Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Core:

   - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
     to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.

   - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.

   - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
     describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
     Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.

   - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.

   - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
     boot.

   - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.

   - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.

   - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.

  Protocols:

   - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).

   - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
     on socket by socket basis.

   - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.

   - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
     manager.

   - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
     collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).

   - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).

   - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.

   - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.

   - Remove static WEP support.

   - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
     reporting.

   - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).

  BPF:

   - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
     precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
     kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.

   - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
     timestamp metadata.

   - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
     better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
     metadata.

   - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.

   - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
     bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.

   - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
     kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.

   - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
     livepatch and BPF.

   - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
     programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
     different time intervals.

   - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.

   - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.

   - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.

   - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
     memory accounting for container environments.

  Netfilter:

   - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
     years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
     /proc interface installed by this target.

   - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
     existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
     referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.

  Driver API:

   - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
     IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.

   - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.

   - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.

   - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
     Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
     shared medium Ethernet.

   - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
     preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.

   - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.

   - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
     de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
     multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
     factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.

   - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).

   - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
     messages with notifications for debug.

   - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.

   - Add support for per action HW stats in TC.

   - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
     a specific point in the action chain).

   - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
     modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
     Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
     using nl80211 interface instead.

   - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
     error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
     including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
     CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
      - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
      - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
      - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
      - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
      - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux

   - WiFi:
      - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)

   - CAN:
      - Renesas R-Car V4H

  Drivers:

   - Bluetooth:
      - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - Intel (1G, igc):
         - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
      - Intel (100G, ice):
         - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
         - multi-buffer XDP support
         - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
         - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
         - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
         - more efficient crypto key management method
         - multi-port eswitch support
      - Netronome/Corigine:
         - add DCB IEEE support
         - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
      - Freescale/NXP (enetc):
         - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
         - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
         - support MAC Merge layer
      - Other NICs:
         - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
         - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
         - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
         - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
         - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
         - cpts: support pulse-per-second output
         - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
         - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
         - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
         - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
         - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
         - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
         - tsnep: XDP support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
      - Microchip (sparx5):
         - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
           the implicit rules always active
         - add support for egress DSCP rewrite
         - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
         - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
           etc.)
         - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
         - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
           8.6.5.1)

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - add MAB (port auth) offload support
         - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
      - NXP (ocelot):
         - support MAC Merge layer
         - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
      - Microchip:
         - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
         - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
         - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
         - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
         - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
      - other:
         - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
         - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy

   - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
      - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
      - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
        on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
        BIOS to the firmware.

   - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
      - IPQ5018 support
      - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
      - channel 177 support

   - MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
      - per-PHY LED support
      - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
      - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
      - switch to using page pool allocator

   - RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
      - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance

   - Mobile:
      - rmnet: support TX aggregation"

* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
  page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
  net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
  ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
  xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
  sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
  selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
  net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
  net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
  net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
  net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
  net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
  net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
  net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
  sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
  sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
  net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
  net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
  net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/cppc_sysfs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/cppc_sysfs.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==================================================
+Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC)
+==================================================
+
+.. _cppc_sysfs:
+
+CPPC
+====
+
+CPPC defined in the ACPI spec describes a mechanism for the OS to manage the
+performance of a logical processor on a contiguous and abstract performance
+scale. CPPC exposes a set of registers to describe abstract performance scale,
+to request performance levels and to measure per-cpu delivered performance.
+
+For more details on CPPC please refer to the ACPI specification at:
+
+http://uefi.org/specifications
+
+Some of the CPPC registers are exposed via sysfs under::
+
+  /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/acpi_cppc/
+
+for each cpu X::
+
+  $ ls -lR  /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/acpi_cppc/
+  /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/acpi_cppc/:
+  total 0
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 feedback_ctrs
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 highest_perf
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 lowest_freq
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 lowest_nonlinear_perf
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 lowest_perf
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 nominal_freq
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 nominal_perf
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 reference_perf
+  -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Mar  5 19:38 wraparound_time
+
+* highest_perf : Highest performance of this processor (abstract scale).
+* nominal_perf : Highest sustained performance of this processor
+  (abstract scale).
+* lowest_nonlinear_perf : Lowest performance of this processor with nonlinear
+  power savings (abstract scale).
+* lowest_perf : Lowest performance of this processor (abstract scale).
+
+* lowest_freq : CPU frequency corresponding to lowest_perf (in MHz).
+* nominal_freq : CPU frequency corresponding to nominal_perf (in MHz).
+  The above frequencies should only be used to report processor performance in
+  frequency instead of abstract scale. These values should not be used for any
+  functional decisions.
+
+* feedback_ctrs : Includes both Reference and delivered performance counter.
+  Reference counter ticks up proportional to processor's reference performance.
+  Delivered counter ticks up proportional to processor's delivered performance.
+* wraparound_time: Minimum time for the feedback counters to wraparound
+  (seconds).
+* reference_perf : Performance level at which reference performance counter
+  accumulates (abstract scale).
+
+
+Computing Average Delivered Performance
+=======================================
+
+Below describes the steps to compute the average performance delivered by
+taking two different snapshots of feedback counters at time T1 and T2.
+
+  T1: Read feedback_ctrs as fbc_t1
+      Wait or run some workload
+
+  T2: Read feedback_ctrs as fbc_t2
+
+::
+
+  delivered_counter_delta = fbc_t2[del] - fbc_t1[del]
+  reference_counter_delta = fbc_t2[ref] - fbc_t1[ref]
+
+  delivered_perf = (refernce_perf x delivered_counter_delta) / reference_counter_delta
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===========================
+ACPI Fan Performance States
+===========================
+
+When the optional _FPS object is present under an ACPI device representing a
+fan (for example, PNP0C0B or INT3404), the ACPI fan driver creates additional
+"state*" attributes in the sysfs directory of the ACPI device in question.
+These attributes list properties of fan performance states.
+
+For more information on _FPS refer to the ACPI specification at:
+
+http://uefi.org/specifications
+
+For instance, the contents of the INT3404 ACPI device sysfs directory
+may look as follows::
