From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: Override arbitrary ACPI tables via initrd for debugging Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:25:40 -0400 Message-ID: <505E8F44.9020208@kernel.org> References: <1348234085-39220-1-git-send-email-trenn@suse.de> <1348234085-39220-3-git-send-email-trenn@suse.de> <505DD65F.9080203@kernel.org> <201209230317.04050.trenn@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201209230317.04050.trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org> Sender: initramfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Thomas Renninger Cc: hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, robert.moore-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-acpi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, yinghai-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, eric.piel-VkQ1JFuSMpfAbQlEx87xDw@public.gmane.org, vojcek-wYtBgQxc//8@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org > +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/