Commit 538f6f76 authored by Changbin Du's avatar Changbin Du Committed by Rafael J. Wysocki

Documentation: ACPI: move DSD-properties-rules.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and covert to reST

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Signed-off-by: default avatarChangbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
parent 97a63dd4
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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_DSD Device Properties Usage Rules
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==================================
Properties, Property Sets and Property Subsets
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==============================================
The _DSD (Device Specific Data) configuration object, introduced in ACPI 5.1,
allows any type of device configuration data to be provided via the ACPI
......@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ specific type) associated with it.
In the ACPI _DSD context it is an element of the sub-package following the
generic Device Properties UUID in the _DSD return package as specified in the
Device Properties UUID definition document [1].
Device Properties UUID definition document [1]_.
It also may be regarded as the definition of a key and the associated data type
that can be returned by _DSD in the Device Properties UUID sub-package for a
......@@ -33,14 +36,14 @@ Property subsets are nested collections of properties. Each of them is
associated with an additional key (name) allowing the subset to be referred
to as a whole (and to be treated as a separate entity). The canonical
representation of property subsets is via the mechanism specified in the
Hierarchical Properties Extension UUID definition document [2].
Hierarchical Properties Extension UUID definition document [2]_.
Property sets may be hierarchical. That is, a property set may contain
multiple property subsets that each may contain property subsets of its
own and so on.
General Validity Rule for Property Sets
---------------------------------------
=======================================
Valid property sets must follow the guidance given by the Device Properties UUID
definition document [1].
......@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ suitable for the ACPI environment and consequently they cannot belong to a valid
property set.
Property Sets and Device Tree Bindings
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======================================
It often is useful to make _DSD return property sets that follow Device Tree
bindings.
......@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ expected to automatically work in the ACPI environment regardless of their
contents.
References
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[1] http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf
[2] http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-hierarchical-data-extension-UUID-v1.1.pdf
.. [1] http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf
.. [2] http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-hierarchical-data-extension-UUID-v1.1.pdf
......@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ ACPI Support
namespace
enumeration
osi
DSD-properties-rules
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