+
+ $ ls -l /sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3404:00/
+ total 0
+ ...
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state0
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state1
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state10
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state11
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state2
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state3
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state4
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state5
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state6
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state7
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state8
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state9
+ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 01:00 status
+ ...
+
+where each of the "state*" files represents one performance state of the fan
+and contains a colon-separated list of 5 integer numbers (fields) with the
+following interpretation::
+
+  control_percent:trip_point_index:speed_rpm:noise_level_mdb:power_mw
+
+* ``control_percent``: The percent value to be used to set the fan speed to a
+  specific level using the _FSL object (0-100).
+
+* ``trip_point_index``: The active cooling trip point number that corresponds
+  to this performance state (0-9).
+
+* ``speed_rpm``: Speed of the fan in rotations per minute.
+
+* ``noise_level_mdb``: Audible noise emitted by the fan in this state in
+  millidecibels.
+
+* ``power_mw``: Power draw of the fan in this state in milliwatts.
+
+For example::
+
+ $cat /sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3404:00/state1
+ 25:0:3200:12500:1250
+
+When a given field is not populated or its value provided by the platform
+firmware is invalid, the "not-defined" string is shown instead of the value.
+
+ACPI Fan Fine Grain Control
+=============================
+
+When _FIF object specifies support for fine grain control, then fan speed
+can be set from 0 to 100% with the recommended minimum "step size" via
+_FSL object. User can adjust fan speed using thermal sysfs cooling device.
+
+Here use can look at fan performance states for a reference speed (speed_rpm)
+and set it by changing cooling device cur_state. If the fine grain control
+is supported then user can also adjust to some other speeds which are
+not defined in the performance states.
+
+The support of fine grain control is presented via sysfs attribute
+"fine_grain_control". If fine grain control is present, this attribute
+will show "1" otherwise "0".
+
+This sysfs attribute is presented in the same directory as performance states.
+
+ACPI Fan Performance Feedback
+=============================
+
+The optional _FST object provides status information for the fan device.
+This includes field to provide current fan speed in revolutions per minute
+at which the fan is rotating.
+
+This speed is presented in the sysfs using the attribute "fan_speed_rpm",
+in the same directory as performance states.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/index.rst
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+============
+ACPI Support
+============
+
+Here we document in detail how to interact with various mechanisms in
+the Linux ACPI support.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   initrd_table_override
+   ssdt-overlays
+   cppc_sysfs
+   fan_performance_states
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/initrd_table_override.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/initrd_table_override.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+================================
+Upgrading ACPI tables via initrd
+================================
+
+What is this about
+==================
+
+If the ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE compile option is true, it is possible to
+upgrade the ACPI execution environment that is defined by the ACPI tables
+via upgrading the ACPI tables provided by the BIOS with an instrumented,
+modified, more recent version one, or installing brand new ACPI tables.
+
+When building initrd with kernel in a single image, option
+ACPI_TABLE_OVERRIDE_VIA_BUILTIN_INITRD should also be true for this
+feature to work.
+
+For a full list of ACPI tables that can be upgraded/installed, take a look
+at the char `*table_sigs[MAX_ACPI_SIGNATURE];` definition in
+drivers/acpi/tables.c.
+
+All ACPI tables iasl (Intel's ACPI compiler and disassembler) knows should
+be overridable, except:
+
+  - ACPI_SIG_RSDP (has a signature of 6 bytes)
+  - ACPI_SIG_FACS (does not have an ordinary ACPI table header)
+
+Both could get implemented as well.
+
+
+What is this for
+================
+
+Complain to your platform/BIOS vendor if you find a bug which is so severe
+that a workaround is not accepted in the Linux kernel. And this facility
+allows you to upgrade the buggy tables before your platform/BIOS vendor
+releases an upgraded BIOS binary.
+
+This facility can be used by platform/BIOS vendors to provide a Linux
+compatible environment without modifying the underlying platform firmware.
+
+This facility also provides a powerful feature to easily debug and test
+ACPI BIOS table compatibility with the Linux kernel by modifying old
+platform provided ACPI tables or inserting new ACPI tables.
+
+It can and should be enabled in any kernel because there is no functional
+change with not instrumented initrds.
+
+
+How does it work
+================
+::
+
+  # Extract the machine's ACPI tables:
+  cd /tmp
+  acpidump >acpidump
+  acpixtract -a acpidump
+  # Disassemble, modify and recompile them:
+  iasl -d *.dat
+  # For example add this statement into a _PRT (PCI Routing Table) function
+  # of the DSDT:
+  Store("HELLO WORLD", debug)
+  # And increase the OEM Revision. For example, before modification:
+  DefinitionBlock ("DSDT.aml", "DSDT", 2, "INTEL ", "TEMPLATE", 0x00000000)
+  # After modification:
+  DefinitionBlock ("DSDT.aml", "DSDT", 2, "INTEL ", "TEMPLATE", 0x00000001)
+  iasl -sa dsdt.dsl
+  # Add the raw ACPI tables to an uncompressed cpio archive.
+  # They must be put into a /kernel/firmware/acpi directory inside the cpio
+  # archive. Note that if the table put here matches a platform table
+  # (similar Table Signature, and similar OEMID, and similar OEM Table ID)
+  # with a more recent OEM Revision, the platform table will be upgraded by
+  # this table. If the table put here doesn't match a platform table
+  # (dissimilar Table Signature, or dissimilar OEMID, or dissimilar OEM Table
+  # ID), this table will be appended.
+  mkdir -p kernel/firmware/acpi
+  cp dsdt.aml kernel/firmware/acpi
+  # A maximum of "NR_ACPI_INITRD_TABLES (64)" tables are currently allowed
+  # (see osl.c):
+  iasl -sa facp.dsl
+  iasl -sa ssdt1.dsl
+  cp facp.aml kernel/firmware/acpi
+  cp ssdt1.aml kernel/firmware/acpi
+  # The uncompressed cpio archive must be the first. Other, typically
+  # compressed cpio archives, must be concatenated on top of the uncompressed
+  # one. Following command creates the uncompressed cpio archive and
+  # concatenates the original initrd on top:
+  find kernel | cpio -H newc --create > /boot/instrumented_initrd
+  cat /boot/initrd >>/boot/instrumented_initrd
+  # reboot with increased acpi debug level, e.g. boot params:
+  acpi.debug_level=0x2 acpi.debug_layer=0xFFFFFFFF
+  # and check your syslog:
+  [    1.268089] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
+  [    1.272091] [ACPI Debug]  String [0x0B] "HELLO WORLD"
+
+iasl is able to disassemble and recompile quite a lot different,
+also static ACPI tables.
+
+
+Where to retrieve userspace tools
+=================================
+
+iasl and acpixtract are part of Intel's ACPICA project:
+https://acpica.org/
+
+and should be packaged by distributions (for example in the acpica package
+on SUSE).
+
+acpidump can be found in Len Browns pmtools:
+ftp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils/pmtools/acpidump
+
+This tool is also part of the acpica package on SUSE.
+Alternatively, used ACPI tables can be retrieved via sysfs in latest kernels:
+/sys/firmware/acpi/tables
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=============
+SSDT Overlays
+=============
+
+In order to support ACPI open-ended hardware configurations (e.g. development
+boards) we need a way to augment the ACPI configuration provided by the firmware
+image. A common example is connecting sensors on I2C / SPI buses on development
+boards.
+
+Although this can be accomplished by creating a kernel platform driver or
+recompiling the firmware image with updated ACPI tables, neither is practical:
+the former proliferates board specific kernel code while the latter requires
+access to firmware tools which are often not publicly available.
+
+Because ACPI supports external references in AML code a more practical
+way to augment firmware ACPI configuration is by dynamically loading
+user defined SSDT tables that contain the board specific information.
+
+For example, to enumerate a Bosch BMA222E accelerometer on the I2C bus of the
+Minnowboard MAX development board exposed via the LSE connector [1], the
+following ASL code can be used::
+
+    DefinitionBlock ("minnowmax.aml", "SSDT", 1, "Vendor", "Accel", 0x00000003)
+    {
+        External (\_SB.I2C6, DeviceObj)
+
+        Scope (\_SB.I2C6)
+        {
+            Device (STAC)
+            {
+                Name (_HID, "BMA222E")
+                Name (RBUF, ResourceTemplate ()
+                {
+                    I2cSerialBus (0x0018, ControllerInitiated, 0x00061A80,
+                                AddressingMode7Bit, "\\_SB.I2C6", 0x00,
+                                ResourceConsumer, ,)
+                    GpioInt (Edge, ActiveHigh, Exclusive, PullDown, 0x0000,
+                            "\\_SB.GPO2", 0x00, ResourceConsumer, , )
+                    { // Pin list
+                        0
+                    }
+                })
+
+                Method (_CRS, 0, Serialized)
+                {
+                    Return (RBUF)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+which can then be compiled to AML binary format::
+
+    $ iasl minnowmax.asl
+
+    Intel ACPI Component Architecture
+    ASL Optimizing Compiler version 20140214-64 [Mar 29 2014]
+    Copyright (c) 2000 - 2014 Intel Corporation
+
+    ASL Input:     minnomax.asl - 30 lines, 614 bytes, 7 keywords
+    AML Output:    minnowmax.aml - 165 bytes, 6 named objects, 1 executable opcodes
+
+[1] https://www.elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMax#Low_Speed_Expansion_.28Top.29
+
+The resulting AML code can then be loaded by the kernel using one of the methods
+below.
+
+Loading ACPI SSDTs from initrd
+==============================
+
+This option allows loading of user defined SSDTs from initrd and it is useful
+when the system does not support EFI or when there is not enough EFI storage.
+
+It works in a similar way with initrd based ACPI tables override/upgrade: SSDT
+AML code must be placed in the first, uncompressed, initrd under the
+"kernel/firmware/acpi" path. Multiple files can be used and this will translate
+in loading multiple tables. Only SSDT and OEM tables are allowed. See
+initrd_table_override.txt for more details.
+
+Here is an example::
+
+    # Add the raw ACPI tables to an uncompressed cpio archive.
+    # They must be put into a /kernel/firmware/acpi directory inside the
+    # cpio archive.
+    # The uncompressed cpio archive must be the first.
+    # Other, typically compressed cpio archives, must be
+    # concatenated on top of the uncompressed one.
+    mkdir -p kernel/firmware/acpi
+    cp ssdt.aml kernel/firmware/acpi
+
+    # Create the uncompressed cpio archive and concatenate the original initrd
+    # on top:
+    find kernel | cpio -H newc --create > /boot/instrumented_initrd
+    cat /boot/initrd >>/boot/instrumented_initrd
+
+Loading ACPI SSDTs from EFI variables
+=====================================
+
+This is the preferred method, when EFI is supported on the platform, because it
+allows a persistent, OS independent way of storing the user defined SSDTs. There
+is also work underway to implement EFI support for loading user defined SSDTs
+and using this method will make it easier to convert to the EFI loading
+mechanism when that will arrive. To enable it, the
+CONFIG_EFI_CUSTOM_SSDT_OVERLAYS shoyld be chosen to y.
+
+In order to load SSDTs from an EFI variable the ``"efivar_ssdt=..."`` kernel
+command line parameter can be used (the name has a limitation of 16 characters).
+The argument for the option is the variable name to use. If there are multiple
+variables with the same name but with different vendor GUIDs, all of them will
+be loaded.
+
+In order to store the AML code in an EFI variable the efivarfs filesystem can be
+used. It is enabled and mounted by default in /sys/firmware/efi/efivars in all
+recent distribution.
+
+Creating a new file in /sys/firmware/efi/efivars will automatically create a new
+EFI variable. Updating a file in /sys/firmware/efi/efivars will update the EFI
+variable. Please note that the file name needs to be specially formatted as
+"Name-GUID" and that the first 4 bytes in the file (little-endian format)
+represent the attributes of the EFI variable (see EFI_VARIABLE_MASK in
+include/linux/efi.h). Writing to the file must also be done with one write
+operation.
+
+For example, you can use the following bash script to create/update an EFI
+variable with the content from a given file::
+
+    #!/bin/sh -e
+
+    while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+            case "$1" in
+            "-f") filename="$2"; shift;;
+            "-g") guid="$2"; shift;;
+            *) name="$1";;
+            esac
+            shift
+    done
+
+    usage()
+    {
+            echo "Syntax: ${0##*/} -f filename [ -g guid ] name"
+            exit 1
+    }
+
+    [ -n "$name" -a -f "$filename" ] || usage
+
+    EFIVARFS="/sys/firmware/efi/efivars"
+
+    [ -d "$EFIVARFS" ] || exit 2
+
+    if stat -tf $EFIVARFS | grep -q -v de5e81e4; then
+            mount -t efivarfs none $EFIVARFS
+    fi
+
+    # try to pick up an existing GUID
+    [ -n "$guid" ] || guid=$(find "$EFIVARFS" -name "$name-*" | head -n1 | cut -f2- -d-)
+
+    # use a randomly generated GUID
+    [ -n "$guid" ] || guid="$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)"
+
+    # efivarfs expects all of the data in one write
+    tmp=$(mktemp)
+    /bin/echo -ne "\007\000\000\000" | cat - $filename > $tmp
+    dd if=$tmp of="$EFIVARFS/$name-$guid" bs=$(stat -c %s $tmp)
+    rm $tmp
+
+Loading ACPI SSDTs from configfs
+================================
+
+This option allows loading of user defined SSDTs from user space via the configfs
+interface. The CONFIG_ACPI_CONFIGFS option must be select and configfs must be
+mounted. In the following examples, we assume that configfs has been mounted in
+/sys/kernel/config.
+
+New tables can be loading by creating new directories in /sys/kernel/config/acpi/table
+and writing the SSDT AML code in the aml attribute::
+
+    cd /sys/kernel/config/acpi/table
+    mkdir my_ssdt
+    cat ~/ssdt.aml > my_ssdt/aml