From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B9DC433EF for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:46:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1349445AbiFUJqH (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:46:07 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58940 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1348999AbiFUJqG (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:46:06 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB6427CDC; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:46:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AE8C165C; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:46:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bogus (e103737-lin.cambridge.arm.com [10.1.197.49]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3243A3F5A1; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:45:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:45:56 +0100 From: Sudeep Holla To: Marcin Wojtas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, rafael@kernel.org, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, lenb@kernel.org, andrew@lunn.ch, vivien.didelot@gmail.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, olteanv@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk, hkallweit1@gmail.com, gjb@semihalf.com, jaz@semihalf.com, tn@semihalf.com, Sudeep Holla , Samer.El-Haj-Mahmoud@arm.com, upstream@semihalf.com Subject: Re: [net-next: PATCH 09/12] Documentation: ACPI: DSD: introduce DSA description Message-ID: <20220621094556.5ev3nencnw7a5xwv@bogus> References: <20220620150225.1307946-1-mw@semihalf.com> <20220620150225.1307946-10-mw@semihalf.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220620150225.1307946-10-mw@semihalf.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 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 > > Signed-off-by: Marcin Wojtas > --- > Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/dsa.rst | 359 ++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst | 1 + > 2 files changed, 360 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/dsa.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/dsa.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/dsa.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..dba76d89f4e6 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/dsa.rst Why is this document part of Linux code base ? How will the other OSes be aware of this ? 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. -- Regards, Sudeep