On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 06:46:05PM +0900, Takanori Watanabe wrote: > Would you review this description?
How about: --- acpi.4.orig Thu Jun 13 02:50:06 2002 +++ acpi.4 Fri Jul 5 21:16:59 2002 @@ -258,10 +258,35 @@ 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 BIOS +vendor as memory image at boot time. Sometimes, the AML code contains +incorrect bytecode that does not wreak havoc with the Microsoft implementations +of ACPI. Such bugs can often times prevent FreeBSD from booting. In case of +such issues, we provide a way to override buggy AML with your own AML +code. +.Pp +In order to load your AML code, +you must edit +.Pa /boot/loader.conf +and +include the follwing lines. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +acpi_dsdt_load="YES" +acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml" #You may change the name. +.Ed +.Pp +In order to prepare your AML code, you will require +.Xr acpidump 8 , +.Xr iasl 1 +in devel/acpicatools port, and some ACPI knowledge. + .Sh COMPATIBILITY ACPI is only found/supported on Intel platforms (i386/IA32 and IA64). .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr config 8 , +.Xr loader.conf 5 , +.Xr acpidump 8 , .Xr acpi 9 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
