linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 3/4] drivers/acpi: Introduce Platform Firmware Runtime Update Telemetry

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Message-ID: <YYLH/ot/h5aucfiM@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 19:33:50 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To:     Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/4] drivers/acpi: Introduce Platform Firmware Runtime
 Update Telemetry

On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 11:44:03PM +0800, Chen Yu wrote:
> Platform Firmware Runtime Update(PFRU) Telemetry Service is part of RoT
> (Root of Trust), which allows PFRU handler and other PFRU drivers to
> produce telemetry data to upper layer OS consumer at runtime.
> 
> The Linux kernel provides interfaces for the user to query the parameters
> of telemetry data, and the user could read out the telemetry data
> accordingly.
> 
> PFRU and PFRU Telemetry both invoke _DSM to trigger the low level actions.
> However the input parameters and ACPI package result as well as the
> functions are different from each other. It is hard to extract the common
> code between them, so introduce separated files for them.
> 
> The corresponding userspace tool and man page will be introduced at
> tools/power/acpi/pfru.

Comments from previous patch partially apply here.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko