On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 10:45:56AM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 05:02:22PM +0200, Marcin Wojtas wrote: > > Describe the Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA) - compliant > > MDIO devices. In ACPI world they are represented as children > > of the MDIO busses, which are responsible for their enumeration > > based on the standard _ADR fields and description in _DSD objects > > under device properties UUID [1]. > > > > [1] http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf > Why is this document part of Linux code base ? It's fine, but your are right with your latter questions. > How will the other OSes be aware of this ? Should be a standard somewhere. > I assume there was some repository to maintain such DSDs so that it > is accessible for other OSes. I am not agreeing or disagreeing on the > change itself, but I am concerned about this present in the kernel > code. I dunno we have a such, but the closest I may imagine is MIPI standardization, that we have at least for cameras and sound. I would suggest to go and work with MIPI for network / DSA / etc area, so everybody else will be aware of the standard. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
