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Message-ID: <Y5FTHGsezkdzwvUa@debian.me>
Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2022 09:59:40 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@....com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Mario.Limonciello@....com, Perry.Yuan@....com,
        Ananth Narayan <ananth.narayan@....com>, gautham.shenoy@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Documentation: amd_pstate: Add amd_pstate state
 sysfs file

On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 03:46:48PM +0000, Wyes Karny wrote:
> +``state``
> +
> +``amd_pstate`` also exposes a sysfs interface to view and control the driver state.
> +The driver state can be one of the following:
> +``disable``     : indicates driver is in unloaded state.
> +``passive``     : indicates driver is loaded and currently in passive mode.
> +``guided`` : indicates driver is loaded and currenlty in guided autonomous mode.

Use bullet lists for above:

---- >8 ----

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
index 4d3783516ddc2c..0d0e0affa3adb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
@@ -269,9 +269,12 @@ Other performance and frequency values can be read back from
 
 ``amd_pstate`` also exposes a sysfs interface to view and control the driver state.
 The driver state can be one of the following:
-``disable``     : indicates driver is in unloaded state.
-``passive``     : indicates driver is loaded and currently in passive mode.
-``guided`` : indicates driver is loaded and currenlty in guided autonomous mode.
+
+  - ``disable``     : indicates driver is in unloaded state.
+  - ``passive``     : indicates driver is loaded and currently in passive mode.
+  - ``guided``      : indicates driver is loaded and currenlty in guided
+    autonomous mode.
+
 This file can be found here: ``/sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``.
 
 To switch to passive mode: ``echo passive > /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``

> +This file can be found here: ``/sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``.
> +
> +To switch to passive mode: ``echo passive > /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``
> +To switch to guided mode: ``echo guided > /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``
>  

What about these wordings instead?

---- >8 ----
 
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
index 4d3783516ddc2c..6465bd39b7dcbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
@@ -267,15 +267,16 @@ Other performance and frequency values can be read back from
 
 ``state``
 
-``amd_pstate`` also exposes a sysfs interface to view and control the driver state.
-The driver state can be one of the following:
-``disable``     : indicates driver is in unloaded state.
-``passive``     : indicates driver is loaded and currently in passive mode.
-``guided`` : indicates driver is loaded and currenlty in guided autonomous mode.
-This file can be found here: ``/sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``.
+``amd_pstate`` also exposes a sysfs interface to view and control the driver
+state, named ``/sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``. The driver state
+can be one of the following:
 
-To switch to passive mode: ``echo passive > /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``
-To switch to guided mode: ``echo guided > /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd_pstate/state``
+  - ``disable``     : the driver is disabled
+  - ``passive``     : the driver is in passive mode.
+  - ``guided``      : the driver is in guided autonomous mode.
+
+To switch between these modes above, write the appropriate value to the
+aforementioned sysfs file.
 
 ``amd-pstate`` vs ``acpi-cpufreq``
 ======================================

Thanks.

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