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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt index a3f598e141f2..7235da975f23 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ control method rather than override the entire DSDT, because kernel rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes. Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like - "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. + "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. Methods + declared inside scope operators are also not supported. Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times, and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel. Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), @@ -32,8 +33,6 @@ Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715) { - External (ACON) - Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized) { Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug) @@ -42,9 +41,10 @@ Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), } Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace should be used. - And remember to use "External" to declare external objects. e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method. - e.g. "iasl psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result) + e.g. "iasl -vw 6084 psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result) + If parameter "-vw 6084" is not supported by your iASL compiler, + please try a newer version. f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug" g) override the old method via the debugfs by running "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method" |