linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: acpi: Add an example for PRP0001

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Message-ID: <5b06cafb-f1c7-768a-22f5-bb69a877ea64@codethink.co.uk>
Date:   Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:04:50 +0000
From:   Thomas Preston <thomas.preston@...ethink.co.uk>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: acpi: Add an example for PRP0001

On 25/03/2019 15:01, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 02:42:09PM +0000, Thomas Preston wrote:
>> On 25/03/2019 13:04, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 01:51:18PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 10:31:13AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
>>>> Though one thing I would like to add (not directly related to the patch
>>>> per se), i.e. it would be nice to keep such examples under meta-acpi [1]
>>>> umbrella as a database for such excerpts.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas, can you do that?
>>>>
>>>> [1]: https://github.com/westeri/meta-acpi
>>
>> I will :)
> 
> Thank you! I will take either GH PR, or you may send an email to maintainers,
> i.e. Mika and me (PR is preferable because it would be seen publicly)
> 

I will get around to this, later this week.

>>>>>> +               Name (_HID, "TITMP75") /* _HID will appear in sysfs */
>>>
>>> Sorry for not noticing earlier.
>>>
>>> Is this an official ID for the chip? We discourage people to invent ACPI IDs on
>>> their own.
> 
>> The device is a TI tmp75b temperature sensor [0]. The HID is completely
>> made up, I'm afraid. It doesn't exist in the registry.
> 
> Thanks for clarification. In that case I would rather recommend to use simple
> PRP0001 as a _HID.
> 

Alright, I will resend with this modification.

>> [0] http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tmp75b.pdf
>