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Documentation/arm64: Update references in arm-acpi
This patch: - Updates the reference to the DSD document, - Removes the unused reference to AMD Seattle, - Updates the references to BBR, BSA and SBSA. Cc: Jeremy Linton <[email protected]> Cc: James Morse <[email protected]> Cc: Rob Herring <[email protected]> Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Cc: Hanjun Guo <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Jose Marinho <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Robin Murphy <[email protected]> Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jeremy Linton <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Hanjun Guo <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]>
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Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.rst

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ACPI can be used for Armv8 and Armv9 systems designed to follow
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the Arm SBSA (Server Base System Architecture) [0] and SBBR (Server
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Base Boot Requirements) [1] specifications. Please note that the SBBR
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can be retrieved simply by visiting [1], but the SBSA is currently only
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available to those with an ARM login due to ARM IP licensing concerns.
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the BSA (Arm Base System Architecture) [0] and BBR (Arm
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Base Boot Requirements) [1] specifications. Both BSA and BBR are publicly
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accessible documents.
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Arm Servers, in addition to being BSA compliant, comply with a set
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of rules defined in SBSA (Server Base System Architecture) [2].
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The Arm kernel implements the reduced hardware model of ACPI version
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5.1 or later. Links to the specification and all external documents
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Before examining the details of the interface between ACPI and Linux, it is
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useful to understand why ACPI is being used. Several technologies already
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exist in Linux for describing non-enumerable hardware, after all. In this
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section we summarize a blog post [2] from Grant Likely that outlines the
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section we summarize a blog post [3] from Grant Likely that outlines the
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reasoning behind ACPI on Arm systems. Actually, we snitch a good portion
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of the summary text almost directly, to be honest.
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object is described in the ACPI specification section 6.2.5, but this only
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describes how to define the structure of an object returned via _DSD, and
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how specific data structures are defined by specific UUIDs. Linux should
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only use the _DSD Device Properties UUID [5]:
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only use the _DSD Device Properties UUID [4]:
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- UUID: daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301
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- https://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf
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The UEFI Forum provides a mechanism for registering device properties [4]
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so that they may be used across all operating systems supporting ACPI.
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Device properties that have not been registered with the UEFI Forum should
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not be used.
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Common device properties can be registered by creating a pull request to [4] so
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that they may be used across all operating systems supporting ACPI.
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Device properties that have not been registered with the UEFI Forum can be used
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but not as "uefi-" common properties.
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Before creating new device properties, check to be sure that they have not
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been defined before and either registered in the Linux kernel documentation
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Once registration and review have been completed, the kernel provides an
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interface for looking up device properties in a manner independent of
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whether DT or ACPI is being used. This API should be used [6]; it can
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whether DT or ACPI is being used. This API should be used [5]; it can
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eliminate some duplication of code paths in driver probing functions and
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discourage divergence between DT bindings and ACPI device properties.
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References
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[0] http://silver.arm.com
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document ARM-DEN-0029, or newer:
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"Server Base System Architecture", version 2.3, dated 27 Mar 2014
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[0] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0094/latest
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document Arm-DEN-0094: "Arm Base System Architecture", version 1.0C, dated 6 Oct 2022
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[1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0044/latest
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Document Arm-DEN-0044: "Arm Base Boot Requirements", version 2.0G, dated 15 Apr 2022
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[1] http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0044a/Server_Base_Boot_Requirements.pdf
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Document ARM-DEN-0044A, or newer: "Server Base Boot Requirements, System
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Software on ARM Platforms", dated 16 Aug 2014
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[2] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0029/latest
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Document Arm-DEN-0029: "Arm Server Base System Architecture", version 7.1, dated 06 Oct 2022
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[2] http://www.secretlab.ca/archives/151,
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[3] http://www.secretlab.ca/archives/151,
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10 Jan 2015, Copyright (c) 2015,
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Linaro Ltd., written by Grant Likely.
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[3] AMD ACPI for Seattle platform documentation
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http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/Seattle_ACPI_Guide.pdf
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[4] http://www.uefi.org/acpi
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please see the link for the "ACPI _DSD Device
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Property Registry Instructions"
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[5] http://www.uefi.org/acpi
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please see the link for the "_DSD (Device
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Specific Data) Implementation Guide"
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[4] _DSD (Device Specific Data) Implementation Guide
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https://github.com/UEFI/DSD-Guide/blob/main/dsd-guide.pdf
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[6] Kernel code for the unified device
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[5] Kernel code for the unified device
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property interface can be found in
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include/linux/property.h and drivers/base/property.c.
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