From: Thomas Renninger <trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
To: harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-acpi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
konrad.wilk-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
Thomas Renninger <trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] dracut.conf.5.asc: Add ACPI table override and uncompressed cpio doc
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:10:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1380305440-63843-5-git-send-email-trenn@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1380305440-63843-1-git-send-email-trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
---
dracut.conf.5.asc | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dracut.conf.5.asc b/dracut.conf.5.asc
index a32516c..d471f4b 100644
--- a/dracut.conf.5.asc
+++ b/dracut.conf.5.asc
@@ -122,6 +122,21 @@ If chrooted to another root other than the real root device, use --fstab and pro
*no_kernel=*"{yes|no}"::
Do not install kernel drivers and firmware files (default=no)
+*acpi_override=*"{yes|no}"::
+ [WARNING] ONLY USE THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! +
+ Override BIOS provided ACPI tables. For further documentation read
+ Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt in the kernel sources.
+ Search for ACPI table files (must have .aml suffix) in acpi_table_dir=
+ directory (see below) and add them to a separate uncompressed cpio
+ archive. This cpio archive gets glued (concatenated, uncompressed one
+ must be the first one) to the compressed cpio archive. The first,
+ uncompressed cpio archive is for data which the kernel must be able
+ to access very early (and cannot make use of uncompress alogrithms yet)
+ like microcode or ACPI tables (default=no).
+
+*acpi_table_dir=*"__<dir>__"::
+ Directory to search for ACPI tables if acpi_override= is set to yes.
+
*early_microcode=*"{yes|no}"::
Combine early microcode with ramdisk (default=no)
--
1.7.6.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-27 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-27 18:10 [RESEND] Implement ACPI table overriding via initramfs Thomas Renninger
2013-09-27 18:10 ` [PATCH 1/4] dracut: Generlize microcode early cpio usage Thomas Renninger
2013-09-27 18:10 ` [PATCH 2/4] dracut: Do not create early_cpio if no suitable microcode exist in hostonly case Thomas Renninger
2013-09-27 18:10 ` [PATCH 3/4] dracut: Implement ACPI table overriding Thomas Renninger
[not found] ` <1380305440-63843-1-git-send-email-trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-27 18:10 ` Thomas Renninger [this message]
2013-10-02 10:56 ` [RESEND] Implement ACPI table overriding via initramfs Harald Hoyer
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