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From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net, lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/method-customizing.txt to rst format
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:27:07 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190328162721.26138-10-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190328162721.26138-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/acpi/index.rst              |  1 +
 Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.rst | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt | 73 ---------------------
 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.rst
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/acpi/index.rst
index def0bf8d3283..84d55c5d6746 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/index.rst
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Linux ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
    DSD-properties-rules
    gpio-properties
    scan_handlers
+   method-customizing
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.rst b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a71ca676fb27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+=======================================
+Linux ACPI Custom Control Method How To
+=======================================
+
+:Author: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
+
+
+Linux supports customizing ACPI control methods at runtime.
+
+Users can use this to:
+
+1. override an existing method which may not work correctly,
+   or just for debugging purposes.
+2. insert a completely new method in order to create a missing
+   method such as _OFF, _ON, _STA, _INI, etc.
+
+For these cases, it is far simpler to dynamically install a single
+control method rather than override the entire DSDT, because kernel
+rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes.
+
+.. note:: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like
+   "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. Methods
+   declared inside scope operators are also not supported.
+.. 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,
+   just run "cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > /tmp/dsdt.dat"
+b) disassemble the table by running "iasl -d dsdt.dat".
+c) rewrite the ASL code of the method and save it in a new file,
+d) package the new file (psr.asl) to an ACPI table format.
+   Here is an example of a customized \_SB._AC._PSR method::
+
+      DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715)
+      {
+         Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized)
+         {
+            Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug)
+            Return (ACON)
+         }
+      }
+
+   Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace
+   should be used.
+e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method.
+   e.g. "iasl -vw 6084 psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result)
+   If parameter "-vw 6084" is not supported by your iASL compiler,
+   please try a newer version.
+f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug"
+g) override the old method via the debugfs by running
+   "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method"
+
+2. insert a new method
+======================
+This is easier than overriding an existing method.
+We just need to create the ASL code of the method we want to
+insert and then follow the step c) ~ g) in section 1.
+
+3. undo your changes
+====================
+The "undo" operation is not supported for a new inserted method
+right now, i.e. we can not remove a method currently.
+For an overridden method, in order to undo your changes, please
+save a copy of the method original ASL code in step c) section 1,
+and redo step c) ~ g) to override the method with the original one.
+
+
+.. 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).
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7235da975f23..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-Linux ACPI Custom Control Method How To
-=======================================
-
-Written by Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
-
-
-Linux supports customizing ACPI control methods at runtime.
-
-Users can use this to
-1. override an existing method which may not work correctly,
-   or just for debugging purposes.
-2. insert a completely new method in order to create a missing
-   method such as _OFF, _ON, _STA, _INI, etc.
-For these cases, it is far simpler to dynamically install a single
-control method rather than override the entire DSDT, because kernel
-rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes.
-
-Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like
-      "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. Methods
-      declared inside scope operators are also not supported.
-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,
-      just run "cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > /tmp/dsdt.dat"
-   b) disassemble the table by running "iasl -d dsdt.dat".
-   c) rewrite the ASL code of the method and save it in a new file,
-   d) package the new file (psr.asl) to an ACPI table format.
-      Here is an example of a customized \_SB._AC._PSR method,
-
-      DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715)
-      {
-	Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized)
-	{
-		Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug)
-		Return (ACON)
-	}
-      }
-      Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace
-      should be used.
-   e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method.
-      e.g. "iasl -vw 6084 psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result)
-      If parameter "-vw 6084" is not supported by your iASL compiler,
-      please try a newer version.
-   f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug"
-   g) override the old method via the debugfs by running
-      "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method"
-
-2. insert a new method
-   This is easier than overriding an existing method.
-   We just need to create the ASL code of the method we want to
-   insert and then follow the step c) ~ g) in section 1.
-
-3. undo your changes
-   The "undo" operation is not supported for a new inserted method
-   right now, i.e. we can not remove a method currently.
-   For an overridden method, in order to undo your changes, please
-   save a copy of the method original ASL code in step c) section 1,
-   and redo step c) ~ g) to override the method with the original one.
-
-
-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).
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-03-28 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-28 16:26 [PATCH 00/23] Include linux ACPI docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:26 ` [PATCH 01/23] Documentation: add Linux ACPI to " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 02/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/namespace.txt to rst format Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 03/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/enumeration.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 04/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/osi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 05/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/linuxized-acpica.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 06/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/scan_handlers.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 07/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/DSD-properties-rules.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 08/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/gpio-properties.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 10/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/initrd_table_override.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 11/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/dsdt-override.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 12/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/i2c-muxes.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 13/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/acpi-lid.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 14/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/dsd/graph.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 15/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/debug.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 16/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/method-tracing.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 17/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/aml-debugger.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 18/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/apei/output_format.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 19/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/apei/einj.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 20/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/cppc_sysfs.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 21/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/lpit.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 22/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:27 ` [PATCH 23/23] acpi doc: convert acpi/video_extension.txt " Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:34 ` [PATCH 00/23] Include linux ACPI docs into Sphinx TOC tree Joe Perches
2019-03-29  0:08   ` Changbin Du
2019-03-28 16:39 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-03-29  0:10   ` Changbin Du

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