Custom DSDT Table in the fedora kernel at boot time

[Joshua C.]

I reopened my bug at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10237 .
Maybe the acpi code should be corrected to circumvent the broken dsdt code.
if windows works, why shouldn't linux do it either?


2008/6/25 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at greysector.net>:

> On Wednesday, 25 June 2008 at 14:27, Joshua C. wrote:
> [...]
> > This with my dsdt in the maistream kernel (as missing code) was
> > just a joke. I think the kernel shouldn't collect fixes for broken
> > dsdt tables but just provide a way to insert a custom one at boot
> > time. I think it is poor judgemnt to incorporate anyones dsdt (or
> > other system specific code like bioses) in the mainstream kernel.
> >
> > Just in case if this could have happended: at boot the kernel
> > should look throught a register with broken dsdt tables and apply
> > the "correct" one. and with new bios - should we incorporate our
> > new dsdt? Should the kernel check (on the millions of pcs it runs
> > on) for my/anyones dsdt? This is insane!
>
> Nobody is suggesting anything of the sort. The fix (or probably
> a workaround) should be done in the kernel acpi code, because if
> Windows works, then so should Linux. We don't want users to mess
> with their DSDT tables, however broken they may be.
>
> Regards,
> R.
>
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