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author | njl <njl@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-10-05 20:42:16 +0000 |
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committer | njl <njl@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-10-05 20:42:16 +0000 |
commit | e1524c78c8fc81ae61c279fd37d9af909b75d133 (patch) | |
tree | 6cccdef16c7a7d02276998590db962f2eef8d3ae /share/man | |
parent | 346ca0947871dd5b7b8dd9883a923be9c8f1dcce (diff) | |
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Update the man page with new info about overriding your DSDT.
MFC after: 3 days
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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/acpi.4 | 22 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 index 9f441de..f2dcf0a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 @@ -318,20 +318,22 @@ bus/children scan of the namespace. The ACPI CA code will still know about the avoided region. .Sh OVERRIDING YOUR BIOS BYTECODE -ACPI interprets bytecode named AML, ACPI Machine Language, provided by the BIOS -vendor as a memory image at boot time. -Sometimes, the AML code contains -a problem that does not appear in the Microsoft implementation. -So we provide a way to override it with your own AML code. +ACPI interprets bytecode named AML +(ACPI Machine Language) +provided by the BIOS vendor as a memory image at boot time. +Sometimes, the AML code contains a bug that does not appear when parsed +by the Microsoft implementation. +.Fx +provides a way to override it with your own AML code to workaround +or debug such problems. +Note that all AML in your DSDT and any SSDT tables is overridden. .Pp -In order to load your AML code, -you must edit +In order to load your AML code, you must edit .Pa /boot/loader.conf -and -include the following lines. +and include the following lines. .Bd -literal -offset indent acpi_dsdt_load="YES" -acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml" #You may change the name. +acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml" # You may change this name. .Ed .Pp In order to prepare your AML code, you will need the |