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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-29 22:19:16 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-29 22:19:16 +0400
commitdaa94222b638bfe34f745d0982de7a165ce7f67c (patch)
tree2157ed94339d46f7a2da22e22648a70319e8fdd0 /drivers/acpi/Kconfig
parentf310642123e0d32d919c60ca3fab5acd130c4ba3 (diff)
parent751516f0a9bad32544f40f471037c0e45fb639c9 (diff)
downloadlinux-daa94222b638bfe34f745d0982de7a165ce7f67c.tar.xz
Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: ACPI EC: remove redundant code ACPI: Add D3 cold state ACPI: processor: fix processor_physically_present in UP kernel ACPI: Split out custom_method functionality into an own driver ACPI: Cleanup custom_method debug stuff ACPI EC: enable MSI workaround for Quanta laptops ACPICA: Update to version 20110413 ACPICA: Execute an orphan _REG method under the EC device ACPICA: Move ACPI_NUM_PREDEFINED_REGIONS to a more appropriate place ACPICA: Update internal address SpaceID for DataTable regions ACPICA: Add more methods eligible for NULL package element removal ACPICA: Split all internal Global Lock functions to new file - evglock ACPI: EC: add another DMI check for ASUS hardware ACPI EC: remove dead code ACPICA: Fix code divergence of global lock handling ACPICA: Use acpi_os_create_lock interface ACPI: osl, add acpi_os_create_lock interface ACPI:Fix goto flows in thermal-sys
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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index bc2218db5ba9..de0e3df76776 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -369,6 +369,21 @@ config ACPI_HED
which is used to report some hardware errors notified via
SCI, mainly the corrected errors.
+config ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD
+ tristate "Allow ACPI methods to be inserted/replaced at run time"
+ depends on DEBUG_FS
+ default n
+ help
+ This debug facility allows ACPI AML methods to me inserted and/or
+ replaced without rebooting the system. For details refer to:
+ Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt.
+
+ NOTE: This option is security sensitive, because it allows arbitrary
+ kernel memory to be written to by root (uid=0) users, allowing them
+ to bypass certain security measures (e.g. if root is not allowed to
+ load additional kernel modules after boot, this feature may be used
+ to override that restriction).
+
source "drivers/acpi/apei/Kconfig"
endif # ACPI