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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7235da975f23..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -Linux ACPI Custom Control Method How To -======================================= - -Written by Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> - - -Linux supports customizing ACPI control methods at runtime. - -Users can use this to -1. override an existing method which may not work correctly, - or just for debugging purposes. -2. insert a completely new method in order to create a missing - method such as _OFF, _ON, _STA, _INI, etc. -For these cases, it is far simpler to dynamically install a single -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. 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)), - please run "echo 1 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output". - -1. override an existing method - a) get the ACPI table via ACPI sysfs I/F. e.g. to get the DSDT, - just run "cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > /tmp/dsdt.dat" - b) disassemble the table by running "iasl -d dsdt.dat". - c) rewrite the ASL code of the method and save it in a new file, - d) package the new file (psr.asl) to an ACPI table format. - Here is an example of a customized \_SB._AC._PSR method, - - DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715) - { - Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized) - { - Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug) - Return (ACON) - } - } - Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace - should be used. - e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method. - 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" - -2. insert a new method - This is easier than overriding an existing method. - We just need to create the ASL code of the method we want to - insert and then follow the step c) ~ g) in section 1. - -3. undo your changes - The "undo" operation is not supported for a new inserted method - right now, i.e. we can not remove a method currently. - For an overridden method, in order to undo your changes, please - save a copy of the method original ASL code in step c) section 1, - and redo step c) ~ g) to override the method with the original one. - - -Note: We can use a kernel with multiple custom ACPI method running, - But each individual write to debugfs can implement a SINGLE - method override. i.e. if we want to insert/override multiple - ACPI methods, we need to redo step c) ~ g) for multiple times. - -Note: Be aware that root can mis-use this driver to modify arbitrary - memory and gain additional rights, if root's privileges got - restricted (for example if root is not allowed to load additional - modules after boot). |