[PATCH v3] ARM64: ACPI: Update documentation for latest specification version

Al Stone astone at redhat.com
Thu Apr 7 14:50:55 PDT 2016


On 03/28/2016 06:06 PM, Al Stone wrote:
> The ACPI 6.1 specification was recently released at the end of January
> 2016, but the arm64 kernel documentation for the use of ACPI was written
> for the 5.1 version of the spec.  There were significant additions to the
> spec that had not yet been mentioned -- for example, the 6.0 mechanisms
> added to make it easier to define processors and low power idle states,
> as well as the 6.1 addition allowing regular interrupts (not just from
> GPIO) be used to signal ACPI general purpose events.
> 
> This patch reflects going back through and examining the specs in detail
> and updating content appropriately.  Whilst there, a few odds and ends of
> typos were caught as well.  This brings the documentation up to date with
> ACPI 6.1 for arm64.
> 
> Changes for v3:
>    -- Clarify use of _LPI/_RDI (Vikas Sajjan)
>    -- Whitespace cleanup as pointed out by checkpatch
> 
> Changes for v2:
>    -- Clean up white space (Harb Abdulhahmid)
>    -- Clarification on _CCA usage (Harb Abdulhamid)
>    -- IORT moved to required from recommended (Hanjun Guo)
>    -- Clarify IORT description (Hanjun Guo)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Stone <al.stone at linaro.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet at lwn.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/arm64/acpi_object_usage.txt | 446 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt          |  28 +-
>  2 files changed, 357 insertions(+), 117 deletions(-)
> [snip...]

Ping?  Any further comments or is this good to go?

Thanks.

-- 
ciao,
al
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Al Stone
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
ahs3 at redhat.com
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