From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
rjw@rjwysocki.net, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org,
fenghua.yu@intel.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org,
mchehab+samsung@kernel.org, Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 05/63] Documentation: ACPI: move linuxized-acpica.txt to driver-api/acpi and convert to reST
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:28:34 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190423162932.21428-6-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190423162932.21428-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>
This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/driver-api/acpi/index.rst | 1 +
.../acpi/linuxized-acpica.rst} | 115 ++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{acpi/linuxized-acpica.txt => driver-api/acpi/linuxized-acpica.rst} (78%)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/index.rst
index 898b0c60671a..12649947b19b 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/index.rst
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ ACPI Support
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
+ linuxized-acpica
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/linuxized-acpica.txt b/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/linuxized-acpica.rst
similarity index 78%
rename from Documentation/acpi/linuxized-acpica.txt
rename to Documentation/driver-api/acpi/linuxized-acpica.rst
index 3ad7b0dfb083..f8aaea668e41 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/linuxized-acpica.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/linuxized-acpica.rst
@@ -1,31 +1,35 @@
-Linuxized ACPICA - Introduction to ACPICA Release Automation
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
-Copyright (C) 2013-2016, Intel Corporation
-Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
+============================================================
+Linuxized ACPICA - Introduction to ACPICA Release Automation
+============================================================
+:Copyright: |copy| 2013-2016, Intel Corporation
-Abstract:
+:Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
-This document describes the ACPICA project and the relationship between
-ACPICA and Linux. It also describes how ACPICA code in drivers/acpi/acpica,
-include/acpi and tools/power/acpi is automatically updated to follow the
-upstream.
+:Abstract: This document describes the ACPICA project and the relationship
+ between ACPICA and Linux. It also describes how ACPICA code in
+ drivers/acpi/acpica, include/acpi and tools/power/acpi is
+ automatically updated to follow the upstream.
-1. ACPICA Project
+ACPICA Project
+==============
- The ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) project provides an operating
- system (OS)-independent reference implementation of the Advanced
- Configuration and Power Interface Specification (ACPI). It has been
- adapted by various host OSes. By directly integrating ACPICA, Linux can
- also benefit from the application experiences of ACPICA from other host
- OSes.
+The ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) project provides an operating
+system (OS)-independent reference implementation of the Advanced
+Configuration and Power Interface Specification (ACPI). It has been
+adapted by various host OSes. By directly integrating ACPICA, Linux can
+also benefit from the application experiences of ACPICA from other host
+OSes.
- The homepage of ACPICA project is: www.acpica.org, it is maintained and
- supported by Intel Corporation.
+The homepage of ACPICA project is: www.acpica.org, it is maintained and
+supported by Intel Corporation.
- The following figure depicts the Linux ACPI subsystem where the ACPICA
- adaptation is included:
+The following figure depicts the Linux ACPI subsystem where the ACPICA
+adaptation is included::
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| |
@@ -71,21 +75,27 @@ upstream.
Figure 1. Linux ACPI Software Components
- NOTE:
+.. note::
A. OS Service Layer - Provided by Linux to offer OS dependent
implementation of the predefined ACPICA interfaces (acpi_os_*).
+ ::
+
include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
drivers/acpi/osl.c
include/acpi/platform
include/asm/acenv.h
B. ACPICA Functionality - Released from ACPICA code base to offer
OS independent implementation of the ACPICA interfaces (acpi_*).
+ ::
+
drivers/acpi/acpica
include/acpi/ac*.h
tools/power/acpi
C. Linux/ACPI Functionality - Providing Linux specific ACPI
functionality to the other Linux kernel subsystems and user space
programs.
+ ::
+
drivers/acpi
include/linux/acpi.h
include/linux/acpi*.h
@@ -95,24 +105,27 @@ upstream.
ACPI subsystem to offer architecture specific implementation of the
ACPI interfaces. They are Linux specific components and are out of
the scope of this document.
+ ::
+
include/asm/acpi.h
include/asm/acpi*.h
arch/*/acpi
-2. ACPICA Release
+ACPICA Release
+==============
- The ACPICA project maintains its code base at the following repository URL:
- https://github.com/acpica/acpica.git. As a rule, a release is made every
- month.
+The ACPICA project maintains its code base at the following repository URL:
+https://github.com/acpica/acpica.git. As a rule, a release is made every
+month.
- As the coding style adopted by the ACPICA project is not acceptable by
- Linux, there is a release process to convert the ACPICA git commits into
- Linux patches. The patches generated by this process are referred to as
- "linuxized ACPICA patches". The release process is carried out on a local
- copy the ACPICA git repository. Each commit in the monthly release is
- converted into a linuxized ACPICA patch. Together, they form the monthly
- ACPICA release patchset for the Linux ACPI community. This process is
- illustrated in the following figure:
+As the coding style adopted by the ACPICA project is not acceptable by
+Linux, there is a release process to convert the ACPICA git commits into
+Linux patches. The patches generated by this process are referred to as
+"linuxized ACPICA patches". The release process is carried out on a local
+copy the ACPICA git repository. Each commit in the monthly release is
+converted into a linuxized ACPICA patch. Together, they form the monthly
+ACPICA release patchset for the Linux ACPI community. This process is
+illustrated in the following figure::
+-----------------------------+
| acpica / master (-) commits |
@@ -153,7 +166,7 @@ upstream.
Figure 2. ACPICA -> Linux Upstream Process
- NOTE:
+.. note::
A. Linuxize Utilities - Provided by the ACPICA repository, including a
utility located in source/tools/acpisrc folder and a number of
scripts located in generate/linux folder.
