ACPI: tables: complete searching upon RSDP w/ bad checksum.
ACPI tables follow a tree structure in memory.
The root of the tree is the RSDP (Root System Description Pointer).
To find the RSDP, the OS searches for the signature "RSD PTR "
in well known physical memory locations. Then the OS computes
a table checksum to verify that the signature is really part
of a valid table header.
Some systems have a proper signature but an invalid checksum;
followed elsewhere by a proper signature with valid checksum.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9444
The Linux RSDP scanning code bailed out on those systems
and as a result they booted with ACPI disabled.
Fix this by deleting the Linux RSDP scanning code and
plugging in the ACPICA RSDP scanning code.
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxfroot.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxfroot.c
index cf8fa51..9ecb4b6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxfroot.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbxfroot.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
/*******************************************************************************
*
- * FUNCTION: acpi_tb_find_rsdp
+ * FUNCTION: acpi_find_root_pointer
*
* PARAMETERS: table_address - Where the table pointer is returned
*
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@
return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NOT_FOUND);
}
-ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_find_root_pointer)
-
/*******************************************************************************
*
* FUNCTION: acpi_tb_scan_memory_for_rsdp