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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt index a3f598e141f2..7235da975f23 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt | |||
| @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ control method rather than override the entire DSDT, because kernel | |||
| 16 | rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes. | 16 | rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes. |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like | 18 | Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like |
| 19 | "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. | 19 | "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. Methods |
| 20 | declared inside scope operators are also not supported. | ||
| 20 | Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times, | 21 | Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times, |
| 21 | and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel. | 22 | and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel. |
| 22 | Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), | 23 | Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), |
| @@ -32,8 +33,6 @@ Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), | |||
| 32 | 33 | ||
| 33 | DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715) | 34 | DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715) |
| 34 | { | 35 | { |
| 35 | External (ACON) | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized) | 36 | Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized) |
| 38 | { | 37 | { |
| 39 | Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug) | 38 | Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug) |
| @@ -42,9 +41,10 @@ Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), | |||
| 42 | } | 41 | } |
| 43 | Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace | 42 | Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace |
| 44 | should be used. | 43 | should be used. |
| 45 | And remember to use "External" to declare external objects. | ||
| 46 | e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method. | 44 | e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method. |
| 47 | e.g. "iasl psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result) | 45 | e.g. "iasl -vw 6084 psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result) |
| 46 | If parameter "-vw 6084" is not supported by your iASL compiler, | ||
| 47 | please try a newer version. | ||
| 48 | f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug" | 48 | f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug" |
| 49 | g) override the old method via the debugfs by running | 49 | g) override the old method via the debugfs by running |
| 50 | "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method" | 50 | "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method" |
