Re: [ACPI] [PATCH] overriding tables via initramfs in 2.6.1

[Dino K. <din...@ho...>]

I think you should look into initramfs / early-userspace, because I think 
that's what it's intended for.
Check the 2.6.1/Documentation/early-userspace directory.
The files are unpacked pretty early, even before ACPI initialization. That's 
what my patch and Markus Gaugusch's patch are based on, the fact that 
initramfs/initrd are processed at such an early stage.


>Ducrot Bruno wrote:
>>
>>That seems to be good, but why not using already the
>>"ACPI DSDT in initrd" patch from Markus Gaugusch instead?
>>
>>It is fairly trivial to modify it to get all tables overide and do
>>not require all of those files creation/deletion.
>>
>
>That patch on itself is fine. But I think it is time for a more general way 
>of adding stuff to an initrd that should be accessable for the kernel 
>before the kernel is "really" running (for example bootsplash).
>
>So I would propose to have a new kind of initial image that consists of an 
>archive of all kinds of files. One of them is the initrd, of course.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Bas.

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