[PATCH 19/19] Documentation: ACPI for ARM64
From: Christoffer Dall <hidden>
Date: 2014-07-29 10:30:53
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 09:00:25PM +0800, Hanjun Guo wrote:
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From: Graeme Gregory <redacted> Add documentation for the guidelines of how to use ACPI on ARM64. Signed-off-by: Graeme Gregory <redacted> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <redacted> --- Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt | 240 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 240 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txtdiff --git a/Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12cd550 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@ +ACPI on ARMv8 Servers +---------------------
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+ + +There exists in the ACPI 5.1 specification no standard binding for these objects +to enable programmable levels or rates so this should be avoid if possible and +the resources set to appropriate level by the firmware. If this is not possible +then any manipulation should be abstracted in ASL. +
I'm not a native English speaker, but this wording sounds strange to me. I would suggest "There exists no specification in the the..." or more simply "The ACPI 5.1 specification does not contain any standard...". -Christoffer