ACPI: add boot option acpi=copy_dsdt to fix corrupt DSDT
Some BIOS on Toshiba machines corrupt the DSDT, so add a new
boot option acpi=copy_dsdt to workaround it.
Add warning message to ask users to use this option if corrupt DSDT detected.
Also build a DMI blacklist to check it and automatically copy DSDT.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14679
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e2202e9..93f113a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
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