Subject: Re: Call for testing: ACPI standby/suspend support
To: Pierrick Brossin <pierrick@bs-network.net>
From: Tom Spindler <dogcow@babymeat.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/10/2006 16:43:56 
> > As someone said in another message, you have broken firmware and will need 
> > to patch it.
> 
> Is it possible to patch an ACPI firmware ?!
> 
> Or you mean patch the sources ?

See ACPI_DSDT_OVERRIDE and ACPI_DSDT_FILE="filename" in `man 4 acpi`.
(You can compile in a replacement DSDT that'll override what your
firmware has.)