[OLPC-devel] Why ACPI DSDT tables?

[Eric W. Biederman]

Skimming the developers list I caught a reference to ACPI DSDT tables.  
Unless my memory fails me the DSDT tables require interpretation of AML,
and the AML interpreter in the kernel is big (64K+ last time I
checked).  With 128MB of RAM it is a cost that can be paid but at
the same time I think it is expensive enough that if we can avoid them
it gives more memory to other parts of the system.

So what is the reason for wanting an ACPI DSDT?

Eric