Re: [net-next: PATCH 09/12] Documentation: ACPI: DSD: introduce DSA description

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On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 01:24:51PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 02:15:41PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 10:45:56AM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:

...

> > 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.
> 
> It is the same argument as for DT. Other OSes and bootloaders seem to
> manage digging around in Linux for DT binding documentation. I don't
> see why bootloaders and other OSes can not also dig around in Linux
> for ACPI binding documentations.
> 
> Ideally, somebody will submit all this for acceptance into ACPI, but
> into somebody does, i suspect it will just remain a defacto standard
> in Linux.

The "bindings" are orthogonal to ACPI specification. It's a vendor / OS / ...
specific from ACPI p.o.v. It has an UUID field and each UUID may or may not
be a part of any standard.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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