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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-02-06 19:28:02 -0500
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-02-07 04:00:38 -0500
commitd89e9d6b4930c6505ac3ed35f57ab7f4311d6cf6 (patch)
treee4faa7d3ba69d9891776feae6b24881c61a79a9d /drivers/acpi/Kconfig
parent9cbc7960288d28aec95257af59854e1d14ba23b8 (diff)
ACPI: update DSDT override documentation
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/Kconfig22
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 0442ae153a24..c8e832044580 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -263,8 +263,10 @@ config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT
263 depends on !STANDALONE 263 depends on !STANDALONE
264 default n 264 default n
265 help 265 help
266 This option is to load a custom ACPI DSDT 266 This option supports a custom DSDT by linking it into the kernel.
267 If you don't know what that is, say N. 267 See Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt
268
269 If unsure, say N.
268 270
269config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE 271config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE
270 string "Custom DSDT Table file to include" 272 string "Custom DSDT Table file to include"
@@ -279,17 +281,11 @@ config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD
279 depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD 281 depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
280 default n 282 default n
281 help 283 help
282 The DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) often needs to be 284 This option supports a custom DSDT by optionally loading it from initrd.
283 overridden because of broken BIOS implementations. If this feature is 285 See Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt
284 activated you will be able to provide a customized DSDT by adding it 286
285 to your initramfs. If your mkinitrd tool does not support this feature 287 If you are not using this feature now, but may use it later,
286 a script is provided in the documentation. For more details see 288 it is safe to say Y here.
287 <file:Documentation/dsdt-initrd.txt> or <http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml>.
288 If there is no table found, it will fall-back to the custom DSDT
289 in-kernel (if activated) or to the DSDT from the BIOS.
290
291 Even if you do not need a new one at the moment, you may want to use a
292 better DSDT later. It is safe to say Y here.
293 289
294config ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR 290config ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR
295 int "Disable ACPI for systems before Jan 1st this year" if X86_32 291 int "Disable ACPI for systems before Jan 1st this year" if X86_32