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

From: Hanjun Guo
Date: Tue Feb 06 2018 - 02:20:23 EST


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>

Thanks
Hanjun