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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/index.md b/Documentation/acpi/index.md index 0009837fcbcb..f9ae42576026 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/index.md +++ b/Documentation/acpi/index.md @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ upwards. - [GPIO toggling in ACPI AML](gpio.md) +## Windows-specific ACPI documentation + +- [Windows-specific documentation](windows.md) ## ACPI specification - Useful links diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/windows.md b/Documentation/acpi/windows.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5745df8e8a64 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/windows.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Testing ACPI changes under Windows + +When testing ACPI changes in coreboot against Windows 8 or newer, beware that +during a normal boot after a clean shutdown, Windows will use the fast startup +mechanism which results in it not evaluating the changed ACPI code but instead +using some cached version which won't include the changes that were supposed to +be tested. In order for Windows to actually use the new ACPI tables, either +disable the fast startup or just tell Windows to do a reboot which will make it +read and use the ACPI tables in memory instead of an outdated cached version. |