Re: [PATCH v3] ACPI / tables: Add IORT to injectable table list

[Jon Masters]

On 02/02/2018 07:12 AM, Wang, Dongsheng wrote:
> Hey, Hanjun,
> 
> On 2018/2/2 19:54:24, "Hanjun Guo" <guohanjun@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On 2018/2/2 18:25, Yang Shunyong wrote:
>>> Loading IORT table from initrd is used to fix firmware IORT defects.
>>
>> I don't think this fix "firmware defects", it just for debug purpose,
>> we will not use that for production purpose, right? I think above line
>> can be removed.
>>
> I thinks the upgrade feature not only for debug. Here's an important
> way to fix bugs that come from the firmware.
> 
> Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt

I think we should message that this is for debug/development use.
Ultimately, it's not the way to address firmware problems. Firmware
needs to address that by shipping the correct(ed) tables :)

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