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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v3] watchdog: sp805: Add clock-frequency property
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 04:30:16PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 06:47:49AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On 07/11/2018 06:22 AM, Srinath Mannam wrote:
> > >Hi Guenter,
> > >
> > >Thank you very much for all the help with your feedback and review
> > >comments to complete the changes very fast.
> > >
> > >About the documentation..
> > >I have gone through few similar patches available in the kernel are
> > >listed in the mail of previous version.
> > >No documentation available in Linux for the properties used in those
> > >patches also.
> >
> > " No documentation available _in Linux_"
> >
> > Emphasis mine. Yes, I noticed this as well. I was asking for a reference
> > to documentation _outside_ Linux. Sorry for not being more specific.
>
> Typically new properties needs to registered or discussed in dsd@acpica.org
> Though there's almost no activity on that list for more than a year now.
> IIRC, the thread[1] gives kind of agreement that was reached after
> elaborate discussion on _DSD properties.
>

I think you are saying that there are no real rules or governing body
for _DSD properties, that _DSD properties are free for all, subject to no
scrutiny, that a database with assigned _DSD properties does not exist,
and that therefore there is no means for me to determine if this is an
approved property.

What prevents someone else to use a different property name for the same
driver and property next week, on a different product using the same
hardware ?

Guenter
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