Hi, Some minor comments below. On 2014-8-17 14:04, Mika Westerberg wrote: > Device Tree is used in many embedded systems to describe the system > configuration to the OS. It supports attaching properties or name-value > pairs to the devices it describe. With these properties one can pass > additional information to the drivers that would not be available > otherwise. > > ACPI is another configuration mechanism (among other things) typically > seen, but not limited to, x86 machines. ACPI allows passing arbitrary > data from methods but there has not been mechanism equivalent to Device > Tree until the introduction of _DSD in the recent publication of the > ACPI 5.1 specification. > > In order to facilitate ACPI usage in systems where Device Tree is > typically used, it would be beneficial to standardize a way to retrieve > Device Tree style properties from ACPI devices, which is what we do in > this patch. > > If a given device described in ACPI namespace wants to export properties it > must implement _DSD method (Device Specific Data, introduced with ACPI 5.1) > that returns the properties in a package of packages. For example: > > Name (_DSD, Package () { > ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"), > Package () { > Package () {"name1", <VALUE1>}, > Package () {"name2", <VALUE2>}, > ... > } > }) > > The UUID reserved for properties is daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301 > and is documented in the ACPI 5.1 companion document called "_DSD > Implementation Guide" [1], [2]. > > We add several helper functions that can be used to extract these > properties and convert them to different Linux data types. > > The ultimate goal is that we only have one device property API that > retrieves the requested properties from Device Tree or from ACPI > transparent to the caller. > > [1] http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-implementation-guide-toplevel.htm > [2] http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf > > Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/acpi/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/acpi/internal.h | 6 + > drivers/acpi/property.c | 365 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/acpi/scan.c | 2 + > include/acpi/acpi_bus.h | 7 + > include/linux/acpi.h | 40 ++++++ > 6 files changed, 421 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/property.c > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile > index ea55e0179f81..6e8269a111db 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ acpi-y += acpi_pnp.o > acpi-y += power.o > acpi-y += event.o > acpi-y += sysfs.o > +acpi-y += property.o > acpi-$(CONFIG_X86) += acpi_cmos_rtc.o > acpi-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) += debugfs.o > acpi-$(CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA) += numa.o > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h > index 7de5b603f272..35001e2a8769 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h > +++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h > @@ -178,4 +178,10 @@ struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev); > bool acpi_osi_is_win8(void); > #endif > > +/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + Device properties > + -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ > +void acpi_init_properties(struct acpi_device *adev); > +void acpi_free_properties(struct acpi_device *adev); > + > #endif /* _ACPI_INTERNAL_H_ */ > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/property.c b/drivers/acpi/property.c > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..093e834c35db > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/acpi/property.c > @@ -0,0 +1,365 @@ > +/* > + * ACPI device specific properties support. > + * > + * Copyright (C) 2014, Intel Corporation > + * All rights reserved. > + * > + * Authors: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + * Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + * Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > + * > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as > + * published by the Free Software Foundation. > + */ > + > +#include <linux/acpi.h> > +#include <linux/device.h> > +#include <linux/export.h> > + > +#include "internal.h" > + > +/* ACPI _DSD device properties UUID: daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301 */ > +static const u8 prp_uuid[16] = { s/prp_uuid/dsd_uuid ? > + 0x14, 0xd8, 0xff, 0xda, 0xba, 0x6e, 0x8c, 0x4d, > + 0x8a, 0x91, 0xbc, 0x9b, 0xbf, 0x4a, 0xa3, 0x01 > +}; > + > +static bool acpi_property_value_ok(const union acpi_object *value) > +{ > + int j; > + > + /* > + * The value must be an integer, a string, a reference, or a package > + * whose every element must be an integer, a string, or a reference. > + */ > + switch (value->type) { > + case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER: > + case ACPI_TYPE_STRING: > + case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE: > + return true; > + > + case ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE: > + for (j = 0; j < value->package.count; j++) > + switch (value->package.elements[j].type) { > + case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER: > + case ACPI_TYPE_STRING: > + case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE: > + continue; > + > + default: > + return false; > + } > + > + return true; > + } > + return false; > +} > + > +static bool acpi_properties_format_valid(const union acpi_object *properties) > +{ > + int i; > + > + for (i = 0; i < properties->package.count; i++) { > + const union acpi_object *property; > + > + property = &properties->package.elements[i]; > + /* > + * Only two elements allowed, the first one must be a string and > + * the second one has to satisfy certain conditions. > + */ > + if (property->package.count != 2 > + || property->package.elements[0].type != ACPI_TYPE_STRING > + || !acpi_property_value_ok(&property->package.elements[1])) > + return false; > + } > + return true; > +} > + > +void acpi_init_properties(struct acpi_device *adev) > +{ > + I think the above line is not needed. With that fixed, Reviewed-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks Hanjun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html