x86: doc: Add porting hints for ACPI with Windows

Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes if you modify the ACPI table versions. Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

x86: doc: Add porting hints for ACPI with Windows
Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes if you modify the ACPI table versions. Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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 to U-Boot. This should go at the top of each file and list the coreboot
 filename where the code originated.
  
+Debugging ACPI issues with Windows:
+
+Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes if you
+modify the ACPI table versions. So tweak them liberally when debugging ACPI
+issues with Windows.
+
 ACPI Support Status
 -------------------
 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) [16] aims to establish
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982	982	to U-Boot. This should go at the top of each file and list the coreboot
983	983	filename where the code originated.
984	984
	985	+Debugging ACPI issues with Windows:
	986	+
	987	+Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes if you
	988	+modify the ACPI table versions. So tweak them liberally when debugging ACPI
	989	+issues with Windows.
	990	+
985	991	ACPI Support Status
986	992	-------------------
987	993	Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) [16] aims to establish