safe to say Y here.
+
config ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR
int "Disable ACPI for systems before Jan 1st this year" if X86_32
default 0
return AE_OK;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD
+struct acpi_table_header *acpi_find_dsdt_initrd(void)
+{
+ struct file *firmware_file;
+ mm_segment_t oldfs;
+ unsigned long len, len2;
+ struct acpi_table_header *dsdt_buffer, *ret = NULL;
+ struct kstat stat;
+ char *ramfs_dsdt_name = "/DSDT.aml";
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Looking for DSDT in initramfs... ");
+
+ /*
+ * Never do this at home, only the user-space is allowed to open a file.
+ * The clean way would be to use the firmware loader. But this code must be run
+ * before there is any userspace available. So we need a static/init firmware
+ * infrastructure, which doesn't exist yet...
+ */
+ if (vfs_stat(ramfs_dsdt_name, &stat) < 0) {
+ printk("not found.\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ len = stat.size;
+ /* check especially against empty files */
+ if (len <= 4) {
+ printk("error, file is too small: only %lu bytes.\n", len);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ firmware_file = filp_open(ramfs_dsdt_name, O_RDONLY, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(firmware_file)) {
+ printk("error, could not open file %s.\n", ramfs_dsdt_name);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ dsdt_buffer = ACPI_ALLOCATE(len);
+ if (!dsdt_buffer) {
+ printk("error when allocating %lu bytes of memory.\n", len);
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ oldfs = get_fs();
+ set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
+ len2 = vfs_read(firmware_file, (char __user *)dsdt_buffer, len, &firmware_file->f_pos);
+ set_fs(oldfs);
+ if (len2 < len) {
+ printk("error trying to read %lu bytes from %s.\n", len, ramfs_dsdt_name);
+ ACPI_FREE(dsdt_buffer);
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ printk("successfully read %lu bytes from %s.\n", len, ramfs_dsdt_name);
+ ret = dsdt_buffer;
+err:
+ filp_close(firmware_file, NULL);
+ return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
acpi_status
acpi_os_table_override(struct acpi_table_header * existing_table,
struct acpi_table_header ** new_table)
if (!existing_table || !new_table)
return AE_BAD_PARAMETER;
+ *new_table = NULL;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT
if (strncmp(existing_table->signature, "DSDT", 4) == 0)
*new_table = (struct acpi_table_header *)AmlCode;
- else
- *new_table = NULL;
-#else
- *new_table = NULL;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD
+ if (strncmp(existing_table->signature, "DSDT", 4) == 0) {
+ struct acpi_table_header *initrd_table = acpi_find_dsdt_initrd();
+ if (initrd_table)
+ *new_table = initrd_table;
+ }
#endif
return AE_OK;
}
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