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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05D3CC10F03 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:31:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD81221773 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="FsCwwjDO" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728788AbfDWQa7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:30:59 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-f195.google.com ([209.85.214.195]:43892 "EHLO mail-pl1-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728760AbfDWQa6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:30:58 -0400 Received: by mail-pl1-f195.google.com with SMTP id n8so7774195plp.10; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:30:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JpgKz65tnvrvCC0pB/gLUr3SLlay4vQrqcACci7Mjag=; b=FsCwwjDOS13uczkYHr8q+k54kXRaMFjtsB6Y9cCG4xVMZyJX7U3Vzjhmizdic/L7GR qzDoWVzz8oz+OL0+IKeX+U/qlF/n5fS9NRWGXnMAoIceKd20H6BvlXZSXdi9ITWrHJQv mfO8SYrGmAfn/mRhYgq7gDsPX0DIBH5r4hqpiek0kbNM5dfIf0kURfdJsMyKs24EcEO/ M259lF6PAfo1Gnv2XEy5KZW0E5/MMKk5KNoWsq7h7cr4cy6Eq44jKZPkCZCHDFzHryfQ o6u6TtiqGP+SFttfB2EfBX1HG7MtadVH1sSlPY4mFe4+aNHI343KdzzdkBaI2p5NRtC4 sF9A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JpgKz65tnvrvCC0pB/gLUr3SLlay4vQrqcACci7Mjag=; b=e21yJZJ9JOxfYJ9YkdWeX5ByyIMi7BAqbp458HyZZK58C8Szm3sYj3P3PyLu5HfBgA qF1i4FD+4UNQD2VZ6priNTcp8Uf7zMXlCuLE+Cn1KAh4VFC5oG2OiRJ6MNaHIcSlHbNK TZmo+Jm24D+2w38cNhnOvMFE09b5A8jKkklJTEui/OHTboZAzoIeOkpwT17w1O2xdE0g 8MENcm9fZExnfzHBLsy9ETvaNVGgW9fr/fse9U/13XU8j9253JbbDLrBjoWqVmTgyOJW g9K5DzUXvT8XWwV1HITl7HpN/rBS5wHi9B80922dA1nqaeeNkI15aN/A/6bUn5n6SIMM FUJQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWwro+Ped4ybANqul4bXUxoEIu0IGQQEA4Xy1hJE0aEY6Wixalt 2vTBnoBeQ0fv2ZQ1fAW8a4c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxgZcMw50wq7kSvu4ZdtxkeQXfjcgqKPAKY+rBTcispmYC66UrPxhCrk0Pqd0dOrqaRQbOpaQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:9004:: with SMTP id a4mr17741244plp.223.1556037057322; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([104.238.181.70]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v1sm24364801pff.81.2019.04.23.09.30.51 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:30:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Changbin Du To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , 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 Subject: [PATCH v4 04/63] Documentation: ACPI: move osi.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:28:33 +0800 Message-Id: <20190423162932.21428-5-changbin.du@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190423162932.21428-1-changbin.du@gmail.com> References: <20190423162932.21428-1-changbin.du@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst | 1 + .../{acpi/osi.txt => firmware-guide/acpi/osi.rst} | 15 +++++++++------ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) rename Documentation/{acpi/osi.txt => firmware-guide/acpi/osi.rst} (97%) diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst index 99677c73f1fb..868bd25a3398 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ACPI Support namespace enumeration + osi diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/osi.txt b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/osi.rst similarity index 97% rename from Documentation/acpi/osi.txt rename to Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/osi.rst index 50cde0ceb9b0..29e9ef79ebc0 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi/osi.txt +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/osi.rst @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================== ACPI _OSI and _REV methods --------------------------- +========================== An ACPI BIOS can use the "Operating System Interfaces" method (_OSI) to find out what the operating system supports. Eg. If BIOS @@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ This document explains how and why the BIOS and Linux should use these methods. It also explains how and why they are widely misused. How to use _OSI ---------------- +=============== Linux runs on two groups of machines -- those that are tested by the OEM to be compatible with Linux, and those that were never tested with Linux, @@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ the string when that support is added to the kernel. That was easy. Read on, to find out how to do it wrong. Before _OSI, there was _OS --------------------------- +========================== ACPI 1.0 specified "_OS" as an "object that evaluates to a string that identifies the operating system." @@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ That is the *only* viable strategy, as that is what modern Windows does, and so doing otherwise could steer the BIOS down an untested path. _OSI is born, and immediately misused --------------------------------------- +===================================== With _OSI, the *BIOS* provides the string describing an interface, and asks the OS: "YES/NO, are you compatible with this interface?" @@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ catastrophic failure resulting from the BIOS taking paths that were never validated under *any* OS. Do not use _REV ---------------- +=============== Since _OSI("Linux") went away, some BIOS writers used _REV to support Linux and Windows differences in the same BIOS. @@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ from mid-2015 onward. The ACPI specification will also be updated to reflect that _REV is deprecated, and always returns 2. Apple Mac and _OSI("Darwin") ----------------------------- +============================ On Apple's Mac platforms, the ACPI BIOS invokes _OSI("Darwin") to determine if the machine is running Apple OSX. -- 2.20.1