From patchwork Fri Sep 27 18:10:40 2013 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Renninger X-Patchwork-Id: 2956531 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-linux-acpi@patchwork.kernel.org Delivered-To: patchwork-parsemail@patchwork1.web.kernel.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.19.201]) by patchwork1.web.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 019899F244 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.kernel.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E59202B8 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:10:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F78202AB for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:10:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754524Ab3I0SKq (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:10:46 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:47837 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754338Ab3I0SKo (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:10:44 -0400 Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93365A5464; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:10:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Renninger To: harald@redhat.com Cc: initramfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, konrad.wilk@oracle.com, Thomas Renninger Subject: [PATCH 4/4] dracut.conf.5.asc: Add ACPI table override and uncompressed cpio doc Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:10:40 +0200 Message-Id: <1380305440-63843-5-git-send-email-trenn@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.6.1 In-Reply-To: <1380305440-63843-1-git-send-email-trenn@suse.de> References: <1380305440-63843-1-git-send-email-trenn@suse.de> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on mail.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger --- dracut.conf.5.asc | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/dracut.conf.5.asc b/dracut.conf.5.asc index a32516c..d471f4b 100644 --- a/dracut.conf.5.asc +++ b/dracut.conf.5.asc @@ -122,6 +122,21 @@ If chrooted to another root other than the real root device, use --fstab and pro *no_kernel=*"{yes|no}":: Do not install kernel drivers and firmware files (default=no) +*acpi_override=*"{yes|no}":: + [WARNING] ONLY USE THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! + + Override BIOS provided ACPI tables. For further documentation read + Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt in the kernel sources. + Search for ACPI table files (must have .aml suffix) in acpi_table_dir= + directory (see below) and add them to a separate uncompressed cpio + archive. This cpio archive gets glued (concatenated, uncompressed one + must be the first one) to the compressed cpio archive. The first, + uncompressed cpio archive is for data which the kernel must be able + to access very early (and cannot make use of uncompress alogrithms yet) + like microcode or ACPI tables (default=no). + +*acpi_table_dir=*"____":: + Directory to search for ACPI tables if acpi_override= is set to yes. + *early_microcode=*"{yes|no}":: Combine early microcode with ramdisk (default=no)