From: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Takayoshi Kochi <t-kochi-UDFczIW9X1d8UrSeD/g0lQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Re: DSDT > 128k support
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:23:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200411171223.12417.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1100713897.993.8.camel@d845pe>
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 10:51 am, Len Brown wrote:
> I think the code in the kernel to supply /proc/acpi/dsdt
> and /proc/acpi/fadt should be deleted. This capability
> and more can be had entirely from a user-space /dev/mem reader
> such as acpidmp in the pmtools package:
>
> http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils/
Except that acpidmp still gropes through 0x000e0000-0x00100000
looking for something that looks like an RSDP. I don't think
that works on ia64. (We do provide /sys/firmware/efi/systab,
which contains the address you need, so acpidmp could probably
use that when it's available.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-17 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-17 14:08 DSDT > 128k support Takayoshi Kochi
[not found] ` <20041117.230831.74752627.t-kochi-UDFczIW9X1d8UrSeD/g0lQ@public.gmane.org>
2004-11-17 14:11 ` Takayoshi Kochi
2004-11-17 17:51 ` Len Brown
2004-11-17 19:23 ` Bjorn Helgaas [this message]
[not found] ` <200411171223.12417.bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
2004-11-18 6:24 ` Takayoshi Kochi
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