On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 04:30:16PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 06:47:49AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > On 07/11/2018 06:22 AM, Srinath Mannam wrote: > > >Hi Guenter, > > > > > >Thank you very much for all the help with your feedback and review > > >comments to complete the changes very fast. > > > > > >About the documentation.. > > >I have gone through few similar patches available in the kernel are > > >listed in the mail of previous version. > > >No documentation available in Linux for the properties used in those > > >patches also. > > > > " No documentation available _in Linux_" > > > > Emphasis mine. Yes, I noticed this as well. I was asking for a reference > > to documentation _outside_ Linux. Sorry for not being more specific. > > Typically new properties needs to registered or discussed in dsd@xxxxxxxxxx > Though there's almost no activity on that list for more than a year now. > IIRC, the thread[1] gives kind of agreement that was reached after > elaborate discussion on _DSD properties. > I think you are saying that there are no real rules or governing body for _DSD properties, that _DSD properties are free for all, subject to no scrutiny, that a database with assigned _DSD properties does not exist, and that therefore there is no means for me to determine if this is an approved property. What prevents someone else to use a different property name for the same driver and property next week, on a different product using the same hardware ? Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
