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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/data-node-references.rst | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/graph.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/leds.rst | 7 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/data-node-references.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/data-node-references.rst index 8d8b53e96bcf..ccb4b153e6f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/data-node-references.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/data-node-references.rst @@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ACPI in general allows referring to device objects in the tree only. Hierarchical data extension nodes may not be referred to directly, hence this document defines a scheme to implement such references. -A reference consist of the device object name followed by one or more -hierarchical data extension [dsd-guide] keys. Specifically, the hierarchical -data extension node which is referred to by the key shall lie directly under -the parent object i.e. either the device object or another hierarchical data -extension node. +A reference to a _DSD hierarchical data node is a string consisting of a +device object reference followed by a dot (".") and a relative path to a data +node object. Do not use non-string references as this will produce a copy of +the hierarchical data node, not a reference! + +The hierarchical data extension node which is referred to shall be located +directly under its parent object i.e. either the device object or another +hierarchical data extension node [dsd-guide]. The keys in the hierarchical data nodes shall consist of the name of the node, "@" character and the number of the node in hexadecimal notation (without pre- @@ -33,11 +36,9 @@ extension key. Example ======= -In the ASL snippet below, the "reference" _DSD property contains a -device object reference to DEV0 and under that device object, a -hierarchical data extension key "node@1" referring to the NOD1 object -and lastly, a hierarchical data extension key "anothernode" referring to -the ANOD object which is also the final target node of the reference. +In the ASL snippet below, the "reference" _DSD property contains a string +reference to a hierarchical data extension node ANOD under DEV0 under the parent +of DEV1. ANOD is also the final target node of the reference. :: Device (DEV0) @@ -76,10 +77,7 @@ the ANOD object which is also the final target node of the reference. Name (_DSD, Package () { ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"), Package () { - Package () { - "reference", Package () { - ^DEV0, "node@1", "anothernode" - } + Package () { "reference", "^DEV0.ANOD" } }, } }) diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/graph.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/graph.rst index b9dbfc73ed25..d6ae5ffa748c 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/graph.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/graph.rst @@ -66,12 +66,9 @@ of that port shall be zero. Similarly, if a port may only have a single endpoint, the number of that endpoint shall be zero. The endpoint reference uses property extension with "remote-endpoint" property -name followed by a reference in the same package. Such references consist of -the remote device reference, the first package entry of the port data extension -reference under the device and finally the first package entry of the endpoint -data extension reference under the port. Individual references thus appear as:: +name followed by a string reference in the same package. [data-node-ref]:: - Package() { device, "port@X", "endpoint@Y" } + "device.datanode" In the above example, "X" is the number of the port and "Y" is the number of the endpoint. @@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ A simple example of this is show below:: ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"), Package () { Package () { "reg", 0 }, - Package () { "remote-endpoint", Package() { \_SB.PCI0.ISP, "port@4", "endpoint@0" } }, + Package () { "remote-endpoint", "\\_SB.PCI0.ISP.EP40" }, } }) } @@ -141,7 +138,7 @@ A simple example of this is show below:: ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"), Package () { Package () { "reg", 0 }, - Package () { "remote-endpoint", Package () { \_SB.PCI0.I2C2.CAM0, "port@0", "endpoint@0" } }, + Package () { "remote-endpoint", "\\_SB.PCI0.I2C2.CAM0.EP00" }, } }) } diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/leds.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/leds.rst index 93db592c93c7..a97cd07d49be 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/leds.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/leds.rst @@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ Referring to LEDs in Device tree is documented in [video-interfaces], in "flash-leds" property documentation. In short, LEDs are directly referred to by using phandles. -While Device tree allows referring to any node in the tree [devicetree], in -ACPI references are limited to device nodes only [acpi]. For this reason using -the same mechanism on ACPI is not possible. A mechanism to refer to non-device -ACPI nodes is documented in [data-node-ref]. - ACPI allows (as does DT) using integer arguments after the reference. A combination of the LED driver device reference and an integer argument, referring to the "reg" property of the relevant LED, is used to identify @@ -74,7 +69,7 @@ omitted. :: Package () { Package () { "flash-leds", - Package () { ^LED, "led@0", ^LED, "led@1" }, + Package () { "^LED.LED0", "^LED.LED1" }, } } }) |