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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt index e628cd23ca8..5f55373dd53 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times, and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel. +Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), + please run "echo 1 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output". 1. override an existing method a) get the ACPI table via ACPI sysfs I/F. e.g. to get the DSDT, @@ -64,3 +66,8 @@ Note: We can use a kernel with multiple custom ACPI method running, But each individual write to debugfs can implement a SINGLE method override. i.e. if we want to insert/override multiple ACPI methods, we need to redo step c) ~ g) for multiple times. + +Note: Be aware that root can mis-use this driver to modify arbitrary + memory and gain additional rights, if root's privileges got + restricted (for example if root is not allowed to load additional + modules after boot). |