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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig index ccf6ea95f68..0442ae153a2 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig @@ -274,6 +274,23 @@ config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE Enter the full path name to the file which includes the AmlCode declaration. +config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD + bool "Read Custom DSDT from initramfs" + depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD + default n + help + The DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) often needs to be + overridden because of broken BIOS implementations. If this feature is + activated you will be able to provide a customized DSDT by adding it + to your initramfs. If your mkinitrd tool does not support this feature + a script is provided in the documentation. For more details see + <file:Documentation/dsdt-initrd.txt> or <http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml>. + If there is no table found, it will fall-back to the custom DSDT + in-kernel (if activated) or to the DSDT from the BIOS. + + Even if you do not need a new one at the moment, you may want to use a + better DSDT later. It is safe to say Y here. + config ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR int "Disable ACPI for systems before Jan 1st this year" if X86_32 default 0 |