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Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch V2 0/2] Let AcpiTableDxe driver install Acpi table from Hob
To: Benjamin Doron <benjamin.doron00@gmail.com>, devel@edk2.groups.io
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From: "Laszlo Ersek" <lersek@redhat.com>
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On 03/24/21 00:52, Benjamin Doron wrote:
> Hi all,
> Would it be acceptable/feasible for AcpiTableDxe or AcpiPlatformDxe (in
> MdeModulePkg) to use `EfiGetSystemConfigurationTable` to get the RSDP
> and then install the tables? It's a solution that uses the regular
> UefiLib, so it avoids platform-specific quirks (and as I see it, if RSDP
> is in the configuration table, we probably always want those tables).

I'm sorry, I don't understand how this would help.

> Regarding UefiPayloadPkg: AcpiTableDxe is currently compiled (listed in
> DSC) but not added to a FV (not listed in FDF). So, how has this been
> tested?

I assume through an out-of-tree platform. Many such core modules exist
in edk2 that are not consumed by any of the virtual platforms in the
edk2 repo itself (EmulatorPkg, ArmVirtPkg, OvmfPkg).

Thanks
Laszlo