Pull bugzilla-3774 into release branch

kipr · Aug 12, 2007 · 53fdc51 · 53fdc51
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
 			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
 
+	acpi_no_auto_ssdt	[HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
+
 	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
 			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
 

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxface.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxface.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("tbxface")
 /* Local prototypes */
 static acpi_status acpi_tb_load_namespace(void);
 
+static int no_auto_ssdt;
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_allocate_root_table
@@ -536,6 +538,10 @@ static acpi_status acpi_tb_load_namespace(void)
 
 		ACPI_INFO((AE_INFO, "Table DSDT replaced by host OS"));
 		acpi_tb_print_table_header(0, table);
+
+		if (no_auto_ssdt == 0) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "ACPI: DSDT override uses original SSDTs unless \"acpi_no_auto_ssdt\"");
+		}
 	}
 
 	status =
@@ -577,6 +583,11 @@ static acpi_status acpi_tb_load_namespace(void)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (no_auto_ssdt) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "ACPI: SSDT ignored due to \"acpi_no_auto_ssdt\"\n");
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* Ignore errors while loading tables, get as many as possible */
 
 		(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
@@ -622,3 +633,15 @@ acpi_status acpi_load_tables(void)
 }
 
 ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_load_tables)
+
+
+static int __init acpi_no_auto_ssdt_setup(char *s) {
+
+        printk(KERN_NOTICE "ACPI: SSDT auto-load disabled\n");
+
+        no_auto_ssdt = 1;
+
+        return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("acpi_no_auto_ssdt", acpi_no_auto_ssdt_setup);