linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 01/14] HP BIOSCFG driver

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Message-ID: <dc902d52-7186-4095-9be9-60c728a24f05@t-8ch.de>
Date:   Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:50:59 +0200
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@...ch.de>
To:     Jorge Lopez <jorgealtxwork@...il.com>
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 01/14] HP BIOSCFG driver - Documentation

On 2023-04-20 11:54:41-0500, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> Based on the latest platform-drivers-x86.git/for-next
> ---
>  .../testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes   | 98 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> index 4cdba3477176..73d7b8fbc0b2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Description:
>  			- integer: a range of numerical values
>  			- string
>  
> +		HP specific types
> +		-----------------
> +			- ordered-list - a set of ordered list valid values
> +			- sure-start - report audit logs read from BIOS

In the treevie you sent the Sure_Start attribute does not have
a "current_value".
This indicated that it's not actually a firmware attribute but just some
standalone sysfs attribute.

In this case it should not be documented here, but handled the same way
as the SPM stuff.