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Lv Zheng authored
This patch converts the initrd table override mechanism to the table upgrade mechanism by restricting its usage to the tables released with compatibility and more recent revision. This use case has been encouraged by the ACPI specification: 1. OEMID: An OEM-supplied string that identifies the OEM. 2. OEM Table ID: An OEM-supplied string that the OEM uses to identify the particular data table. This field is particularly useful when defining a definition block to distinguish definition block functions. OEM assigns each dissimilar table a new OEM Table Id. 3. OEM Revision: An OEM-supplied revision number. Larger numbers are assumed to be newer revisions. For OEMs, good practices will ensure consistency when assigning OEMID and OEM Table ID fields in any table. The intent of these fields is to allow for a binary control system that support services can use. Because many support function can be automated...
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