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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h8
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c10
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index e9f1fc7f99c7..cffb45742aa5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ bool ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object, FALSE);
u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally, FALSE);
/*
+ * Optionally ignore an XSDT if present and use the RSDT instead.
+ * Although the ACPI specification requires that an XSDT be used instead
+ * of the RSDT, the XSDT has been found to be corrupt or ill-formed on
+ * some machines. Default behavior is to use the XSDT if present.
+ */
+u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_do_not_use_xsdt, FALSE);
+
+/*
* Optionally truncate I/O addresses to 16 bits. Provides compatibility
* with other ACPI implementations. NOTE: During ACPICA initialization,
* this value is set to TRUE if any Windows OSI strings have been
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
index ee6067062cdc..6412d3c301cb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c
@@ -478,10 +478,10 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_tb_parse_root_table(acpi_physical_address rsdp_address)
ACPI_CAST_PTR(struct acpi_table_header,
rsdp));
- /* Differentiate between RSDT and XSDT root tables */
+ /* Use XSDT if present and not overridden. Otherwise, use RSDT */
- if ((rsdp->revision > 1) && rsdp->xsdt_physical_address
- && !acpi_rsdt_forced) {
+ if ((rsdp->revision > 1) &&
+ rsdp->xsdt_physical_address && !acpi_gbl_do_not_use_xsdt) {
/*
* RSDP contains an XSDT (64-bit physical addresses). We must use
* the XSDT if the revision is > 1 and the XSDT pointer is present,
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_tb_parse_root_table(acpi_physical_address rsdp_address)
acpi_os_unmap_memory(rsdp, sizeof(struct acpi_table_rsdp));
/*
- * If it is present, validate the XSDT for access/size and ensure
- * that all table entries are at least non-NULL
+ * If it is present and used, validate the XSDT for access/size
+ * and ensure that all table entries are at least non-NULL
*/
if (table_entry_size == ACPI_XSDT_ENTRY_SIZE) {
status = acpi_tb_validate_xsdt(address);