linux-kernel - Re: [External] Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Add documentation for new platform

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Message-ID: <fb95dc5b8d9cee5a66759adc268e284cb1f1a3bd.camel@hadess.net>
Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:21:43 +0100
From:   Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Pearson <markpearson@...ovo.com>
Cc:     dvhart@...radead.org, mgross@...ux.intel.com,
        mario.limonciello@...l.com, eliadevito@...il.com, bberg@...hat.com,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Add documentation for new
 platform_profile sysfs attribute

On Thu, 2020-10-29 at 10:46 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> <
> <snip>

> IMHO it does not belong in the sysfs API docs for the
> platform_profile
> stuff. But I guess it would be good to document it somewhere in some
> generic syfs API rules/expectations document (with a note that their
> might be exceptions).
> 
> Ideally we would already have such a file somewhere, but I don't know
> if we do (I did not look). So if you feel like it (and such a file
> does
> not exist yet) then I guess a patch adding such a doc file would be
> good.

I don't know enough about the helpers and the code around it to know
whether documenting this would be needed, but I'm fine with knowing
that we're not breaking new ground here.