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author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2018-08-20 19:05:17 +0300 |
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committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2018-08-20 19:05:17 +0300 |
commit | 415d2b3392d7a80903e0f97f051201aa02bf20e9 (patch) | |
tree | 47492d2386a0e7f00ef645313cb44ae4960b7e7e /Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt | |
parent | 4f65245f2d178b9cba48350620d76faa4a098841 (diff) | |
parent | b8e759b8f6dab1c473c30ac12709095d0b81078e (diff) | |
download | linux-415d2b3392d7a80903e0f97f051201aa02bf20e9.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'for-4.19/cougar' into for-linus
New device support for hid-cougar
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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt index a3f598e141f2..7235da975f23 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ control method rather than override the entire DSDT, because kernel rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes. Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like - "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. + "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. Methods + declared inside scope operators are also not supported. Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times, and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel. Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), @@ -32,8 +33,6 @@ Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715) { - External (ACON) - Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized) { Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug) @@ -42,9 +41,10 @@ Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), } Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace should be used. - And remember to use "External" to declare external objects. e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method. - e.g. "iasl psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result) + e.g. "iasl -vw 6084 psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result) + If parameter "-vw 6084" is not supported by your iASL compiler, + please try a newer version. f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug" g) override the old method via the debugfs by running "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method" |