linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 5/5] nvmem: eeprom: add documentation of sysfs fram and sernum file

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Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 11:05:01 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jiri Prchal <jiri.prchal@...ignal.cz>
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Christian Eggers <ceggers@...i.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 5/5] nvmem: eeprom: add documentation of sysfs fram
 and sernum file

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 06:12:01PM +0200, Jiri Prchal wrote:
> Added sysfs fram and sernum file documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Prchal <jiri.prchal@...ignal.cz>
> ---
> v5: new
> v6: no change here
> v7: no change here
> v8: added fram file doc
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-spi-eeprom | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-spi-eeprom
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-spi-eeprom b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-spi-eeprom
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..b41420fe1329
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-spi-eeprom
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +What:		/sys/class/spi_master/spi<bus>/spi<bus>.<dev>/sernum
> +Date:		May 2021
> +KernelVersion:	5.13
> +Contact:	Jiri Prchal <jiri.prchal@...ignal.cz>
> +Description:
> +		(RO) Exports serial number of Cypress FRAM (FM25VN). 8 bytes as is in chip in hex string.

Please properly wrap your lines.

What is "(RO)" here?

And the grammer is a bit odd, what is the second sentence supposed to
mean?

> +
> +What:		/sys/class/spi_master/spi<bus>/spi<bus>.<dev>/fram
> +Date:		June 2021
> +KernelVersion:	5.13

Obviously it can not make 5.13, right?

> +Contact:	Jiri Prchal <jiri.prchal@...ignal.cz>
> +Description:
> +		(RW) FRAM data.

I have no idea what that is, do you?

Please provide real documentation for these entries.

thannks,

greg k-h