Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:30:47 +0200 | From | Christoffer Dall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 19/19] Documentation: ACPI for ARM64 |
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 09:00:25PM +0800, Hanjun Guo wrote: > From: Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@linaro.org> > > Add documentation for the guidelines of how to use ACPI > on ARM64. > > Signed-off-by: Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@linaro.org> > Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> > --- > Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt | 240 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 240 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/arm-acpi.txt > > diff --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
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