Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:46:46 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Ducrot Bruno <ducrot@poupinou.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bad ACPL asl's on motherboards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301160944210.46845-100000@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20030116171203.GW12516@poup.poupinou.org>
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Ducrot Bruno wrote:
> It sound like a good idea. However, there is a lot of isssues evolved.
> First, a DSDT table can and will be generated autmatically on the POST,
> because at least the memory controller can have different configurations
> depending on the total amount of the system memory than need to be
> reflected in the DSDT table. Second, even if this is ok, you have
> to consider that an OEM can have made modifications to their AML to
> correct some bugs and justifying a bios upgrade. You loose then those
> bug fixes.
We have a way of overriding the bios:
acpi_dsdt_load="YES" # DSDT Overriding
acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/abitBP6.aml"
# Override DSDT in BIOS by this file
-Nate
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