From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Shevchenko Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 23:49:35 +0300 Subject: [PATCH v3 13/29] dts: Add a binding for hid-over-i2c In-Reply-To: References: <20200330231305.130488-1-sjg@chromium.org> <20200330231305.130488-2-sjg@chromium.org> <20200408170835.GN3676135@smile.fi.intel.com> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 11:40 PM Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 10:39 PM Wolfgang Wallner > wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 08:58:13PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > > > > On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 13:25, Wolfgang Wallner > > > > wrote: > > > > > >An: u-boot at lists.denx.de > > > > > >Von: "Simon Glass" > > > > > >Datum: 31.03.2020 01:14 > > > > > >Kopie: "Andy Shevchenko" , > > > > > >"Wolfgang Wallner" , "Leif > > > > > >Lindholm" , "Simon Glass" > > > > > >Betreff: [PATCH v3 14/29] acpi: Add a binding for ACPI settings in > > > > > >the device tree > > > > > > > > The _DSD-method for "PRP0001"-devices in ACPI allows to use Devicetree > > > > > properties inside ACPI, especially it allows to re-use Devicetree's > > > > > "compatible"-property. But this is for a different use case (using Devicetree > > > > > properties inside ACPI, not add ACPI properties in Devicetree). > > > > > > Before we are going further with this here is a BIG CAVEAT. > > > > > > PRP0001 MUST NOT be used in production devices. > > > > > > This has been derived solely for debugging / pre-production testing / etc > > > purposes. The real devices must have an official ACPI _HID. > > > > Thanks for pointing this out! I was not aware of this. > > I have tried to understand how the PRP0001 is meant to be used, but could not > > find sufficient documentation. The best document I could find is > > Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.rst in the Linux kernel, and > > as far as I can tell the constraint that you mention is also not described > > there. > > > > Do you know any other resources regarding PRP0001, e.g. some kind of > > speficiation? > > I guess the best one is to ask somebody from UEFI Forum / ASWG. PRP is > a PNP ID for UEFI Forum. Basically last message in [3] from Rafael mentions his view on PRP0001. I guess there is still no document, although as I noticed the PRP prefix become official in a mean time. > > If PRP0001 is only for debugging, then I must also have misunderstood the > > Linux "device-property" API (define in include/linux/property.h). > > Not exactly. > > > There are some presentations available on the internet, e.g. [1], that I > > understand like PRP0001 + "device-property" API provide a way do access data > > from either Devicetree or ACPI, depending on what kind of platform you are on. > > No, these are not hard linked to each other (the relation is that > PRP0001 is a way to enumerate devices, which don't have dedicated ACPI > _HID, by using compatible property [1]). The _DSD per se (i.o.w. > device properties implementation in ACPI) is a different story [2]. > > And I put [3] here, interesting to read. However, at that time I was > quite far from this topic. > > [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.html#device-tree-namespace-link-device-id > [2]: https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-implementation-guide-toplevel-1_2-3.htm. > [3]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7004241/ > > > [1] https://elinux.org/images/2/2d/Device_tree_acpi_compatibility-david_woodhouse-kernel_recipes_2015.pdf > > -- > With Best Regards, > Andy Shevchenko -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko