linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/6] Add support for the IEI WT61P803 PUZZLE MCU

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Date:   Mon, 2 Nov 2020 13:04:49 -0600
From:   Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
CC:     Luka Kovacic <luka.kovacic@...tura.hr>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz>,
        Luka Perkov <luka.perkov@...tura.hr>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Robert Marko <robert.marko@...tura.hr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/6] Add support for the IEI WT61P803 PUZZLE MCU

Hello

On 11/2/20 1:03 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2020-11-02 12:29:59, Dan Murphy wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> On 11/1/20 3:56 AM, Luka Kovacic wrote:
>>> Hello Pavel,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 7:01 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>>> +What:                /sys/bus/serial/devices/.../iei_wt61p803_puzzle_core/power_status
>>>>> +Date:                September 2020
>>>>> +Contact:     Luka Kovacic <luka.kovacic@...tura.hr>
>>>>> +Description: (RO) Power status indicates the host platform power on method.
>>>>> +             Value mapping (bitwise list):
>>>>> +             0x80 - Null
>>>>> +             0x40 - Firmware flag
>>>>> +             0x20 - Power loss detection flag (powered off)
>>>>> +             0x10 - Power loss detection flag (AC mode)
>>>>> +             0x08 - Button power on
>>>>> +             0x04 - WOL power on
>>>>> +             0x02 - RTC alarm power on
>>>>> +             0x01 - AC recover power on
>>>> It would be nice to put this into standard place somewhere. Many
>>>> machines will want to expose this information.
>>> As this is specific to this microcontroller and to how it encodes
>>> these values, I don't see a need to change this.
>>> This isn't used anywhere else.
>>>
>>>> If not, at least spell out WoL, as it is not that common of acronym.
>>> Okay.
>> WoL is a very common acronym especially in the networking space
> WoL is common. WOL is not. Better spell it out.

Agreed. Especially if WOL does not mean Wake On Lan

Dan