From 54011e3591216503dd93d1028ff209a6a4851a57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Renninger Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:10:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] dracut.conf.5.asc: Add ACPI table override and uncompressed cpio doc Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger --- dracut.conf.5.asc | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/dracut.conf.5.asc b/dracut.conf.5.asc index 63991d4f..c9c854a9 100644 --- a/dracut.conf.5.asc +++ b/dracut.conf.5.asc @@ -125,6 +125,21 @@ If chrooted to another root other than the real root device, use --fstab and pro *no_kernel=*"{yes|no}":: Do not install kernel drivers and firmware files (default=no) +*acpi_override=*"{yes|no}":: + [WARNING] ONLY USE THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! + + Override BIOS provided ACPI tables. For further documentation read + Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt in the kernel sources. + Search for ACPI table files (must have .aml suffix) in acpi_table_dir= + directory (see below) and add them to a separate uncompressed cpio + archive. This cpio archive gets glued (concatenated, uncompressed one + must be the first one) to the compressed cpio archive. The first, + uncompressed cpio archive is for data which the kernel must be able + to access very early (and cannot make use of uncompress alogrithms yet) + like microcode or ACPI tables (default=no). + +*acpi_table_dir=*"____":: + Directory to search for ACPI tables if acpi_override= is set to yes. + *early_microcode=*"{yes|no}":: Combine early microcode with ramdisk (default=no)