Re: [PATCH 1/2] ACPI: Document how to refer to LEDs from remote nodes

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Hi Sakari,

On 09/18/2017 12:34 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Jacek,
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 06:57:09PM +0200, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
>> Hi Sakari,
>>
>> Thanks for the patch.
>>
>> On 09/15/2017 04:40 PM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>> Document referring to LEDs from remote device nodes, such as from camera
>>> sensors.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/acpi/dsd/leds.txt | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 94 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/acpi/dsd/leds.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/dsd/leds.txt b/Documentation/acpi/dsd/leds.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..894c82274f53
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/acpi/dsd/leds.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
>>> +Describing and referring to LEDs in ACPI
>>> +
>>> +Individual LEDs are described by hierarchical data extension [6] nodes
>>> +under the device node, the LED driver chip. The "led" property in the
>>> +LED specific nodes tells the numerical ID of each individual LED. The
>>> +"led" property is used here in a similar fashion as the "reg" property
>>> +in DT. [3]
>>> +
>>> +Referring to LEDs in Device tree is documented in [4], in "flash-leds"
>>> +property documentation. In short, LEDs are directly referred to by
>>> +using phandles.
>>> +
>>> +While Device tree allows referring to any node in the tree[1], in ACPI
>>> +references are limited to device nodes only [2]. For this reason using
>>> +the same mechanism on ACPI is not possible.
>>> +
>>> +ACPI allows (as does DT) using integer arguments after the reference.
>>> +A combination of the LED driver device reference and an integer
>>> +argument, referring to the "led" property of the relevant LED, are
>>> +use to individual LEDs.
>>
>> s/are use/is used/ ? (in a sense "combination of ... and .. is used")
>>
>> s/to individual/to describe individual/
>>
>> (or another verb, I'm not sure what exactly you intended it to be)
> 
> I'll use "is used to identify", for this is what it essentially is for.

With that:

Acked-by: Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxx>

>>  The value of the LED property is a contract
>>> +between the firmware and software, it uniquely identifies the LED
>>> +driver outputs.
>>> +
>>> +An ASL example of a camera sensor device and a LED driver device for two
>>> +LEDs. Objects not relevant for LEDs or the references to them have been
>>> +omitted.
>>> +
>>> +	Device (LED)
>>> +	{
>>> +		Name (_DSD, Package () {
>>> +			ToUUID("dbb8e3e6-5886-4ba6-8795-1319f52a966b"),
>>> +			Package () {
>>> +				Package () { "led0", LED0 },
>>> +				Package () { "led1", LED1 },
>>> +			}
>>> +		})
>>> +		Name (LED0, Package () {
>>> +			ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
>>> +			Package () {
>>> +				Package () { "led", 0 },
>>> +				Package () { "flash-max-microamp", 1000000 },
>>> +				Package () { "flash-timeout-us", 200000 },
>>> +				Package () { "led-max-microamp", 100000 },
>>> +				Package () { "label", "led:salama" },
>>> +			}
>>> +		})
>>> +		Name (LED1, Package () {
>>> +			ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
>>> +			Package () {
>>> +				Package () { "led", 1 },
>>> +				Package () { "led-max-microamp", 10000 },
>>> +				Package () { "label", "led:huomiovalo" },
>>> +			}
>>> +		})
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	Device (SEN)
>>> +	{
>>> +		Name (_DSD, Package () {
>>> +			ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
>>> +			Package () {
>>> +				Package () {
>>> +					"flash-leds",
>>> +					Package () { ^LED, 0, ^LED, 1 },
>>> +				}
>>> +			}
>>> +		})
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +where
>>> +
>>> +	LED	LED driver device
>>> +	LED0	First LED
>>> +	LED1	Second LED
>>> +	SEN	Camera sensor device (or another device the LED is
>>> +		related to)
>>> +
>>> +[1] Device tree. <URL:http://www.devicetree.org>, referenced 2016-10-03.
>>> +
>>> +[2] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification.
>>> +    <URL:http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6_1.pdf>,
>>> +    referenced 2016-10-04.
>>> +
>>> +[3] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
>>> +
>>> +[4] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt
>>> +
>>> +[5] Device Properties UUID For _DSD.
>>> +    <URL:http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf>,
>>> +    referenced 2016-10-04.
>>> +
>>> +[6] Hierarchical Data Extension UUID For _DSD.
>>> +    <URL:http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-hierarchical-data-extension-UUID-v1.pdf>,
>>> +    referenced 2016-10-04.
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Jacek Anaszewski
> 

-- 
Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski
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