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author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2008-02-06 19:28:02 -0500 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2008-02-07 04:00:38 -0500 |
commit | d89e9d6b4930c6505ac3ed35f57ab7f4311d6cf6 (patch) | |
tree | e4faa7d3ba69d9891776feae6b24881c61a79a9d /drivers/acpi | |
parent | 9cbc7960288d28aec95257af59854e1d14ba23b8 (diff) |
ACPI: update DSDT override documentation
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 22 |
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 | ||
269 | config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE | 271 | config 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 | ||
294 | config ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR | 290 | config 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 |