From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
Cc: Srinath Mannam <srinath.mannam@broadcom.com>,
wim@linux-watchdog.org, Ray Jui <ray.jui@broadcom.com>,
Vladimir Olovyannikov <vladimir.olovyannikov@broadcom.com>,
Vikram Prakash <vikram.prakash@broadcom.com>,
Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>,
linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3] watchdog: sp805: Add clock-frequency property
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:39:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180711153950.GA19932@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180711153015.GA10578@e107155-lin>
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@acpica.org
> 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-11 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-10 8:44 [RFC PATCH v3] watchdog: sp805: Add clock-frequency property Srinath Mannam
2018-07-10 21:35 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-07-11 13:22 ` Srinath Mannam
2018-07-11 13:47 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-07-11 15:30 ` Sudeep Holla
2018-07-11 15:39 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2018-07-11 16:05 ` Sudeep Holla
2018-07-21 14:38 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-07-23 5:35 ` Srinath Mannam
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