1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 4c51a2f8fd31..db1a90a76b3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static int __initdata acpi_force = 0;
-
+u32 acpi_rsdt_forced;
 #ifdef  CONFIG_ACPI
 int acpi_disabled = 0;
 #else
@@ -1783,6 +1783,10 @@ static int __init parse_acpi(char *arg)
                         disable_acpi();
                 acpi_ht = 1;
         }
+        /* acpi=rsdt use RSDT instead of XSDT */
+        else if (strcmp(arg, "rsdt") == 0) {
+                acpi_rsdt_forced = 1;
+        }
         /* "acpi=noirq" disables ACPI interrupt routing */
         else if (strcmp(arg, "noirq") == 0) {
                 acpi_noirq_set();