Re: [PATCH v4] ACPI / tables: Add IORT to injectable table list

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Feb 08 2018 - 05:02:46 EST


On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 8:18:02 AM CET Hanjun Guo wrote:
> On 2018/2/6 14:37, Yang Shunyong wrote:
> > Loading IORT table from initrd can be used to fix severe firmware
> > IORT defects temporarily before platform/BIOS vendor releases an
> > upgraded BIOS binary.
> >
> > Moreover, it is very powerful to debug SMMU node/device probe, MSI
> > allocation, stream id translation and IORT table from firmware.
> >
> > It is also very useful to enable SMMU and devices behind SMMU before
> > firmware is ready.
> >
> > This patch adds ACPI_SIG_IORT to the table, which enables IORT
> > from initrd to override which from firmware.
> >
> > Cc: Joey Zheng <yu.zheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Wang Dongsheng <dongsheng.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jiang Yutang <yutang2.jiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Shunyong <shunyong.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied, thanks!