From: zhaoshenglong@huawei.com (Shannon Zhao)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v9 20/21] Documentation: ACPI for ARM64
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:53:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54F04C92.6010206@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1424853601-6675-21-git-send-email-hanjun.guo@linaro.org>
On 2015/2/25 16:40, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> From: Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@linaro.org>
>
> Add documentation for the guidelines of how to use ACPI
> on ARM64.
>
> Reviewed-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Yi Li <phoenix.liyi@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ashwin Chaugule <ashwinc@codeaurora.org>
> Acked-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@cavium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Al Stone <al.stone@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org>
> ---
> Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt | 506 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 506 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..24cf832
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,506 @@
> +ACPI on ARMv8 Servers
> +---------------------
> +ACPI can be used for ARMv8 general purpose servers designed to follow
> +the ARM SBSA (Server Base System Architecture) [0] and SBBR (Server
> +Base Boot Requirements) [1] specifications. Please note that the SBBR
> +can be retrieved simply by visiting [1], but the SBSA is currently only
> +available to those with an ARM login due to ARM IP licensing concerns.
> +
> +The ARMv8 kernel implements the reduced hardware model of ACPI version
> +5.1 or later. Links to the specification and all external documents
> +it refers to are managed by the UEFI Forum. The specification is
> +available at http://www.uefi.org/specifications and documents referenced
> +by the specification can be found via http://www.uefi.org/acpi.
> +
> +If an ARMv8 system does not meet the requirements of the SBSA and SBBR,
> +or cannot be described using the mechanisms defined in the required ACPI
> +specifications, then ACPI may not be a good fit for the hardware.
> +
> +While the documents mentioned above set out the requirements for building
> +industry-standard ARMv8 servers, they also apply to more than one operating
> +system. The purpose of this document is to describe the interaction between
> +ACPI and Linux only, on an ARMv8 system -- that is, what Linux expects of
> +ACPI and what ACPI can expect of Linux.
> +
> +
Here. Two blank lines.
> +Why ACPI on ARM?
--
Thanks,
Shannon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-27 10:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-25 8:39 [PATCH v9 00/21] Introduce ACPI for ARM64 based on ACPI 5.1 Hanjun Guo
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 01/21] ACPI / table: Use pr_debug() instead of pr_info() for MADT table scanning Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 17:55 ` Olof Johansson
2015-03-06 20:17 ` Grant Likely
2015-03-06 20:31 ` Joe Perches
2015-03-10 2:35 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 02/21] ACPI / processor: Introduce phys_cpuid_t for CPU hardware ID Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:29 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 7:44 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 13:23 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-06 6:48 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-06 20:19 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 03/21] ACPI: add arm64 to the platforms that use ioremap Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-06 20:20 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 04/21] ARM64: allow late use of early_ioremap Hanjun Guo
2015-03-06 20:24 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 05/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Get RSDP and ACPI boot-time tables Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 18:10 ` Olof Johansson
2015-03-05 18:51 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-03-10 8:01 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-10 9:32 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-03-10 11:19 ` Leif Lindholm
2015-03-10 11:36 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-06 20:28 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 06/21] ACPI: fix acpi_os_ioremap for arm64 Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:36 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-06 20:30 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 07/21] ACPI / sleep: Introduce arm64 specific acpi_sleep.c Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:38 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-04 22:49 ` G Gregory
2015-03-04 23:25 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 0:16 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-06 12:36 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-03-06 20:34 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 08/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce PCI stub functions for ACPI Hanjun Guo
2015-03-06 18:31 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-03-10 9:21 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-06 20:36 ` Grant Likely
2015-03-09 15:01 ` Liviu Dudau
2015-03-10 9:34 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 09/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce early_param "acpi=" to enable/disable ACPI Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 18:11 ` Olof Johansson
2015-03-06 20:37 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 10/21] ARM64 / ACPI: If we chose to boot from acpi then disable FDT Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 18:12 ` Olof Johansson
2015-03-06 20:38 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 11/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Get PSCI flags in FADT for PSCI init Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 18:19 ` Olof Johansson
2015-03-06 20:40 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 12/21] ACPI / table: Print GIC information when MADT is parsed Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:40 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-06 18:06 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-03-06 20:40 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 13/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Parse MADT for SMP initialization Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 18:49 ` Olof Johansson
2015-03-10 11:33 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-07 22:49 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 14/21] ACPI / processor: Make it possible to get CPU hardware ID via GICC Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:46 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 8:03 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 11:27 ` Catalin Marinas
2015-03-05 13:13 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 15:19 ` Catalin Marinas
2015-03-06 6:51 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-07 22:52 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 15/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce ACPI_IRQ_MODEL_GIC and register device's gsi Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:47 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-07 23:05 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 16/21] irqchip: Add GICv2 specific ACPI boot support Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:50 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 9:06 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 11:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2015-03-06 0:42 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 8:21 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-07 23:14 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 17/21] clocksource / arch_timer: Parse GTDT to initialize arch timer Hanjun Guo
2015-03-07 23:16 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 18/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Select ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE_ONLY if ACPI is enabled on ARM64 Hanjun Guo
2015-03-06 17:47 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-03-10 12:23 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-10 14:16 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-03-07 23:16 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:39 ` [PATCH v9 19/21] ARM64 / ACPI: Enable ARM64 in Kconfig Hanjun Guo
2015-03-04 22:52 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-07 23:17 ` Grant Likely
2015-02-25 8:40 ` [PATCH v9 20/21] Documentation: ACPI for ARM64 Hanjun Guo
2015-02-27 10:53 ` Shannon Zhao [this message]
2015-02-27 11:13 ` Shannon Zhao
2015-02-27 11:20 ` Shannon Zhao
2015-02-25 8:40 ` [PATCH v9 21/21] ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation for arm64 Hanjun Guo
2015-02-27 11:22 ` Shannon Zhao
2015-02-27 14:19 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 18:54 ` Olof Johansson
2015-02-27 3:20 ` [PATCH v9 00/21] Introduce ACPI for ARM64 based on ACPI 5.1 Timur Tabi
2015-02-27 8:37 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-02-27 10:51 ` Shannon Zhao
2015-02-27 8:50 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-02-27 10:36 ` Mark Rutland
2015-02-27 21:05 ` Timur Tabi
2015-03-04 23:18 ` Timur Tabi
2015-03-04 22:56 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-03-05 7:03 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-03-05 18:57 ` Olof Johansson
2015-03-06 4:26 ` Hanjun Guo
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=54F04C92.6010206@huawei.com \
--to=zhaoshenglong@huawei.com \
--cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).