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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/bus.c37
4 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e2202e93b148..93f113a1b326 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
strictly ACPI specification compliant.
rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
+ copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index cd40aba6aa95..b9629384263c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1576,6 +1576,10 @@ static int __init parse_acpi(char *arg)
/* "acpi=noirq" disables ACPI interrupt routing */
else if (strcmp(arg, "noirq") == 0) {
acpi_noirq_set();
+ }
+ /* "acpi=copy_dsdt" copys DSDT */
+ else if (strcmp(arg, "copy_dsdt") == 0) {
+ acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally = 1;
} else {
/* Core will printk when we return error. */
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
index 54a8712bae62..a9b105fc2e55 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ void acpi_tb_check_dsdt_header(void)
acpi_tb_print_table_header(0, &acpi_gbl_original_dsdt_header);
acpi_tb_print_table_header(0, acpi_gbl_DSDT);
+ ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+ "Please send DMI info to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org\n"
+ "If system does not work as expected, please boot with acpi=copy_dsdt"));
+
/* Disable further error messages */
acpi_gbl_original_dsdt_header.length = acpi_gbl_DSDT->length;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 37132dc2da03..49af19bb8c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -69,6 +69,37 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __cpuinitdata power_nocheck_dmi_table[] = {
};
+static int set_copy_dsdt(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
+{
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s detected - "
+ "force copy of DSDT to local memory\n", id->ident);
+ acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally = 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct dmi_system_id dsdt_dmi_table[] __initdata = {
+ /*
+ * Insyde BIOS on some TOSHIBA machines corrupt the DSDT.
+ * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14679
+ */
+ {
+ .callback = set_copy_dsdt,
+ .ident = "TOSHIBA Satellite A505",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "TOSHIBA"),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Satellite A505"),
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ .callback = set_copy_dsdt,
+ .ident = "TOSHIBA Satellite L505D",
+ .matches = {
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "TOSHIBA"),
+ DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Satellite L505D"),
+ },
+ }
+};
+
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Device Management
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -813,6 +844,12 @@ void __init acpi_early_init(void)
acpi_gbl_permanent_mmap = 1;
+ /*
+ * If the machine falls into the DMI check table,
+ * DSDT will be copied to memory
+ */
+ dmi_check_system(dsdt_dmi_table);
+
status = acpi_reallocate_root_table();
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX