[PATCH 4/4] dracut.conf.5.asc: Add ACPI table override and uncompressed cpio doc

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Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx>
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 dracut.conf.5.asc |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dracut.conf.5.asc b/dracut.conf.5.asc
index a32516c..d471f4b 100644
--- a/dracut.conf.5.asc
+++ b/dracut.conf.5.asc
@@ -122,6 +122,21 @@ If chrooted to another root other than the real root device, use --fstab and pro
 *no_kernel=*"{yes|no}"::
     Do not install kernel drivers and firmware files (default=no)
 
+*acpi_override=*"{yes|no}"::
+    [WARNING] ONLY USE THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! +
+    Override BIOS provided ACPI tables. For further documentation read
+    Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt in the kernel sources.
+    Search for ACPI table files (must have .aml suffix) in acpi_table_dir=
+    directory (see below) and add them to a separate uncompressed cpio
+    archive. This cpio archive gets glued (concatenated, uncompressed one
+    must be the first one) to the compressed cpio archive. The first,
+    uncompressed cpio archive is for data which the kernel must be able
+    to access very early (and cannot make use of uncompress alogrithms yet)
+    like microcode or ACPI tables (default=no).
+
+*acpi_table_dir=*"__<dir>__"::
+    Directory to search for ACPI tables if acpi_override= is set to yes.
+
 *early_microcode=*"{yes|no}"::
     Combine early microcode with ramdisk (default=no)
 
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1.7.6.1

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