Subject: Re: [RFC] Include ACPI DSDT from INITRD patch into mainline
From: Ben Collins <ben.collins@ubuntu.com>
To: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc>
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Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:58:14 -0500
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On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 19:53 +0000, Alan wrote:
> > > The whole approach of using filp_open() not the firmware interface
> > > is horribly ugly and does not belong mainstream. 
> > 
> > What about the point that userspace (udev, and such) is not available
> > when DSDT loading needs to occur? Init hasn't even started at that
> > point.
> 
> Does that change the fact it is ugly ?

No, but it does beg the question "how else can it be done"?

Distros need a way for users to add a fixed DSDT without recompiling
their own kernels.
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