Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-amd-pmf: Add ABI doc for AMD PMF

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Hi Mario,

On 9/12/2022 7:31 PM, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
> On 9/12/2022 04:06, Shyam Sundar S K wrote:
>> AMD PMF driver provides the flexibility to turn "on" or "off"
>> CnQF feature (introduced in the earlier patch).
>>
>> Add corresponding ABI documentation for the new sysfs node.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-amd-pmf | 11 +++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-amd-pmf
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-amd-pmf
>> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-amd-pmf
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..c75d7426c2c7
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-amd-pmf
>> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
>> +What:        /sys/devices/platform/AMDI0102\:00/cnqf/feat
> 
> Presumably future devices beyond AMDI0102 can possibly support this too.
> 
> So maybe this should be "/sys/devices/platform/*/cnqf/feat".

Yes, but still we have not reserved a new _HID for future programs. So,
I think its OK to leave it as-is and update this file in future when
such change happens?

> 
>> +Date:        September 2022
>> +Contact:    Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@xxxxxxx>
>> +Description:    Reading this file tells if the AMD Platform
>> Management(PMF)
>> +        Cool n Quiet Framework(CnQF) feature is enabled or not.
>> +
>> +        This feature is not enabled by default and gets only turned on
>> +        if OEM BIOS passes a "flag" to PMF ACPI function (index 11 or
>> 12)
>> +        or in case the user writes "on".
>> +
>> +        To turn off CnQF user can write "off" to the sysfs node.
> 
> I think you want to have a comment here to the effect that "systems that
> support auto mode will not have this sysfs file available".

OK. Will take it in the next revision.

Thanks,
Shyam



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