linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] ARM64: ACPI: Update documentation for latest specification version

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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:49:38 -0600
From:	Al Stone <al.stone@...aro.org>
To:	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Cc:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org,
	patches@...aro.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] ARM64: ACPI: Update documentation for latest
 specification version

On 04/19/2016 05:15 AM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 01:32:22PM -0600, Al Stone wrote:
>> The ACPI 6.1 specification was recently released at the end of January
>> 2016, but the arm64 kernel documentation for the use of ACPI was written
>> for the 5.1 version of the spec.  There were significant additions to the
>> spec that had not yet been mentioned -- for example, the 6.0 mechanisms
>> added to make it easier to define processors and low power idle states,
>> as well as the 6.1 addition allowing regular interrupts (not just from
>> GPIO) be used to signal ACPI general purpose events.
>>
>> This patch reflects going back through and examining the specs in detail
>> and updating content appropriately.  Whilst there, a few odds and ends of
>> typos were caught as well.  This brings the documentation up to date with
>> ACPI 6.1 for arm64.
>>
[snip...]

>> @@ -185,9 +185,22 @@ tables (all section numbers refer to the ACPI 5.1 specfication):
>>      -- If PCI is supported, the MCFG (Memory mapped ConFiGuration
>>         Table), section 5.2.6, specifically Table 5-31.
>>  
>> +    -- If booting without a console=<device> kernel parameter is
>> +       supported, the SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection table),
>> +       section 5.2.6, specifically Table 5-31.
>> +
>> +    -- If virtualization is supported, the IORT (Input Output Remapping
>> +       Table, section 5.2.6, specifically Table 5-31.
> 
> Why only "If virtualization is supported" ? Missing closing bracket.

Hrm.  I guess that is an unnecessary qualification.

> I still question sections of this document that IMHO do not belong
> in the kernel documentation (but in the ACPI specs - eg _PRx methods
> usage), anyway the information seems accurate so, pending changes above:
> 
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
> 

Thanks, Lorenzo.  The suggested changes all seem fine; I'll include them
in a v5.

-- 
ciao,
al
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Al Stone
Software Engineer
Linaro Enterprise Group
al.stone@...aro.org
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