@@ -170,19 +183,20 @@ upstream.
following kernel configuration options:
CONFIG_ACPI/CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG/CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER
-3. ACPICA Divergences
+ACPICA Divergences
+==================
- Ideally, all of the ACPICA commits should be converted into Linux patches
- automatically without manual modifications, the "linux / master" tree should
- contain the ACPICA code that exactly corresponds to the ACPICA code
- contained in "new linuxized acpica" tree and it should be possible to run
- the release process fully automatically.
+Ideally, all of the ACPICA commits should be converted into Linux patches
+automatically without manual modifications, the "linux / master" tree should
+contain the ACPICA code that exactly corresponds to the ACPICA code
+contained in "new linuxized acpica" tree and it should be possible to run
+the release process fully automatically.
- As a matter of fact, however, there are source code differences between
- the ACPICA code in Linux and the upstream ACPICA code, referred to as
- "ACPICA Divergences".
+As a matter of fact, however, there are source code differences between
+the ACPICA code in Linux and the upstream ACPICA code, referred to as
+"ACPICA Divergences".
- The various sources of ACPICA divergences include:
+The various sources of ACPICA divergences include:
1. Legacy divergences - Before the current ACPICA release process was
established, there already had been divergences between Linux and
ACPICA. Over the past several years those divergences have been greatly
@@ -213,11 +227,12 @@ upstream.
rebased on the ACPICA side in order to offer better solutions, new ACPICA
divergences are generated.
-4. ACPICA Development
+ACPICA Development
+==================
- This paragraph guides Linux developers to use the ACPICA upstream release
- utilities to obtain Linux patches corresponding to upstream ACPICA commits
- before they become available from the ACPICA release process.
+This paragraph guides Linux developers to use the ACPICA upstream release
+utilities to obtain Linux patches corresponding to upstream ACPICA commits
+before they become available from the ACPICA release process.
1. Cherry-pick an ACPICA commit
@@ -225,7 +240,7 @@ upstream.
you want to cherry pick must be committed into the local repository.
Then the gen-patch.sh command can help to cherry-pick an ACPICA commit
- from the ACPICA local repository:
+ from the ACPICA local repository::
$ git clone https://github.com/acpica/acpica
$ cd acpica
@@ -240,7 +255,7 @@ upstream.
changes that haven't been applied to Linux yet.
You can generate the ACPICA release series yourself and rebase your code on
- top of the generated ACPICA release patches:
+ top of the generated ACPICA release patches::
$ git clone https://github.com/acpica/acpica
$ cd acpica
@@ -254,7 +269,7 @@ upstream.
3. Inspect the current divergences
If you have local copies of both Linux and upstream ACPICA, you can generate
- a diff file indicating the state of the current divergences:
+ a diff file indicating the state of the current divergences::
# git clone https://github.com/acpica/acpica
# git clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
--
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2019-04-23 16:28 [PATCH v4 00/63] Include linux ACPI/PCI/X86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 01/63] Documentation: add Linux ACPI to " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:39 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 02/63] Documentation: ACPI: move namespace.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:38 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:09 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 03/63] Documentation: ACPI: move enumeration.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:42 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 04/63] Documentation: ACPI: move osi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:44 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-04-23 20:50 ` [PATCH v4 05/63] Documentation: ACPI: move linuxized-acpica.txt to driver-api/acpi " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:15 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 06/63] Documentation: ACPI: move scan_handlers.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:51 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 07/63] Documentation: ACPI: move DSD-properties-rules.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and covert " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:52 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 08/63] Documentation: ACPI: move gpio-properties.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 20:55 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:21 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 09/63] Documentation: ACPI: move method-customizing.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:03 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:28 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:53 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 10/63] Documentation: ACPI: move initrd_table_override.txt to admin-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:07 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:33 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 11/63] Documentation: ACPI: move dsdt-override.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:08 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 12/63] Documentation: ACPI: move i2c-muxes.txt to firmware-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:09 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 13/63] Documentation: ACPI: move acpi-lid.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:12 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 14/63] Documentation: ACPI: move dsd/graph.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:14 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 15/63] Documentation: ACPI: move dsd/data-node-references.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:17 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:44 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 16/63] Documentation: ACPI: move debug.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 21:21 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 17/63] Documentation: ACPI: move method-tracing.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to rsST Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:26 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 16:55 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 18/63] Documentation: ACPI: move aml-debugger.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:28 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 19/63] Documentation: ACPI: move apei/output_format.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:29 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 20/63] Documentation: ACPI: move apei/einj.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:33 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 17:12 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 21/63] Documentation: ACPI: move cppc_sysfs.txt to admin-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:48 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 17:22 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-24 18:04 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 22/63] Documentation: ACPI: move lpit.txt to firmware-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:49 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 23/63] Documentation: ACPI: move ssdt-overlays.txt to admin-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:51 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 24/63] Documentation: ACPI: move video_extension.txt to firmware-guide/acpi " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 14:56 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-24 17:31 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 25/63] Documentation: add Linux PCI to Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:03 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-25 15:42 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 26/63] Documentation: PCI: convert pci.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:20 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 27/63] Documentation: PCI: convert PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:23 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 28/63] Documentation: PCI: convert pci-iov-howto.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:25 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 29/63] Documentation: PCI: convert MSI-HOWTO.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:29 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-23 16:28 ` [PATCH v4 30/63] Documentation: PCI: convert acpi-info.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-24 15:34 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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2019-04-24 17:04 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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2019-04-24 17:44 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 14:23 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 40/63] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
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2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 48/63] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-23 16:29 ` [PATCH v4 49/63] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
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2019-04-23 16:39 ` [PATCH v4 00/63] Include linux ACPI/PCI/X86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-04-23 17:36 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-04-24 15:46 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-24 17:48 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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