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From: Len Brown <lenb-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: Override arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd for
 debugging
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:25:40 -0400
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To: Thomas Renninger <trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
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> +config ACPI_INITRD_TABLE_OVERRIDE
> +       bool
> +       default y

Do distros in addition to SuSE concur they want to ship this way?

The last time we tried to make debugging easier we added
ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD, which allowed root to over-ride an AML method
on a running system.  Distro security-minded people were not amused.

thanks,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center

ps I noticed your reference to acpidump in the README.
That reminded me to push it to the kernel source tree.
Its new home will be tools/power/acpi/