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

Lorenzo Pieralisi lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com
Mon Apr 18 02:07:08 PDT 2016


On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:54:08AM -0600, Al Stone wrote:

[...]

> > Understood, the point I wanted to make is that adding a list of methods
> > in acpi_object_usage.txt ("Use as needed") is not necessarily additional
> > information, you can add a pointer at ACPI specs (for that specific
> > purpose - as I said there are parts of the patch that add additional
> > information Linux related) for that purpose instead of having to list
> > all of them in acpi_object_usage.txt again.
> 
> I see.  That makes sense.  How about I collapse those down with something
> on the order of "unless otherwise noted, use as needed" and just remove the
> ones that have no specific info?

Agreed, that would also help you avoid keeping track of new specs
updates that do not necessarily require updates to these docs.

Lorenzo



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