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>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index a419fe98a5f..e3813d290b4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_use_default_register_widths, TRUE);
  */
 u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object, FALSE);
 
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally, FALSE);
+
 /* acpi_gbl_FADT is a local copy of the FADT, converted to a common format. */
 
 struct acpi_table_fadt acpi_gbl_FADT;